FYI Philly: Dizengoff, a hummusiya

This weekend on FYI Philly, Melissa Magee checks out the newest restaurant, Dizengoff, dedicated to the hummus dish.

It's known as a hummusiya and while it's Philadelphia's first, they are everywhere in Israel.

The name, Dizengoff, comes from Tel Aviv's main thoroughfare, a strip dotted with hummusiyas.

Dizengoff was also the name of Tel Aviv's first mayor.

"So it's really a limited menu, just hummus, pita, salads and pickles, says Seaman.

They make the hummus from scratch two to three times a day.

And the pita you dip it in, is baked fresh every morning.

The pita cooks at 700 degree heat and takes about a minute.

They also make homemade frozen mint lemonade!

The menu depends on what's in season.

There are five topping options with the choices changing daily.

Seaman added, "And olive oil which goes on everything here."

They use an earthy Lebanese olive oil.

The Lima bean hummus is warm butter beans braised in heirloom yellow tomato juice.

"We've been running different versions of this too for the last couple of weeks and people really like it," said Seaman.

Every hummus is served with a side of spicy pickles imported from Israeli, Israeli salad and pickled Vidalia onion petal.

There are also three rotating draft beers.

The restaurant seats 24 people max.

For more information go the Dizengoff website.