Cafe Istanbul (Riverside & Harding)

Pureed chickpeas with a hint of garlic, tahini, fresh lemon juice, and olive oil. Vegetarian.

Finely chopped tomatoes, onions, walnuts, and hot peppers mixed in olive oil and herbs. Vegetarian. Served spicy.

Smoked eggplant puree flavored with tahini, olive oil, and garlic. Vegetarian.

Grape leaves stuffed with rice, pine nuts, currants, and flavorful herbs. Vegetarian.

Cracked wheat tossed with tomatoes, sweet onions, fresh peppers, and parsley. Dressed with olive oil and lemon juice. Vegetarian.

Cubes of lightly fried eggplant combined with fresh red peppers, onions, and garlic in our homemade tomato sauce. Vegetarian.

Pinto beans with carrots, green peppers, and diced potatoes, seasoned with a light tomato and olive oil sauce. Vegetarian.

A large side of our freshly made yogurt seasoned with minced cucumbers, dill, and a touch of garlic. Vegetarian.

Thickened homemade yogurt with fresh dill, mint, garlic, and walnut. Vegetarian.

Combination of hummus, babaganoush, stuffed grape leaves, ezme, tabuli, pinto beans, hydra and eggplant.

Fried rings of lightly breaded baby calamari served with our special tandoori sauce.

Croquette of chickpeas flavored with celery, garlic, parsley, and dill. Served with tahini sauce. Vegetarian.

Hot flaky phyllo pastries filled with feta cheese and fresh parsley. Vegetarian.

Cubes of tender calf liver sauteed with assorted herbs and spices. Served with sweet red onion and topped with parsley and sumac.

Mixture of zucchini, carrots, feta, and dill seasoned with Turkish spices. Served with homemade yogurt. Vegetarian.

Red lentils combines with pureed potatoes, celery, carrots, and onions. Vegetarian.

Diced chicken in a tomato-based broth with mixed vegetables.

Diced Roma tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, bell peppers, and parsley tossed with red vinegar and olive oil. Vegetarian.

Fresh assorted field greens, crumbled feta cheese, tossed with olive oil, and fresh lemon juice. Vegetarian.

Fresh assorted field greens, crumbled feta cheese, tossed with olive oil, and fresh lemon juice. Vegetarian.

Arugula mixed with field greens, dried cranberries, walnuts, and crumbled feta cheese. Dressed with olive oil and lemon juice. Vegetarian.

Iceberg lettuce with toasted almonds, dried apricots, dried cranberries, tomatoes and honey mustard dressing.

Fresh okra cooked with onions and garlic in fresh tomato sauce and served with rice pilaf. Vegetarian.

Assorted fresh garden vegetables cooked n fresh tomato sauce and served with rice pilaf. Vegetarian.

Grilled sweet peppers, eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, mushrooms, and sweet onions. Served with rice pilaf and choice of tomato sauce or yogurt. Vegetarian.

Layers of eggplant, potato, carrot, zucchini, red and green pepper, onion topped with bechamel sauce. Finished with mozzarella cheese, oven baked and dressed with tomato sauce. Served with rice pilaf. Vegetarian.

Turkish Style Pizza. 3 pieces. Thin crust dough topped with ground lamb chopped garden vegetables.

Homemade flat bread topped with feta cheese, mozzarella, and fresh tomatoes. Vegetarian.

Homemade flat bread stuffed with mozzarella, shrimp, tilapia, swordfish, and black olives.

Homemade flat bread topped with mozzarella and Turkish dried beef sausage.

Homemade flat bread stuffed with mozzarella, onions, tomatoes and ground lamb.

Homemade flat bread topped with mozzarella and gyro meat.

Homemade flat bread topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, and fresh spinach. Vegetarian.

Homemade flat bread topped with mozzarella, tomatoes, mushrooms, and grilled chicken.

Tender cubes of lamb marinated in our special house sauce and char-grilled.

Patties of freshly ground lamb and beef lightly seasoned and char-grilled.

Hand-cut cubes of chicken breast marinated in our special sauce and char-grilled.

Seasoned ground lamb flavored with red bell pepper and onions and grilled on flat skewers.

Seasoned ground chicken flavored with red bell pepper and grilled on flat skewers.

Tender cubes of rib-eye marinated in our special house sauce and char-grilled.

Delicately marinated and char-grilled lamb chops topped with oregano leaves.

Half portions of chicken, doner, adana, and shish kebabs.

Choose any two half portions of our kebabs.

Jumbo shrimp baked with baby spinach and cream sauce topped with mozzarella cheese and served with rice pilaf.

Succulent jumbo shrimp skewered and grilled with garlic sauce. Served with rice pilaf and mixed green salad.

Jumbo shrimp sauteed with garlic, red and green bell peppers, mushrooms cooked with cream sauce. Served with rice pilaf.

Grilled fresh fillet of salmon served with mixed green salad and rice pilaf.

Tilapia baked in homemade sauce of mushrooms, bell peppers, garlic, onion, and celery. Served with rice pilaf and mixed green salad.

Marinated cubes of swordfish char-grilled on flat skewers over an open flame, served with rice pilaf and mixed green salad.

Stuffed eggplant. Oven-roasted eggplant stuffed with seasoned ground beef, ground lamb, chopped tomatoes, green peppers, and herbs. Served with rice pilaf. Vegetarian.

Tender minced beef and lamb layered between slices of eggplant and topped with bechamel sauce. Finished with mozzarella cheese, oven-baked, and served with rice.

Smoked eggplant puree topped with thinly sliced Doner and fresh tomato sauce. Vegetarian.

Smoked eggplant puree topped with thinly sliced Doner and fresh tomato sauce.

Stuffed cabbage rolls. Cabbage leaves stuffed with rice, herbs, ground lamb and beef topped with fresh tomato sauce and yogurt.

Stuffed cabbage rolls. Cabbage leaves stuffed with rice, herbs, ground lamb and beef topped with fresh tomato sauce and yogurt.

Lamb sauteed with garlic, onions, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes, and special herbs served with rice pilaf.

Cubes of chicken sauteed with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, and peppers cooked with our signature tomato sauce. Served with rice pilaf.

Cubes of lamb sauteed with tomatoes, mushrooms, onions, bell peppers, and special herbs cooked with our signature tomato sauce. Served with rice pilaf.

Cubes of rib-eye sauteed with tomatoes, onions, garlic, red and green peppers. Served with rice pilaf.

Fresh okra cooked with vegetables and tender cubes of lamb in a fresh tomato base. Served with rice pilaf.

Assorted fresh vegetables cooked with tender cubes of lamb in a fresh tomato sauce and served with rice pilaf.

Gyro.

Lamb.

A traditional Turkish dessert. Sheets of phyllo dough stuffed with crushed pistachios. Vegetarian.

Rice pudding. Our homemade recipe for a classic rice pudding dessert topped with cinnamon. Vegetarian.

Our homemade almond pudding topped with almonds and cream. Vegetarian.

Start off with an appetizer sampler

Start off with an appetizer sampler

Half portions of chicken doner, shish, and adana kebab.

Cubes of chicken marinated in our special sauce and char grilled over open flame.

Tender cubes of fillet mignon marinated in our special house sauce and chargrilled over open flame.

Choose any two half portions of our kebabs expect mixed grill, and lamb chops.

Turkish style gyro. Hand craved marinated ground lamb and beef, grilled on a large vertical rotisserie.

Seasoned ground lamb flavored with crusted red peppers. Char grilled on flat skewers over open flame.

Slices of Doner Kebab over garlic toasted bread served with yogurt and tomato sauce.

Seasoned ground chicken flavored with crusted red peppers and char grilled on flat skewers over open flame.

Tender cubes of lamb marinated in our special house sauce and char grilled over open flame.

Patties of freshly ground beef and lamb lightly seasoned and chargrilled over open flame.

Delicately marinated and char grilled baby lamb chops topped with oregano leaves.

Start off with an appetizer sampler

Start off with an appetizer sampler

A traditional Turkish dessert. Sheets of phyllo dough stuffed with crushed pistachios.

Half portions of chicken, doner, shish and adana kebabs.

Vegetarian. Hot flaky phyllo pastries filled with feta cheese, fresh dill and parsley.

Cubes of tender calf liver sautéed with assorted herbs wheat flour and spices. Served with sweet red onions, topped with parsley and sumac.

Our homemade recipe for this classic rice pudding dessert topped with cinnamon.

Our homemade milk custard topped with cream and grape sauce.

Smoked pureed eggplant topped with marinated lamb and served with tomato sauce.

Combination of hummus, babaganoush, stuffed grape leaves, ezme, tabuli, pinto beans, labne and eggplant with sauce.

Bronzini grilled over an open flame, served with mixed green salad tossed with olive oil and lemon dressing.

Oven-roasted eggplant stuffed with seasoned ground beef and lamb, chopped tomatoes, green peppers and herbs. Served with rice pilaf.

Pureed chickpeas flavored with a hint of garlic, tahini, fresh lemon juice and olive oil.

Finely chopped tomatoes, onions and hot peppers mixed in olive oil and herbs.

Smoked eggplant puree flavored with tahini, olive oil and garlic.

Grape leaves stuffed with rice, pine nuts, raisins and flavorful herbs.

Cracked wheat tossed with tomatoes, sweet onions, fresh peppers and parsley. Dressed with olive oil.

Cubes of lightly fried eggplant combined with fresh red peppers, onions and garlic in our homemade tomato sauce.

Pinto beans with carrots, green peppers and diced potatoes seasoned with a light tomato and olive oil sauce.

A large side of our freshly made yogurt seasoned with minced cucumbers, dill and a touch of garlic.

Thickened homemade yogurt with fresh dill, mint, garlic and walnut.

Fried ring of calamari lightly breaded with flour and served with our special taratora sauce.

Vegetarian. Croquette of chickpeas flavored with garlic, parsley and cilantro. Served with tahini sauce.

Vegetarian. Hot flaky phyllo pastries filled with feta cheese, fresh dill and parsley.

Cubes of tender calf liver sautéed with assorted herbs wheat flour and spices. Served with sweet red onions, topped with parsley and sumac.

Vegetarian. Mixture of zucchini, feta, dill, flour, egg seasoned with spices and served with garlic yogurt.

Combination of hummus, babaganoush, stuffed grape leaves, ezme, tabuli, pinto beans, labne and eggplant with sauce.

Red lentils combined with pureed potatoes, celery, carrots and onions.

Diced chicken in broth with carrots, garlic and mushrooms.

Vegetarian. Fresh assorted field greens and iceberg lettuce tossed with olive oil and fresh lemon juice.

Vegetarian. Roma tomatoes, cucumbers, red onions, bell peppers and parsley tossed with red wine vinegar and olive oil.

Vegetarian. Fresh seasonal lettuce with tomatoes, sweet onions, green bell peppers, feta and parsley, dressed with olive oil and fresh lemon juice.

Vegetarian. Arugula mixed with field greens, dried cranberries, walnuts and crumbled feta cheese. Dressed with olive oil and fresh orange juice.

Vegetarian. Iceberg lettuce with toasted almonds, dried apricot, dried cranberries, tomatoes and honey mustard dressing.

Oven-roasted eggplant stuffed with seasoned ground beef and lamb, chopped tomatoes, green peppers and herbs. Served with rice pilaf.

Tender minced beef and lamb layered between slices of eggplant and topped with a béchamel sauce. Finished with mozzarella cheese, oven baked and served with rice pilaf.

Smoked pureed eggplant with thiny sliced doner, served with fresh tomato sauce.

Smoked pureed eggplant topped with chicken and served with fresh tomato sauce.

Cabbage leaves stuffed with rice, ground lamb, beef and herbs. Served with fresh tomato sauce and yogurt.

Smoked pureed eggplant topped with marinated lamb and served with tomato sauce.

Lamb sautéed with garlic, onions, mushrooms, peppers, tomatoes and special herbs served with rice pilaf.

Cubes of chicken sautéed with tomatoes, onions, garlic and peppers. Served with rice pilaf.

Cubes of steak sautéed with tomatoes, onions, garlic and peppers. Served with rice pilaf.

Cubes of lamb sautéed with tomatoes, onions, garlic and peppers. Served with rice pilaf.

Fresh okra cooked with vegetables and tender cubes of lamb in a fresh tomato base. Served with rice pilaf.

Assorted fresh vegetables cooked with tender cubes of lamb in a fresh tomato sauce and served with rice pilaf.

Jumbo shrimp baked with baby spinach and cream sauce, topped with mozzarella cheese and served with rice pilaf.

Succulent jumbo shrimp, skewered and grilled with a garlic sauce. Served with rice pilaf and mixed green salad.

Jumbo shrimp sautéed with garlic and mushrooms. The shrimp is topped with parsely, cream sauce and served with rice pilaf.

Grilled fresh fillet of salmon topped with a feta dill sauce, served with a mixed green salad and rice pilaf.

Tilapia baked in homemade sauce of mushrooms, zucchini, bell peppers, garlic, onion, parsley and dill. Served with a mixed green salad and rice pilaf.

Marinated cubes of swordfish char-grilled on flat skewers over an open flame, served with mixed green salad and rice pilaf.

Bronzini grilled over an open flame, served with mixed green salad tossed with olive oil and lemon dressing.

Fresh okra cooked with vegetables in a fresh tomato sauce.

Grilled sweet peppers, eggplant, zucchini, tomatoes, mushrooms and sweet onions. Served with your choice of tomato sauce or yogurt.

Mixed vegetables (eggplant, zucchini, potatoes, tomatoes, onions, peppers, celery, and green beans) cooked in fresh tomato sauce.

Vegetarian.

Tender cubes of lamb marinated in our special house sauce and char-grilled.

Patties of freshly ground beef and lamb lightly seasoned and char-broiled.

Cubes of chicken marinated in our special sauce and grilled on flat skewers.

Hand carved marinated ground lamb and beef, grilled on a large vertical rotisserie.

Seasoned ground lamb flavored with red peppers and onions. Grilled on flat skewers.

Seasoned ground chicken flavored with red peppers and grilled on flat skewers.

Tender cubes of filet mignon marinated in our special house sauce and chargrilled over an ​open flame.

Choose any two half portions of our kebabs (excluding lamb chops and iskender kebob).

Delicately marinated and char-broiled lamb chops topped with oregano leaves.

Half portions of chicken, doner, shish and adana kebabs.

Slices of doner kebab over toasted garlic bread, served with yogurt and tomato sauce.

A traditional Turkish dessert. Sheets of phyllo dough stuffed with crushed pistachios.

Our homemade recipe for this classic rice pudding dessert topped with cinnamon.

Our homemade milk custard topped with cream and grape sauce.

Shredded phyllo dough stuffed with sweet goat cheese. Baked when ordered.

Our homemade almond pudding topped with almonds and cream.