Sıtkı Usta Kadayıf Künefe Baklava Çukurambar

About Sıtkı Usta Kadayıf Künefe Baklava Çukurambar

Sıtkı Usta Kadayıf, Künefe ve Baklava has its Ankara Çukurambar branch on Muhsin Yazıcıoğlu Caddesi in Kızılırmak Mahallesi. The business began in Diyarbakır, where it still has most of its branches. According to the company's own history, Sıtkı Usta was born in 1949 in Gürpınar village in Bingöl and moved to Diyarbakır as a young man to learn the kadayıf trade. In 1968 he opened his first production and sales shop in a space of 20 square metres. His sons İbrahim, Ahmet, Süleyman, Mehmet and Ömer Altunbay have worked in the business since 1987. The company says it now has nine branches in Diyarbakır and two in Ankara, at Çukurambar and GATA, with about 50 staff at the Çukurambar branch. The menu centres on kadayıf, künefe and baklava. Besides walnut kadayıf, the company lists pistachio, milky pistachio, kaymaklı pistachio, cheese, burma, plain and çubuk kadayıf, and says it introduced Soğuk Baklava, its registered brand, offered plain and with dark chocolate, white chocolate or pistachio. Its website also sells mor baklava, keçiboynuzlu baklava, nuts and coffee online with delivery across Turkey. In 2019 the company received the Yılın Tatlıcısı award at the Best of City Awards in Istanbul. Practical notes: the branch page gives opening hours of 08:00 to 02:00 and the phone number 0312 221 22 21. The Instagram account says takeaway delivery is available.