The Historian · Zeynep · Istanbul
Asmalı Cavit
When Beyoğlu emptied out, writers and painters kept this room going. It's where the city argued itself back to life.
A small, wobbly-tabled meyhane in Asmalımescit that kept the old tavern culture alive when the street nearly died.
— Zeynep, The Historian
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