On Tuesday, pubs and restaurants in the streets of east Beirut's Gemmayze and Mar Mikhael were full of people looking for a little levity before a renewed coronavirus curfew started at 6pm.

Over a hundred volunteers from different local charities and ad hoc community groups have thronged the streets of Beirut's Gemmayze neighbourhood, MEE correspondent Kareem Chehayeb reports ...

Chicken shish from the menu at the recently reopened Gemmayze Street restaurant in St Kevin's Arcade. Photo/Sylvie Whinray . A Karangahape Rd favourite has reopened and restaurant critic Kim ...

Gemmayze Street's mezza box contains pide, dukkah and five different dips - including this red pepper and walnut muhamarra. Photo/Kim Knight. A Lebanese dinner so good that restaurant critic Kim ...