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Biga

ביגה

Café · Boulangerie-patisserie café

23 HaMelacha Street, Afula

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The Afula branch of the Biga chain of bakery cafés, on HaMelacha Street, which opens again on Saturday night and has an events space for up to 200.

Biga Afula is at 23 HaMelacha Street, one of 30 branches on the chain's list. Biga calls itself a chain of boulangerie-patisserie cafés. The chain's branch list marks the Afula branch kosher mehadrin and gives it an events space for up to 200 people. It is open Sunday to Thursday from 8:00 to 23:00 and on Friday from 8:00 to 13:30, and on Saturday it opens half an hour after Shabbat ends and stays open until midnight. Its menu runs from shakshukas, pancakes and muesli to sandwiches, salads, Belgian waffles and cakes.

16 facts checked 2026-10-14

At a glance

Shabbat
Closed. Friday until 13:30, back 30 minutes after it ends
Kosher
Unknown
Diet
Boulangerie-patisserie café
Wheelchair
No statement
  • Own website
  • Active on Instagram
  • Facebook page
  • Coffee
  • Pastries and cakes
  • Open on Friday

Photos

On the chain's Facebook

For illustration: the town and the trade, not Biga itself. The chain's own pictures are on Instagram

A pile of golden croissants
Racks of freshly baked loaves in a bakery
Apartment blocks on the edge of Afula seen across a wheat field, with hills behind.

Deror_avi / CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Apartment blocks on the edge of Afula seen across a wheat field, with hills behind.

Opening hours

Checking the clock in Israel

Opening hours by day
Sunday to Thursday08:00-23:00
Friday08:00-13:30
Saturday night19:03-00:00

On Saturday it opens 30 minutes after Shabbat ends, so the time moves with the week: 19:03 this week.

Candle lighting 5:37 PMShabbat ends 6:33 PM

As published on biga-bakery.co.il, read 2026-10-14. All Shabbat times

Location

Map showing Biga at 23 HaMelacha Street, Afula

23 HaMelacha Street, Afula

  • Train: Afula2 km from the door, straight line
  • Bus: Nearest stop 5 mlines 13

© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-14.

Questions

About Biga

  • Closed on ShabbatOn Friday it closes at 13:30, and on Saturday it opens 30 minutes after Shabbat ends: 19:03 this week.
  • 2 km from Afula stationBus stops within 138 m: המלאכה/הפרסה, המלאכה/יהושע חנקין, קניון העמקים/יהושע חנקין.
  • Its own website and social pagesThe menu and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.

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