Chicken Shawarma
$13Spit-roasted thighs, garlic toum, pickles, warm pita.
Family-run on Walnut Street since 1996
A Middle Eastern market, café & bazaar — all under one roof.
Halal butcher counter. Homemade café plates. Six aisles of groceries and spices. A small bazaar of hijabs, prayer rugs, books and gifts. Open every hour of every day, on the corner of Walnut and 43rd.
Welcome
A neighborhood store with four departments.
For nearly thirty years, Makkah Market has served West Philadelphia as a one-stop for Middle Eastern groceries, halal meat, homemade meals, and the small things you only need once in a while but want to find in one trip.
What's inside
Four shops, one corner.
The Café
Homemade Middle Eastern plates from our Egyptian and Moroccan chefs. Eat in, take out, or call ahead.
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Halal Meat
Lamb, goat, beef and chicken — properly blessed and cut to your order at the butcher counter.
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Grocery & Spices
Six aisles of pantry staples — spices, breads, oils, dates, cheeses and rice from across the region.
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Clothing & Gifts
Hijabs, abayas, thobes, prayer rugs, books and gifts — a small bazaar in the back of the store.
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Our Story
A family shop, since 1996.
Makkah Market opened on Walnut Street the year University City was still finding its name. Three decades later, our regulars are grandparents, students, taxi drivers heading off shift, and chefs stocking up before service.
Our café is run by Egyptian and Moroccan chefs with twenty years of cooking experience. The grocery aisles carry pantry staples from across the Levant, the Maghreb, Turkey and South Asia. In the back: a small bazaar with clothing, prayer rugs, books and gifts.
We never close. Come in tonight, come in tomorrow — the lights are on.
4249 Walnut Street From the kitchen
A few favorites tonight.
A small slice of the café menu. Walk in to see the daily specials chalked behind the counter, or call ahead and we'll have it ready when you arrive.
Lamb Shawarma
$15Slow-marinated shoulder, tahini, sumac onions.
Beef Kafta Skewers
$14Hand-minced beef, parsley, onion, baharat spice blend.
Chicken Shish Tawook
$14Yogurt-marinated breast, lemon, garlic, char.
From our regulars
Three decades of regulars.
"Best shawarma in Philly, hands down. The lamb tagine alone is worth the trip from across the river."
— A regular, since 2014
"My one-stop shop. Spices I can't find anywhere else, fresh bread, and the friendliest counter in the neighborhood."
— Spruce Hill resident
"Open at 3am when nothing else is. Saved more than one of my dinner parties with a last-minute pita run."
— Penn grad student
Come See Us
We're always open.
Walk in any hour.
The store sits on the corner of Walnut and 43rd in West Philadelphia — a short walk from Penn, Drexel and Clark Park. Park on the street, ring us if you need a hand finding it.
- Address
- 4249 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 - Hours
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Open 24 hours
7 days a week - Call ahead
- (267) 838-9948
(215) 382-1821
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