Locali affini a Two Cups Coffee Bar & Roastery

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

Serkan Sağsöz's Bostanlı micro-roastery

Barista-champion roastery in Bostanlı

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

Bostanlı's freshly-roasted specialty coffee favourite since 2020

Architect-founded hub of İzmir's coffee community

Solo-run coffee oasis with a deep patio

Detail-obsessed Karşıyaka roaster

1965 patisserie in a restored Levantine house

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

Historic Alsancak patisserie since 1957

İzmir's sesame gevrek, a local point of pride

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 kumru the Karşıyaka set grew up on

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

İzmir's flagship concert hall and gallery complex in Güzelyalı

The Urla market lokanta locals queue for