Locali affini a Roast and Found Co.

Barista-champion roastery in Bostanlı

Detail-obsessed Karşıyaka roaster

Solo-run coffee oasis with a deep patio

Cortados and siphon brews from an Alsancak roastery bar

Architect-founded hub of İzmir's coffee community

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

Bostanlı's freshly-roasted specialty coffee favourite since 2020

İzmir's third-wave benchmark, roasting its own beans

1965 patisserie in a restored Levantine house

Levantine Alsancak bakery, croissants done as well as anywhere in Turkey

Historic Alsancak patisserie since 1957

The kumru the Karşıyaka set grew up on

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

İzmir's sesame gevrek, a local point of pride

The Bostanlı waterfront meyhane locals defend

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

İzmir's flagship concert hall and gallery complex in Güzelyalı