Weekends are a great time to visit Pera Mediterranean Brasserie, midtown Manhattan's choice for Turkish hospitality, serving creative, sophisticated takes on the cuisine of Turkey, Greece, France, and beyond. Saturdays and Sundays you'll find all kinds of specials to enhance an already vibrant scene. Catch great music on Live Jazz Saturdays, 6:30 to 10pm in the Bar & Lounge area. Relax with a bottle of wine from Pera's smart selection of Mediterranean and other top regional vintages—on Saturday nights they're all 50% off.
Come back Sunday and you'll also find half-off bottles of wine, as Pera lays out a three-course Mediterranean Sunday Supper (5-9pm; $34/person). The kitchen's fusion skills are on full display in appetizers like Turkish smoked lamb tacos and crab cakes with lemon labne dip, and mains like prune-braised lamb shank with pine nuts or wild mushroom bucatini. Save room for dessert, as pomegranate panna cotta, candied dates and gelato, and, of course, baklava, are among the prix fixe options.
Weekend brunch is a New York tradition and Pera Mediterranean Brasserie serves a great one, Saturday and Sunday from noon to 3pm. Order a la carte, or choose from a $29 prix fixe, which has baked eggs, smoked lamb Benedict, and the house's Fench toast (with pistachio jam, feta cheese, and brandied strawberries). Cocktailing is another part of that New York brunch tradition, and Pera offers original options like a sumac Bloody Mary, a sour cherry mimosa, an apricot bellino, and a peach margarita, each available with the prix fixe, or as part of a two-hour bottomless brunch special for just $19.
Upcoming Live Jazz Saturday performances include:
The Blue Vipers of Brooklyn
