| Turkish Delight | |
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.jpg) The restaurant's exterior, 2022 | |
 Interactive map of Turkish Delight | |
| Restaurant information | |
| Owner | Semra Yavuz |
| Food type | Turkish |
| Location | 1930 Pike Place,Seattle, King, Washington, 98101, United States |
| Coordinates | 47°36′37″N122°20′35″W / 47.6104°N 122.3431°W /47.6104; -122.3431 |
Turkish Delight is a restaurant atSeattle'sPike Place Market, in theU.S. state ofWashington.
TheTurkish[1] restaurant Turkish Delight is located on Pike Place inPike Place Market.[2] In 2010, Jason Sheehan ofSeattle Weekly described the business as "the little family-run, 10-table operation at the far end of the market".[3]
The menu has includedbaklava,[4]doner,[5]gyros,lentil soup,[6] pides,[7]shawarma,tabbouleh,[8] andTurkish delight.[3][9] The chickenbörek has chicken breast, mushrooms, and parsley infilo.[10]
Turkish Delight was founded in 1982 by the Bozatli family in Pike Place Market.[citation needed] Semra Yavuz owns Turkish Delight as of 2001–2015.[11][12] The business has been a vendor at theNorthwest Folklife Festival.[8] Turkish Delight operated viatake-out during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[13][14]
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Jason Sheehan included Turkish delight inSeattle 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]
InSeattle Metropolitan's 2011 guide to Pike Place Market, Jessica Voelker wrote, "If you grew up withThe Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, don't miss the chance to try Turkish delight candy at Turkish Delight."[9] TheNot 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 inThrillist'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 inNarcity'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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