Kafes Fırın

About Kafes Fırın

Kafes Fırın is a bakery and café on Eskişehir Yolu in Söğütözü, and the Söğütözü store is the one the company lists as its headquarters (merkez). According to the brand's own story, it started in 1994 as a small sales unit making home-made desserts for cafés in Ankara, and grew into a stop on the road that links the east and west of the city, which it describes as having become an Ankara classic. The business began with baked goods, adapting recipes from world cuisines to Turkish tastes. It later started blending and roasting its own coffee and now serves American, Italian and Turkish coffee styles. Bread is part of the range too, made with natural leaven (doğal maya) and, the company says, without additives. Kafes Fırın describes itself as a family company: founder Rezan Şüküroğlu runs it with the second generation, Şahin Selim Şüküroğlu and Sera Ayşe Şüküroğlu. The menu is split into a bakery side and a kitchen. The bakery counter covers cold sandwiches, börek, yeast-raised pastries, bread, milk puddings and cakes, while the kitchen serves breakfast, egg dishes, toasted sandwiches, soups, salads, hot sandwiches and main dishes. The company also makes its own ice cream under the Smark name. Recent posts on its Instagram account show layered cakes, brownies, pasta and a steak and kaşar cheese sandwich plate. Practical notes: the café sits next to the Opet fuel station on Eskişehir Yolu, and the brand's own Instagram has suggested parking in the station's car park, which can get busy. The website lists the Söğütözü store as opening at 7:30 and closing at 21:00. Orders can also be placed through a WhatsApp line given on the brand's Facebook page.