Zeynel Ergin Gevrek Fırını

About Zeynel Ergin Gevrek Fırını

Zeynel Ergin Gevrek Fırını is a traditional bakery in Alsancak specialising in gevrek, İzmir's sesame bread ring, and kumru, the city's signature sandwich roll. The bakery describes itself as Alsancak's first gevrek bakery, working in a traditional kara fırın oven that it says is 145 years old, and dates the Zeynel Ergin tradition to 1962. The MICHELIN Guide singles it out in a feature on İzmir's food, noting its kumru bread, made from dough leavened with chickpea flour, which is used for sandwiches filled with İzmir tulum cheese and tomatoes. Culinary Backstreets also lists it among the city's essential stops for gevrek, and the bakery turns out several kinds of boyoz, the flaky pastry eaten for breakfast in İzmir. It is a breakfast and snack spot rather than a sit-down restaurant, and a good place to try the city's bakery staples in one go. Good to know: - Type: traditional bakery, gevrek and kumru - Tradition dates from 1962, according to the bakery - Location: 1466. Sokak in Alsancak