Traditional Egyptian ahwa (pavement café) culture is strong throughout Heliopolis. The main boulevards, with their Moorish arcades providing shade even on hot days, are well suited to the outdoor café format: tea, Turkish coffee, and shisha served at small tables on the pavement while the neighbourhood's traffic and foot traffic moves past. These are neighbourhood institutions rather than tourist attractions — the regulars are local residents who may have been coming to the same spot for years. Unassuming, unhurried, and genuinely local. The right place to sit after an afternoon walking the streets.