Lugares in İzmir

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

Aegean home cooking tucked inside a Kemeraltı han

Barista-champion roastery in Bostanlı

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

Italy-inspired, unirrigated estate making Turkey's unusual varietals

Warm family-run fish-and-meze house in the Sığacık kale

Historic Alsancak patisserie since 1957

Fish-market seafood at honest prices in Sığacık's castle village

Cortados and siphon brews from an Alsancak roastery bar

75-year-old Basmane meyhane, rakı-meze the old way