Café Eden, Smyrna (today Izmir, Turkey). Photo c. 1890 by Istanbul-based firm Sebah
Café Eden, Smyrna (today Izmir, Turkey). Photo c. 1890 by Istanbul-based firm Sebah & Joaillier. The café was destroyed by a fire around 1900. Cafés like this were exclusive establishments, very different from the small coffee stalls popular in business areas of most cities of the Ottoman Empire. Large coffee houses like Café Eden “were top-of-the-line establishments, located in exclusive neighbourhoods of larger cities and offering posh appointments, instrumentalists, singers, and dancers, often in gardenlike surroundings with fountains and tree-shaded tables.” (+) -- source link
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