Ramallah is generally considered the most affluent and cultural, as well as
the most liberal, of all Palestinian cities, and is home to a number of popular
Palestinian activists, poets, artists, and musicians. It boasts a lively
nightlife, with many restaurants including the Stars and Bucks Cafe, a branch
of the Tche Tche Cafe and the Orjuwan Lounge, described in 2010 as two among
the "dozens of fancy restaurants, bars and discotheques that have cropped
up in Ramallah in the last three years."
One hallmark of Ramallah is Rukab's Ice Cream, which is based on the resin
of chewing gum and thus has a distinctive
