The newest shop-café on Serdar-ı Ekrem Caddesi perfectly fits the trend of warm, homey venues popping up all over town. The owner, also named Nikol, crafts all of the chocolates and cakes sold here before decorating and packaging them. In fact, everything is handmade, from the chocolate-covered Turkish delight to the organic cookies. Flowers can also be ordered from the shop to be delivered along with special-occasion cakes. Nikol feeds Galata residents all day long, with organic homemade breakfast, lunch and dinners as well as mini-hamburgers, salads and meat options. And don’t forget that everything in the café’s modern-vintage collection – from the tables and chairs to the glass candleholders and jewelry – is for sale.