Köfteci Hüseyin ★ 4.2
Köfteci Hüseyin on Kurabiye Sokak off Taksim, the Hüseyin Taşsöken counter that started on a 1958 push-cart, salt-bread-onion patties grilled.
Signature: Izgara köfte, Piyaz, Ayran
Bahar Restaurant is a turkish restaurant in Fatih, Istanbul.
Editorially verified May 20, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Signature dishes: Daily kuru fasulye, Hünkar beğendi, Stewed lamb
Address: Beyazıt Mah., Çarşıkapı Nuruosmaniye Caddesi, Yağcı Han No:13, 34126 Fatih, İstanbul, Istanbul
Köfteci Hüseyin on Kurabiye Sokak off Taksim, the Hüseyin Taşsöken counter that started on a 1958 push-cart, salt-bread-onion patties grilled.
Signature: Izgara köfte, Piyaz, Ayran
Karaköy Güllüoğlu has rolled phyllo baklava since 1949 at one Rıhtım Caddesi counter near Galataport, Nadir Güllü's pistachio version the canonical Istanbul.
Signature: Fıstıklı baklava, Şöbiyet, Kadayıf
Hafız Mustafa 1864 on Hamidiye Caddesi, the original Sultan Abdülaziz-era candy shop at the Eminönü viaduct, now a multi-floor stop for baklava.
Signature: Pistachio baklava, Turkish delight, Sütlaç
Pandeli above the Spice Bazaar gates, the 1901 blue-tiled Bib Gourmand lunch room still cooking Ottoman dolma and courgette-flower fritters into the Eminönü.
Signature: Dolma, Stuffed courgette flowers, Hünkar beğendi
Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi Selim Usta on Divanyolu, the 1920 original now run by the fourth generation, still grilling its flat charcoal köfte beside piyaz.
Signature: Köfte, Piyaz, Lentil soup
Tarihi Hocapaşa Pidecisi off the Sirkeci side-streets, pulling kıymalı and kuşbaşılı pide from a wood oven since the 1960s for the lunchtime suit crowd.
Signature: Kıymalı pide, Kuşbaşılı pide, Lahmacun