EST. 1987 • BİTEZ BAY 37°01'41"N 27°22'35"E

Same shore. Same name. Forty years.

İsmet opened it in 1987. Today his grandson cooks.

01 / TODAY’S CATCH This Month’s Table
Freshly caught Aegean sea bass on rock salt and ice in a copper dish.

Levrek (sea bass)

Dicentrarchus labrax

SEPTEMBER – JANUARY 750G / 1.2KG
A large gilt-head bream on ice on a black stone platter, with sea beans and lemon.

Çipura (gilt-head bream)

Sparus aurata

AUGUST – NOVEMBER 900G / 1.5KG
Bodrum squid and octopus on ice in a hammered bronze bowl, the sea at dusk behind.

Kalamar & Ahtapot (squid & octopus)

Loligo vulgaris / Octopus vulgaris

SEPTEMBER – FEBRUARY DAILY CATCH
İsmet with his grandfather, from the family archive.
BODRUM, TÜRKİYE
02 / ROOTS 1987
On the same shore, under the same name, since 1987.

The three wooden tables Captain İsmet set down beside Çökertme Caddesi in the summer of 1987 still face the sea with the same plainness. Our meze list has not grown longer, and we have never compromised on the freshness of the catch.

03 / THE SEA’S CYCLE

The Aegean Calendar

The rhythm of the Aegean: which fish reaches the table, and when?

JAN
Lüfer (bluefish) Diver caught
FEB
Kalkan (turbot) Deep water
MAR
Levrek (sea bass) Coastal longline
APR
CLOSED SEASON BEGINS 15 April
MAY
SPAWNING Resting
JUN
SPAWNING Resting
JUL
SPAWNING Sardalya (sardine), inshore
AUG
FINAL STRETCH 1 Sep reopening
SEP
Çipura & Kalamar Season opens
OCT
Palamut (bonito) Channel current
NOV
Lüfer & Mercan (bluefish & seabream) Rock hollows
DEC
Kalamar (squid) Night light
04 / EVENING SERVICE

Çökertme Cd. No:96/A, Bitez Bay, Bodrum

Every day, 09:00 – 02:00.

FOUNDED 1987
SERVICE 09:00 – 02:00
BLUE HOUR 19:15 – 19:54
LOCATION BİTEZ BAY

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