Turkish Delight (restaurant) explained

Turkish Delight
Current-Owner:Semra Yavuz
Food-Type:Turkish
Street-Address:1930 Pike Place
City:Seattle
County:King
State:Washington
Zip:98101
Country:United States
Coordinates:47.6104°N -122.3431°W
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Turkish Delight is a restaurant at Seattle's Pike Place Market, in the U.S. state of Washington.

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.[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. Turkish Delight operated via take-out during the COVID-19 pandemic.[13] [14]

Reception

Jason Sheehan included Turkish delight in Seattle Weekly 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."

In Seattle Metropolitan 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." The Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle has recommended, "Brave the Market crowd for the 3-buck lentil soup."

In 2016, Naomi Tomky included the spinach börek in Thrillist 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."

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Konda . Sneha . 2019-12-04 . Everything You Must Eat And Drink At Pike Place Market In Seattle . 2022-11-15 . Narcity . en-us . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115235658/https://www.narcity.com/everything-you-must-eat-and-drink-at-pike-place-market-in-seattle . live .
  2. Book: Yaeger, Michael . An Insider's Tour of the Pike Place Public Market: Featuring Profiles of Market Personalities . 1999 . Studio Solstone . 978-0-931693-24-3 . en . 2022-11-15 . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192245/https://books.google.com/books?id=k7JuCGG1udMC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Turkish+Delight%22+%22Pike+Place%22&q=%22Turkish+Delight%22+%22Pike+Place%22&hl=en . live .
  3. Web site: 2010-04-06 . Our Favorite Restaurants 2010 . 2022-11-15 . . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192239/https://www.seattleweekly.com/food/our-favorite-restaurants-2010/ . live .
  4. Web site: 2019-07-02 . Is this Seattle's — and Burien's — best gelato? . 2022-11-15 . The Seattle Times . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192240/https://www.seattletimes.com/pacific-nw-magazine/is-this-seattles-and-buriens-best-gelato/ . live .
  5. Web site: Seattle's Gyro Shops: An Incomplete Overview . 2022-11-15 . . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192241/https://www.seattlemet.com/news-and-city-life/2009/07/seattles-gyro-shops-an-incomplete-overview . live .
  6. Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle:
    • Book: Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle . 2014-05-06 . . 978-1-62873-587-1 . en . 2022-11-15 . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192243/https://books.google.com/books?id=iN3-DQAAQBAJ&pg=PT39&lpg=PT39&dq=%22Turkish+Delight%22+%22Pike+Place%22&source=bl&ots=prol9a1145&sig=ACfU3U3GQg-m1Nt0GrTLzXkyQgWo5-MMww&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjquaa07LD7AhXjADQIHd8cCDw4UBDoAXoECBkQAw . live .
    • Book: Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2016 . 2015-11-24 . . 978-1-5107-0025-3 . en . 2022-11-15 . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192242/https://books.google.com/books?id=Jf4PCwAAQBAJ&pg=PP58&lpg=PP58&dq=%22Turkish+Delight%22+%22Pike+Place%22&source=bl&ots=GpftQRjab8&sig=ACfU3U3SmlH7PjvkiNjqXzOoEnDGaXyPSw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjquaa07LD7AhXjADQIHd8cCDw4UBDoAXoECBgQAw . live .
    • Book: Not for Tourists Guide to Seattle 2017 . 2016-10-18 . . 978-1-5107-1063-4 . en . 2022-11-15 . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192240/https://books.google.com/books?id=HG-CDwAAQBAJ&pg=PP50&lpg=PP50&dq=%22Turkish+Delight%22+%22seattle%22&source=bl&ots=tcsfOJMQwC&sig=ACfU3U0J6ukXsm-ftJAdecAa__CoLvGoDQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi5xKfs7rD7AhXjADQIHd8cCDw4UBDoAXoECBsQAw . live .
  7. Web site: Balla . Lesley . 2019-06-05 . The Culinary Wonders of Seattle's Pike Place Market . 2022-11-15 . Eater . en . 2021-11-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211112211930/https://www.eater.com/2019/6/5/18643359/best-food-stalls-coffee-pike-place-market . live .
  8. Web site: The 1990 Northwest Folklife Festival -- Cultures Cross And Traditions Resurface The Seattle Times . 2022-11-15 . The Seattle Times . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192239/https://archive.seattletimes.com/archive/?date=19900525&slug=1073812 . live .
  9. Web site: Local's Guide to the Pike Place Market: Noontime Fuel-Up . 2022-11-15 . Seattle Metropolitan . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192239/https://www.seattlemet.com/eat-and-drink/2011/06/pike-place-market-noontime-fuel-up-june-2011 . live .
  10. Web site: February 12, 2020 . 75+ favorite Seattle area restaurants recommended by Puget Sounds' top chefs . 2022-11-15 . king5.com . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192239/https://www.king5.com/article/entertainment/television/programs/evening/75-seattle-recommendations-where-the-chefs-eat-puget-sound/281-894a0a61-7017-4637-a28d-f57f50af8b80 . live .
  11. Book: Calcott, Katy . The Food Lover's Guide to Seattle . 2001 . Sasquatch Books . 978-1-57061-247-3 . en . 2022-11-15 . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192247/https://books.google.com/books?id=dMDgmnom4iMC&newbks=0&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22Turkish+Delight%22+%22Semra+Yavuz%22&q=%22Turkish+Delight%22+%22Semra+Yavuz%22&hl=en . live .
  12. Web site: 2015-03-27 . Old bridge will take Pike Place Market visitors to new public plaza . 2022-11-15 . The Seattle Times . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115192241/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/old-bridge-will-take-pike-place-market-visitors-to-new-public-plaza/ . live .
  13. Web site: 2020-05-27 . UPDATING: Seattle-area restaurants offering takeout and/or delivery during the coronavirus pandemic . 2022-11-15 . The Seattle Times . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115235938/https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/updating-seattle-area-restaurants-offering-takeout-and-or-delivery-during-the-novel-coronavirus-pandemic/ . live .
  14. Web site: 2021-06-02 . Seattle-area restaurants offering takeout, delivery service during the coronavirus pandemic . 2022-11-15 . The Seattle Times . en-US . 2022-11-15 . https://web.archive.org/web/20221115235940/https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/updating-seattle-area-restaurants-offering-takeout-delivery-and-or-dine-in-service-during-the-coronavirus-pandemic/ . live .
  15. Web site: The 50 Best Things to Eat and Drink at Pike Place Market . 2022-11-15 . Thrillist . 15 September 2016 . en . 2021-10-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211028143044/https://www.thrillist.com/eat/seattle/pike-place-market-best-things-to-eat-drink . live .

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