Kashash Sweets

ממתקי קשאש

Bakery · No kosher certificate

A traditional sweets shop in the market of Old Acre, founded in 1915 and run by the fourth generation of the Kashash family, that makes baklava and knafeh every morning

Kashash Sweets goes back to 1915, when Khayr Kashash began selling traditional peanut and sesame sweets from a cart; he later opened the business in Old Acre, where he began making knafeh and baklava as well. Four generations of the family work in it today, and according to the Western Galilee tourism site it makes 22 kinds of traditional Acre sweets on the spot every morning: baklava with pistachios, almonds, cashews or chocolate, and three kinds of knafeh, Nablus-style, red and natural. Visitors who arrange ahead can hear the history of the place and watch the sweets being made, and it sells gift boxes and hosting trays. The tourism site gives its hours as every day from 9:30 to 23:00.

12 facts checked 2026-10-05

What happens here

Without a room

By arrangement: The making of the sweets
A meeting with the family, a look at how the baklava and knafeh are made, and a tasting.

As published on Western Galilee Now, read 2026-10-05.

At a glance

Kosher: No certificate
Wheelchair: No statement

Photos

For illustration: the area around Kashash Sweets, not the business itself.

The lit stone sea walls and minarets of Akko's old city seen at night across the harbour, with small boats moored on the water — The lit stone sea walls and minarets of Old Acre seen at night across the harbour, with small boats moored on the water

A paved street in Acre's old city, with arched wooden doors, a stone colonnade and a building with a blue dome. — A paved street in the Old City of Acre, with arched wooden doors, a stone colonnade and a building with a blue dome

Location

The market, Old City, Acre

Waze Google Maps

Train: Acre1.5 km from the door, straight line
Bus: Nearest stop 263 mlines 3

Questions

The market, Old City, Acre. As listed on westgalil.org.il, read on 5 October 2026.

Kashash Sweets is not on the Acre religious council's list of supervised businesses on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026.

By train: Acre station is 1.5 km away. By bus: the nearest stops are מגדלור עכו העתיקה/ההגנה (263 m), העיר העתיקה (285 m).

No. We found no listing on Wolt or on 10bis when we checked on 5 October 2026.

About Kashash Sweets

1.5 km from Acre stationBus stops within 285 m: מגדלור עכו העתיקה/ההגנה, העיר העתיקה.

Kashash Sweets is a bakery at The market, Old City in Acre, in the Northern District. Behind it: Mohammed Kashash.

The nearest railway station is Acre, 1.5 km away. The nearest bus stops are מגדלור עכו העתיקה/ההגנה (263 m), העיר העתיקה (285 m).

Kashash Sweets is not on the Acre religious council's list of supervised businesses on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026. We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.

The name does not appear in the Companies Registrar, which points to a sole proprietorship or partnership rather than a company. It appears on the municipal business licence register.

The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.

Kosher certificate: Kashash Sweets is not on the Acre religious council's list of supervised businesses on the Ministry of Religious Services' kashrut portal, read on 5 October 2026. shirathayam.m-datit.org.il2026-10-05
Accessibility statement: None found on its site or its listings2026-10-05
Companies Registrar: No page of its own names a company, and no company named קשאש is in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list. data.gov.il2026-10-05
Municipal business licence: The Acre municipality publishes a spreadsheet of 362 businesses holding a business licence on its business-licensing pages; the file was last updated in September 2019. It lists a confectionery under the Kashash name in the Old City, licensed to make food and marked as renewing. akko.muni.il2026-10-05

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Field	Value	Source	Read on	Use
Name	ממתקי קשאש / Kashash Sweets	westgalil.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Address	The market, Old City	westgalil.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Coordinates	32.9213878, 35.0695919 (the Western Galilee tourism site's map)	westgalil.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
What it is like	Written from westgalil.org.il	westgalil.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Visits without a room	The making of the sweets	westgalil.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Kosher certificate	None published	shirathayam.m-datit.org.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Accessibility	No published statement found	Our own check	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Train and bus	Acre 1.5 km; מגדלור עכו העתיקה/ההגנה 263 m; העיר העתיקה 285 m	openstreetmap.org	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Delivery apps	Not on Wolt or 10bis	Our own check	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Companies Registrar	No page of its own names a company, and no company named קשאש is in the Companies Registrar on data.gov.il; it may trade as a partnership or a sole trader, which the registrar does not list.	data.gov.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Business licence	The Acre municipality publishes a spreadsheet of 362 businesses holding a business licence on its business-licensing pages; the file was last updated in September 2019. It lists a confectionery under the Kashash name in the Old City, licensed to make food and marked as renewing.	akko.muni.il	2026-10-05	Fact, shown
Photographs	2 licensed	Our own check	2026-10-05	Linked, not copied