Ankara Turkish Restaurant is coming to the southwest corner of Houston and Orchard.
Signage arrived on the storefront back on Friday.
This will be the first Manhattan outpost for the quick-serve restaurant that has two locations in Brooklyn.
Their
menu shows a variety of gyros and skewers combos... and sides like babaganoush and grape leaves.
According to the
Commercial Observer, ownership signed a 10-year lease for the 3,000-square-foot space (includes basement) with a monthly rent of $25,000. (This storefront was previously the health-focused
Dr. Smood.)
News of this arrival comes on the heels of the quiet closure of Eastanbul (first reported
here) a block away on Allen Street.
And we had always hoped that Bereket would reopen around here as rumored after
their June 2014 closure on the southeast corner of Houston and Orchard.