Abou Tarek
Downtown Cairo koshari institution running since 1950
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Abou Tarek has served koshari, a mix of rice, macaroni, lentils, chickpeas, and fried onions in tomato and garlic sauce, from the corner of Champollion and Maarouf streets in Downtown Cairo since 1950. It has grown from a single stall into a multi-storey restaurant and has been been written up by Smithsonian Magazine as a fixture of the city's street-food scene.
Source: cairo360.com
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