Turkish₺₺allebenDaily 05:30-02:00; Sat and Sun until 03:00
Sakıp Usta serves beyran and paça on Kemal Köker Caddesi in Gaziantep from 05:30 until the small hours, which covers both the dawn bowl and the late one.
Signature: Beyran, Antep paça, Katmer
Order: Beyran at midnight, when the second pot comes up.
Tip: The kitchen runs from 05:30 to 02:00, so this is the one beyran counter that suits either end of the day.
New American₺₺₺yeditepeMon-Sat 10:00-22:30; Sun 09:30-22:00
Boğazköy cooks an international menu near Gaziantep University, which is where the city goes when it wants a night off from kebab and baklava.
Signature: Beef brisket, Boğazköy Harman
Order: The slow-cooked beef brisket, which is the kitchen's own signature dish.
Tip: Reviewers rate weekdays over Sundays. Book a garden table in summer, the room fills with students.
Turkish₺sahinbeyMon-Sat 06:00-19:00
Muhsinzade grills chicken şiş and lamb liver over charcoal in the Külekçi bazaar lanes of Gaziantep, opening at 06:00 for the traders around it.
Signature: Tavuk şiş, Ciğer dürüm, Firik pilavı
Order: Chicken şiş off the charcoal, wrapped with firik pilav.
Tip: Shut by early evening. This is a breakfast and lunch counter, not a dinner room.
Turkish₺sahinbey
Ciğerci Mustafa grills lamb liver on Bayramoğlu Sokak in Gaziantep, where the local breakfast is skewers, flatbread and a glass of tea at dawn.
Signature: Ciğer kebabı, Kuyruk yağı, Zahter salatası
Order: Liver skewers with tail fat, eaten with raw onion and zahter.
Tip: Liver is a morning dish here. Order the tail fat alternating on the skewer, that is the local way.
Turkish₺₺₺sahinbeyDaily 08:00-22:00
İmam Çağdaş has cooked kebab and rolled its own baklava on Uzun Çarşı in Gaziantep since 1887, and the founding family still works both counters.
Signature: Ali Nazik kebabı, Soğanlı lahmacun, Havuç dilimi baklava
Order: Ali Nazik, then a plate of havuç dilimi baklava from the same counter.
Tip: Sit upstairs, order the Ali Nazik, and buy baklava on the way out rather than eating it at the table.
Turkish₺₺sahinbeyDaily 05:00-17:00
Metanet Lokantası in Gaziantep opens at 05:00 and sells beyran until the pot runs dry, which is why locals queue before the bazaar wakes up.
Signature: Beyran çorbası, Lahmacun, Patlıcan kebabı
Order: Beyran, the lamb and rice broth the kitchen has simmered overnight.
Tip: Get there before 09:00. The beyran is gone by early afternoon and the kitchen will not make a second batch.