Ankara #3
Turkish restaurant · Lower East Side ·
Focuses on lamb gyro, kebabs, and Turkish tea
Focuses on lamb gyro, kebabs, and Turkish tea
"Those who say history doesn’t repeat itself have Ankara #3 to contend with. Two decades ago it was a late-night Turkish hangout called Bereket on Houston near the rock clubs, and then it vanished. Lo and behold it reappeared years later in roughly the same spot with a new name offering an even greater range of doner kebabs in your choice of breads, bread dips, chopped salads, and brown-top pudding." - Eater Staff
"This halal Turkish restaurant is the successor to the long-closed Bereket, a late night favorite of clubgoers. Lots of salads, dips, and kebabs at bargain prices, but my preferred choice is a doner kebab in Turkish bread (other breads include pitas and flatbread wraps). Three rotating cylinders of meat are available: lamb, chicken, and veal, each with its own attractions." - Robert Sietsema
"After a dozen other places, I finally found lamb döner nirvana at Bereket’s successor, Ankara (the new Ankara #3 opened in March at 183 Houston, near Allen Street). I was thrilled to see four cylinders of meat rotating in the window and a guy shaving them like a barber with a mean-looking knife. The lamb döner is offered on three kinds of bread — pocket pita, a crusty round Turkish roll, or a wrap — each $13; the Turkish roll was unseeded and focaccia-like. The meat was absolutely wonderful: as greasy as you’d want and pungent with notes of hay and loam. The vegetables were fresh (I should have asked for more raw onions), it came with minted yogurt on the side and a great oily hot sauce, and the menu also offers a veal gyro called yaprak in the Uzbeki style that’s worth trying for its highly caramelized meat flavors." - Robert Sietsema
"Ramazan Turgut’s return to the neighborhood serves menu items from his old Bereket — think gyros and red lentil soup — operating as the third location in his small Brooklyn-based Turkish group and situated across the street from his former Houston Street spot." - Luke Fortney
Top tier lamb and chicken and open 24 hrs
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