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Aegean-Cretan seafood meyhane on the Pasaport waterfront since 1989

Kordon fish institution beneath İzmir Palas since 1981

İzmir's third-wave pioneer, roasting on Kıbrıs Şehitleri since 2016

1965 patisserie in a restored Levantine house

Gastronomy-led cocktail bar off Kıbrıs Şehitleri

Bornova meyhane institution since 1966

İzmir's oldest living kokoreç master, charcoal since the 1960s

Chef-driven Italian on the ninth floor of the Swissôtel

Levantine-Italian dining in the Mistral tower

Kemeraltı's kelle söğüş master since 1975

İzmir's flagship concert hall and gallery complex in Güzelyalı

İzmir's first two-star table, among Urla's vines

Osman Sezener's open-fire farm-to-table within an olive grove

Terroir-driven Aegean cooking and rooms in Kuşçular village

Forest-to-fork 'New Urla cuisine' in the old town

The Urla market lokanta locals queue for

Founding Urla wine-route estate reviving Foça Karası

Organic boutique winery in a restored stone house

Stone vineyard retreat the NYT put on the map

Eski Foça's harbourside fish house since 1984

Stone-courtyard meyhane with fine-dining touches

Waterfront fresh-fish kitchen on the Foça promenade

An 1881 neoclassical merchant's house on Foça harbour

Bib Gourmand Bosnian börek inside a 17th-century Kemeraltı han

İzmir's söğüş benchmark since 1975, by Hisar Mosque

Hand-pounded dibek Turkish coffee, three generations deep

Kemeraltı's reference kumru, sourced ingredient by ingredient

Sand-brewed Turkish coffee inside the 1740s caravanserai

İzmir's classic patisserie and boyoz, since 1957

The first meyhane of the Sığacık kale, Greek-taverna soul