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Just over a year after it was first announced and following several delays in its anticipated debut date, Meyhouse Turkish restaurant is now open for business at City Center Bishop Ranch, with tickets on sale for its jazz club performances that are set to kick off in the week ahead.
The former Dumpling Time site that had been under renovation in the months ahead of Meyhouse’s soft opening Thursday is the popular South Bay business’s first foray into other Bay Area regions and a long-anticipated addition to the central San Ramon shopping center aimed at ushering in new dining opportunities — plus the suburban neighborhood’s first live entertainment and nightlife offering.
“Meyhouse brings a unique blend of culinary excellence and cultural experience to downtown San Ramon,” said Jeff Dodd, senior vice president of retail for Sunset Development in a press release Friday.
Derived from the Turkish word “meyhane”, Meyhouse seeks to set itself apart from other dining options, such as the former tenant in its current City Center space, by offering fine dining, craft cocktails and wine housed within a community gathering space dedicated to enjoying both culinary and musical delicacies.
“Their elevated approach to Turkish cuisine, paired with the addition of Meyhouse Jazz as our first dedicated live music venue, perfectly reflects our vision of City Center as a dynamic gathering place where food, entertainment and community come together,” Dodd said. “We’re delighted to welcome Meyhouse as a distinctive new destination for the East Bay.”
Meyhouse made its initial debut in the South Bay with a restaurant in Sunnyvale before expanding to a second location in Palo Alto that saw the addition of a jazz club and set the stage for the business concept in San Ramon.
“Our mission has always been to bring the flavors and culinary traditions of Turkey to the Bay Area,” co-owner Koray Altinsoy said. “Expanding into San Ramon’s City Center Bishop Ranch allows us to create a true flagship experience here in the East Bay, creating more than a restaurant but a cultural destination where food, community and music intersect.”
While the City Center location saw a soft opening on Thursday (April 30), new daytime and nighttime offerings were still being unfurled in the days that followed, with lunch hours starting Saturday (May 2) and jazz shows starting next Friday (May 8).
Tickets are now on sale for those initial shows, featuring Samba jazz from Larissa Vianna for four showtimes during the 80-person venue’s debut on Friday and Saturday. Later in the month, clarinet and saxophonist Nathan Tokunaga’s quintet is set to take to newly minted stage for selections from the “Great American Songbook” that are “rooted in tradition, shaped for today”, according to the event description.
