Banca Unione

Mediterranean cooking in a bright Karaköy dining room. The address is Karaköy, Beyoğlu, Istanbul.

The dining room occupies L’Union Han, a 120-year-old bank building on Bankalar Caddesi; the marble tables sit where clerks once counted lire. That is the kind of detail a listing usually buries under a cuisine tag, and it is why the place is on this feed rather than a roundup of 'new places.'

Müdavim and Oggusto listed it among Istanbul’s newest places. @bancaunione is the live camera for hours, plates, and the nights they decide to close the terrace. Go for the place first — the seafood is the reason to sit down, but the building is the reason the sitting feels like Istanbul and not a concept flown in last week.