With its 7 different venues and countless activities, Tomtom Fun Aid, seems that it will leave its mark on this winter.
The Street Project of Mika Group which we told about earlier when it was underway has finally been completed and all of the bars and clubs have opened their doors. Tomtom Fun Aid, which is an Urban Transformation Project at the same time, offers a sense of entertainment with its seven different bars.
Tomtom Fun Aid which encompasses the Akarsu, Acara and Tosbaga streets located in the Galatasaray Tomtom District, offers several alternatives to the nightlife of Istanbul ranging from “jazz” to “bar rooms”, from “pubs” to “shot bars”.
Whatever your preference is, if you also would like to join this entertainment experience, 7 bars will be waiting for you in the different hours of the day in a single street.
Surprise Concert in Indigo
The Indigo which opened the season with Zombie Nation last month, again continues to bring the world-renowned figures of the electronic music together with the Istanbulites. This season, Indigo going beyond its own music concept has started to organise concerts under the name of “As I wish”. The first of the concerts started on the 22nd of October with Bülent Ortaçgil. Indigo, will continue to host many surprise names with their live performances within the scope of “As I wish” concerts throughout the season.
Alt Jazz Stage swarms
Alt Jazz continues to host many world-renowned local and foreign jazz masters! The jazz club, with its unattempted and different concept, hosts the extraordinary projects of the local and foreign jazz and rock bands and the acoustical performances of the indispensable names every month. Having become an alternative through creating its own frequenters taking pleasure in jazz and rock music who can not bypass, “Alt. Jazz”, will host the names such as Kürşat Başar, Yahya Dai, Volkan Hürsever, Jef Giansily and Elif Çağlar throughout the month of November.
Different flavours in Indigo Pub
Having provided service as a modern American diner, the Pub offers delicious omelettes, pancakes, salads, hamburgers, special stone oven pizza options and home-made desserts. Indigo Pub, ensuring you to have a rare old time in the entertaining music styles such as the Contemporary jazz, the easy listening, the 80’s and many others, also gives life to the TomTom Street with its special DJ performances throughout Fridays and Saturdays.
The day never ends in We!
Having picked up a beautiful corner in the TomTom Street, We, offers service 7 days in a week in the concept of international café-cuisine with its sandwiches, delicious salads, hamburgers, spaghettis, main courses, hand-made desserts and assertive cocktails.
“We” offers a sincere, warm and modern atmosphere with its wooden interior architecture and groovy musics like soul, jazz, funk, disco, acid jazz and trip hop, DJ sets in Fridays and Saturdays.
‘A shot bar: 2/1a’
2/1a, is one of the bars of TomTom Street bringing entertainment together with new flavours. With its wide-ranging cocktails and special shot menu aims to be one of the youngest and most dynamic clubs of the Istanbul night life.
‘Küçük Meyhane’ of TomTom
“Küçük Meyhane” in the format of ‘casual meyhane (bar room)‘ brings Istanbul together with a new bar room concept.
With its cold and hot starter options, outstanding pieces of the Turkish Classical Music, special design drawings blending the classic and contemporary elements in its wall, affordable prices “Küçük Meyhane” is a meeting point for the fun-loving people and bar room frequenters during any hour of the day.
Another Şahika
“Şahika Meyhane” takes its name from the “Şahika”, one of the busiest venues of Nevizade within the body of Mika Group since the year 2000.
A Duplex venue, open 7 days in a week, Şahika Meyhane, with its decoration away from the classic bar room concept is modern bar room which makes difference. With its Mediterranean Cuisine weighted menu, Egyptian, Armenian, Greek starters, Arabic, Greek rakis, different wine options, harbours the special recipes and musics related to the bar room culture from the different parts of the world in the TomTom Street.
Written by; Onur Birdal
in Istanbul
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