The History Of Zalatimo Sweets

In the year 1860, Mohammed Zalatimo opened a small pastry shop in the old city of Jerusalem to make the pastry called Mutab ak. Because the shop was so small, it offered Mutabak as a take away product and only in the morning time for breakfast in addition to a few specialty sweets that were made daily by him. Later on Mohammed Zalatimo rented the shop next to his first one. Because of the spacious sitting area, customers were able to enjoy the Mutabak and the other sweets in the shop which included part of the ancient walls surrounding the Roman built church of the holy sepulcher.

The sweets and pastry trade has been with the family from Mohammed Zalatimo through his son Ibrahim and his grandson Abdallah and then to us. In continuation of this heritage, the descendants of Abdallah Zalatimo opened two sweet shops in Amman; one Abdali, Jawharat Al-quds Bldg., and the other in Amra, Amra Commercial Center, to make our specialty, Mutabak, and a variety of our own high quality Arabic sweets.

In November 2000, we opened our third and most modern branch in Shmeisani, Rivoli Plaza, opposite the UN Headquarters Building. In the Plaza you will also find "La Mirabelle", our café and French pastry shop, and our Swiss chocolate shop "Lausanne".