It is Saturday morning, and I am wandering Nisantasi in search for a good cup of coffee, waiting for Murat. I have noticed several things in conjunction sway me to a cafe or restaurant, some obvious, some idiosyncratic. Menu. Type of music playing. Ambience. Location. Non-smoking. The type of customers it attracts/are attracted to it. It is rare to find a place that fulfills ALL these criteria but one strives to at least to be on the lookout for a place that has potential.
More striking or memorable is when there is discrepancy between several criteria. Imagine this an upscale Italian restaurant, dimly lit with Grecian pendant lights, beautiful ornate Victorian chairs with plush pale green seats and Wham "Wake me up before you go go". What a mood killer! Not that I am anti-Wham. No, I do enjoy a little George Michael here and again but of my own volition and DEFINITELY not when I am in a nice restaurant, trying enjoy my meal.
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