Nilufer's Home Kitchen

Nilufer's Home Kitchen is a small, cozy Turkish café at 135 Main St on the west end of Beacon's Main Street, run by Istanbul-born chef Nilüfer Goodson. It's a warm spot for a long breakfast and a glass of Turkish tea.

Turkish Breakfast

The kitchen is known for its traditional Turkish breakfast spread of cheeses, pastries and Turkish bread, along with sesame simit and house-made pastries. Everything is halal.

Tea and Coffee

Turkish coffee is on the menu, and Turkish tea is served for dine-in only. As the chef puts it, Turkish tea is meant to be drunk in a glass, so it isn't offered to go.

The Chef

Nilüfer trained in the Culinary Arts program at the Institute of Culinary Education in New York, then cooked as a private chef and later became the first Turkish woman to serve as an executive chef in Turkey, with the Divan Hotel Group. She returned to Beacon to open her own place and also cooks as a private chef.

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