Turkish Delight (restaurant)

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Turkish Delight
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The restaurant's exterior, 2022
Turkish Delight (restaurant)
Restaurant information
Owner(s)Semra Yavuz
Food type Turkish
Street address1930 Pike Place
City Seattle
CountyKing
StateWashington
Postal/ZIP Code98101
CountryUnited States
Coordinates 47°36′37″N122°20′35″W / 47.6104°N 122.3431°W / 47.6104; -122.3431

Turkish Delight is a restaurant at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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Description

The Turkish [1] restaurant Turkish Delight is located on Pike Place in Pike Place Market. [2] In 2010, Jason Sheehan of Seattle Weekly described the business as "the little family-run, 10-table operation at the far end of the market". [3]

The menu has included baklava, [4] doner, [5] gyros, lentil soup, [6] pides, [7] shawarma, tabbouleh, [8] and Turkish delight. [3] [9] The chicken börek has chicken breast, mushrooms, and parsley in filo. [10]

History

Semra Yavuz owns Turkish Delight as of 2001–2015. [11] [12] The business has been a vendor at the Northwest Folklife Festival. [8] Turkish Delight operated via take-out during the COVID-19 pandemic. [13] [14]

Reception

The restaurant's interior, 2022 Seattle, Washington, U.S. (November 2022) - 060.jpg
The restaurant's interior, 2022

Jason Sheehan included Turkish delight in Seattle Weekly's 2010 overview of "our favorite restaurants" and said the restaurant "not only offers doner but does a really good job with it, cutting big slabs of meat, laying on the tomato sauce, and making a proper meal of it". He also wrote, "But while any meal at Turkish Delight is guaranteed to be three things—fast, cheap, and hearty—going for the doner adds a fourth promise: It's going to be awesome." [3]

In Seattle Metropolitan 's 2011 guide to Pike Place Market, Jessica Voelker wrote, "If you grew up with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, don't miss the chance to try Turkish delight candy at Turkish Delight." [9] The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle has recommended, "Brave the Market crowd for the 3-buck lentil soup." [6]

In 2016, Naomi Tomky included the spinach börek in Thrillist 's list of the 50 "best things to eat and drink" at Pike Place Market and said: "With a non-descript storefront and often empty shelves in the cases, this is the kind of local secret you rarely stumble upon in such a tourist attraction: under a thousand crispy layers of filo pastry hides a hearty serving of feta cheese and spinach." [15] Sneha Konda included the doner kabobs in Narcity's 2019 list of 15 "bucket list foods you have to try at Seattle's Pike Place Market once in your lifetime" and wrote, "The flavorful rolls stuffed with kabobs, steaming cups of tea and pistachio baklava will leave you stuffed, happy, yet craving for more." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Konda, Sneha (December 4, 2019). "Everything You Must Eat And Drink At Pike Place Market In Seattle". Narcity. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  2. ↑ Yaeger, Michael (1999). An Insider's Tour of the Pike Place Public Market: Featuring Profiles of Market Personalities. Studio Solstone. ISBN   978-0-931693-24-3. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 "Our Favorite Restaurants 2010". Seattle Weekly . April 6, 2010. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Is this Seattle's — and Burien's — best gelato?". The Seattle Times. July 2, 2019. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Seattle's Gyro Shops: An Incomplete Overview". Seattle Metropolitan . Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  6. 1 2 Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle:
  7. ↑ Balla, Lesley (June 5, 2019). "The Culinary Wonders of Seattle's Pike Place Market". Eater. Archived from the original on November 12, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  8. 1 2 "The 1990 Northwest Folklife Festival -- Cultures Cross And Traditions Resurface | The Seattle Times". The Seattle Times. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  9. 1 2 "Local's Guide to the Pike Place Market: Noontime Fuel-Up". Seattle Metropolitan. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  10. ↑ "75+ favorite Seattle area restaurants recommended by Puget Sounds' top chefs". king5.com. February 12, 2020. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  11. ↑ Calcott, Katy (2001). The Food Lover's Guide to Seattle. Sasquatch Books. ISBN   978-1-57061-247-3. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Old bridge will take Pike Place Market visitors to new public plaza". The Seattle Times. March 27, 2015. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  13. ↑ "UPDATING: Seattle-area restaurants offering takeout and/or delivery during the coronavirus pandemic". The Seattle Times. May 27, 2020. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  14. ↑ "Seattle-area restaurants offering takeout, delivery service during the coronavirus pandemic". The Seattle Times. June 2, 2021. Archived from the original on November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  15. ↑ "The 50 Best Things to Eat and Drink at Pike Place Market". Thrillist. September 15, 2016. Archived from the original on October 28, 2021. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
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