Israeli Grilled Game Hens

Avazi is one of the most famous grill joints in Israel—the sort of place where politicians come, in the words of one customer, “before they become prime ministers.” (“The sort of place where prime ministers come before they’re indicted, ” quips another.) But whatever your political views, this noisy restaurant in Tel Aviv’s populist Hatikva neighborhood will grab your vote for its massive meze (Middle Eastern-style appetizer samplers) and its heaping portions of reasonably priced, in