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Open 24 / 7 A short walk from University City · Family-run since 1996
Halal grocery, Middle Eastern restaurant & upstairs bazaar — open 24 hours.
Fresh halal meat counter downstairs. Homemade Middle Eastern plates from the restaurant kitchen. A large variety of spices, oils, dates, cheeses and more. Upstairs: clothing, houseware and gifts, an Islamic bookstore and a wall of attar perfumes. Open every hour of every day, on the corner of Walnut and 43rd — a short walk from Penn and Drexel.
Welcome
A halal grocery, restaurant and bazaar — two floors, one corner.
For nearly thirty years, Makkah Market has served West Philadelphia and University City as a one-stop for fresh halal meat, Middle Eastern groceries, homemade Middle Eastern plates from the restaurant kitchen, and an upstairs bazaar of clothing, houseware, gifts, books and perfumes. A short walk from Penn and Drexel — open every hour of every day.
Downstairs · Ground floor
The market, the meat counter and the kitchen.
Step in off Walnut Street and you're in the grocery. The fresh halal meat counter is to the right; the restaurant kitchen runs along the back wall. All three open 24 hours.
The Restaurant Kitchen
Homemade Middle Eastern plates — shawarma, kebab, koshari, tagine — from our restaurant kitchen. Eat in, take out, or order on Grubhub.
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Fresh Halal Meat
Lamb, goat, beef and chicken — properly blessed fresh halal meat, fresh at the meat counter.
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Grocery & Spices
A large grocery variety — za'atar, sumac, Medjool dates, freekeh, olive oil, pantry staples and more — from around the world.
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Upstairs · The bazaar
Up the stairs: several small shops in one.
A staircase by the restaurant opens onto our upstairs bazaar — clothing, houseware and gifts, framed Quranic signs, a small Islamic bookstore and a shelf of attar perfumes and oud. Worth a long browse.
Clothing
Women's and men's — hijabs, abayas, thobes, keffiyehs, kufis and children's Eid sets.
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Houseware & Gifts
Pots and cookware, serving trays, tea sets, framed Quranic signs and ready-to-give gifts.
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Bookstore
Qurans, tafsir and Islamic books, prayer rugs and misbahas.
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Perfumes & Attar
Attar oils, bakhoor, oud and rosewater — fragrance from around the world.
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Our Story
A family shop, around the corner from University City, since 1996.
Makkah Market opened on Walnut Street the year University City was still finding its name. Three decades later, our regulars are Penn grad students, Drexel undergrads, taxi drivers heading off shift, and West Philly chefs stocking up before service.
Downstairs: our fresh halal meat counter, a large variety of Middle Eastern groceries and the restaurant kitchen — run by chefs with twenty years of cooking experience. Upstairs: clothing, houseware and gifts, a small Islamic bookstore, prayer rugs and a wall of attar perfumes.
We never close. 24 hours, 7 days a week — come in tonight, come in tomorrow.
4249 Walnut Street From the kitchen
A few favorites tonight.
A small slice of the restaurant menu. Walk in to see the daily specials chalked behind the counter, call to order, or find us on Grubhub.
Egg and Cheese on Toast
$6.95Egg with Beef Bacon on Toast
$9.95Egg with Beef Sausage on Toast
$9.95From 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, Medjool dates, 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
A short walk from University City.
Open every hour.
Makkah Market sits on the corner of Walnut and 43rd — a few blocks west of the heart of University City. From the Penn campus or 40th Street trolley stop, it's about a 10-minute walk down Walnut. From Drexel, head straight down Walnut from Powelton. Park on the street, take the 21 or 42 bus, or ring us if you need a hand finding it.
- ~8 minwalk from 40th & Walnut
- ~10 minwalk from Penn campus
- ~15 minwalk from Drexel
- ~3 minwalk from Clark Park
- Address
- 4249 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104 - Hours
- Open 24 hours
7 days a week, every day of the year - Call us
- (215) 382-0909
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