Beer's Bostancı

Kadıköy-spirit bistro-bar that happens to sit on the avenue

Neighborhood bistro that turns into a late cocktail room — the kind of address Bebek residents list when asked for 'somewhere normal'.

Café by day, a loose Arnavutköy bar with DJ nights by dark — the most informal room on the strip.

Terrace tucked below Rumeli Hisarı's ramparts — shadow of the fortress on one side, the Bosphorus narrowing on the other.

Paris-bistro-in-Bomonti — Kojo Hospitality's French-Turkish fusion with a kitchen that gives the bar a reason to exist

All-day Mediterranean kitchen turning into a cocktail-led night spot