Here’s How Much A Man’ouche Costs At These 9 Places

November 2nd marks World Man’ouche Day, but the economic crisis has turned this affordable national breakfast into more of an occasional treat for some.

To see exactly how bad things are, we called up nine man’ouche spots around Lebanon to see how their prices have changed, here’s what they’re going for.

Psst…remember when we used to pay 1,000 LL for a zaatar and 1,500 LL for a cheese?

1. Wooden Bakery, Various Locations


Cheese: 32,000 L.L
Zaatar: 11,000 L.L


2. Keyrouz Bakery, Jisr El Bacha


Cheese: 25,000 L.L
Zaatar: 10,000 L.L


3. Beaino Bakery, Sarba


Cheese: 30,000 L.L
Zaatar: 9,000 L.L


4. Zaatar w Zeit, Various Locations


Cheese: 34,000 L.L
Zaatar: 12,000 L.L


5. Furn Merchak, Batroun


Cheese: 25,000 L.L
Zaatar: 10,000 L.L


6. Sumo Chaker, Sarba

Cheese: 35,000 L.L
Zaatar: 10,000 L.L


7. Furn el Sabaya, Amchit


Cheese: 25,000 L.L
Zaatar: 7,000 L.L


8. Gracy’s Bakery, Bsaba


Cheese: 25,000 L.L
Zaatar: 8,000 L.L


9. The Lebanese Bakery, Achrafieh


Cheese: 28,000 L.L
Zaatar 9,000 L.L.