Mediterranean Bistro

• Cuisine(s): Mediterranean, Middle Eastern
  Hours: Sun-Thu 12pm-11pm, Fri-Sat 12pm-12am
  Price: $$$ $$$
  Payment Types: All Major Credit Cards
• Attire: Casual
  Features: Patio/Sidewalk Dining, Takeout, Delivery, Private Party, Catering, Wheelchair Accessible, Kid Friendly, Vegetarian Friendly
  Serving: Dinner, Late Night, Lunch
  Entertainment: Live Entertainment
• Alcohol: Beer/Wine
  Reservations: Accepted, Recommended, Required for Large Parties
  Parking: Garage, Meters, Street

Description

Your best bet at Hakan Turkish Grill might be to order the mixed meze of conventional Turkish appetizers. Centering the plate is a zesty white bean salad flavored with olive oil, vinegar, and flecks of scallion, green pepper, black olive, and tomato. Other components such as charred eggplant dip, rice-stuffed grape leaves, and a red caviar-yogurt spread (tamara) are good too, and the fluffy homemade pita bread, warmed and smoked on the grill, is fantastic. You might want to try etli kuru fasulye, a lamb and white bean stew with soft, succulent cubes of muttonlike meat in a tomato-based broth - more soup than stew, but tasty nonetheless.