Palivor Çiftliği
WHAT: Gourmet Shop & Degustation Bar
Palivor Çiftliği (Farm) is actually the name of a ranch/farm located in the Marmara region close to the Bulgarian frontier. A little over a year ago they went commercial with an elegantly branded array of products ranging from dairy products (cheese, yoghurt, butter...) to meat products (sucuk, sausages, cold cuts...) to other food products (jams, sauces, pasta, tea, chips...).
Their products are all natural and measure up in quality and taste. You can purchase the goods online and in Macrocenters, but also in their own locations in Nişantaşı and Bebek where the goods are set up like a mini gourmet market alongside seating areas where you can sit and enjoy their goods on spot.
And I almost forgot to mention that they also produce their own wines! And what best to accompany and enjoy one of their cheese and charcuterie plates on spot?! Although it's certainly not the best Turkish wine has to offer; it is very decent and with a good price-value ratio.
Keep in mind that they actually serve up quite a range of things, furthermore than cheese plates, going from salads to quesadillas and sucuk burgers; and also offer beer and other alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages. I would also highly recommend their breakfast where the rest of their produce is really show-cased. And considering the non-existent kitchen it's actually miraculous what they pull off!
OCCASION: Breakfast; anytime of day you feel like a glass of wine or beer; after work drinks and nibbles.
ENVIRONMENT: It's a fully outdoors locale within the Milli Reasurans passage. And when I mean fully, it's not an over-statement... Several normal and bar style tables arranged in a row are heated by overhead and under table heaters during the winter months, and cooled by fans in the summer. It doesn't sound like much but it somehow works!
Note: The Bebek location is bigger with a proper indoor shop and some indoor and outdoor seating.
AMBIANCE: Laid back. Busiest at after work hours. People coming to unwind and have a chill evening.
STYLE: As you feel comfortable.
LOCATION: Nişantaşı, Istanbul
