Turkish sweets$$eminönü
Hafız Mustafa 1864 on Hamidiye Caddesi, the original Sultan Abdülaziz-era candy shop at the Eminönü viaduct, now a multi-floor stop for baklava, lokum and Turkish delight.
Signature: Pistachio baklava, Turkish delight, Sütlaç
Ottoman Turkish$$eminönü
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 afternoon.
Signature: Dolma, Stuffed courgette flowers, Hünkar beğendi
Köfte$sultanahmet
Tarihi Sultanahmet Köftecisi Selim Usta on Divanyolu, the 1920 original now run by the fourth generation, still grilling its flat charcoal köfte beside piyaz beans.
Signature: Köfte, Piyaz, Lentil soup
Pide$eminönü
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
Pide and lahmacun$kadıköy
Borsam Taşfırın in Kadıköy, a stone-oven lahmacun and pide salon running since 1968 with a counter line that turns over every five minutes at lunch.
Signature: Lahmacun, Kıymalı pide, Yumurta pide
Esnaf lokanta$fatih
Bahar Restaurant tucked inside a Grand Bazaar han off the Nuruosmaniye gate, an esnaf lokanta serving stews and pilav to the bazaar's working merchants until they sell out by 14:00.
Signature: Daily kuru fasulye, Hünkar beğendi, Stewed lamb