The Parent · Mert · Istanbul
Karaköy Lokantası
I come at lunch, never dinner. Midday it's a calm, beautiful room with quick meze; by night it's an adults' rakı table, and that's not my lens.
A handsome tiled Karaköy classic doing mezes and grills — lunch is bright and family-easy, before it turns into an evening meyhane.
— Mert, The Parent
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