LOKUM gibi GmbH

LOKUM means
“Turkish Delight” For me, it was never just about sweetness, but about a feeling — something we call “lokum gibi.” That feeling comes from how I grew up — from our family kitchen in Ankara, long tables, people coming together without much planning. I wanted to bring it into a different context. In Zurich, this became LOKUM. 
Not a restaurant in the classic sense, but something in motion. A meze bar by the river, a meyhane in a bar, gatherings, pop-up dinners, nights that find their own rhythm.

LOKUM arrives on the Limmat for its second summer.Cansu Cantas opens her 2026 programme of meze by day, brunch by the river on Sundays, andsupper club with music into the blue hour at Flussbad Oberer Letten, Zurich, 22/23 May to earlySeptember. Lokum returns to Zurich for a second summer, and an evolved kitchen. The Sicilian winterchanged it. Over the winter, Cansu spent weeks in Sicily, cooking and eating across the city.What had been a Turkish project began to pick up the rhythms of the wider Mediterranean: Oliveoil and citrus, anchovy and capers, basil warm from the sun. From 22/23 May (one week softopening) to early September 2026, that energy moves to the Limmat. In Turkish, lokum gibi describes anything that feels effortlessly right. A sweet that melts on thetongue. A moment that arrives without trying. It is the phrase Cansu Cantas grew up hearing inher family kitchen in Ankara, and the idea she has spent the last two years bringing to Zurich.“I grew up in a kitchen where the table was never small and the evening was never planned,” saysCansu Cantas. “Lokum is what happens when you bring that into a Zurich summer. Sometimesthat means meze after a swim. Sometimes it means a long table that turns into a concert.”The 2026 programme runs in three connected rhythms across one stretch of water. By day, Lido. A meze bar at the Lette Badi, opening from midday, in the public rhythm of the river.Guests arrive with wet hair from the swim and sit down to a tepsi, the traditional Turkish tray ofsmall dishes. Four meze with salad, simit and a grilled skewer. Köfte, fish, or a vegetarian Spiessli.A long-picknick version and a shorter Tasting. The drinks list is Mediterranean and intentionally simple. Turkish classics, ice-cold and house-made: ayran and çay brewed on a semaver. Alongside Italian-inspired Lido Special Mocktails,and a small alcohol-free selection of wine and beer. On Sundays from 7 June, Lido Sunday Brunch turns the same setting into a Mediterraneanbrunch by the water, slow and shared and unhurried. The menu changes through the season asthe kitchen finds its rhythm. By day, the food stays rooted in Turkish tradition. At Blue hour, it opens into a widerMediterranean conversation. Contemporary without losing warmth.On six selected evenings between 29 May and 4 September, Limmat Delight introduces adifferent expression of the kitchen. A long-table dinner that turns into a concert.Maximum of ninety guests on the terrace by the water, seated together as if at one table.Here, the Sicilian winter comes into play. An Italian-Turkish fusion menu, shared, served incourses across the evening. No à la carte, no separate drinks list. Wine or beer, water and awelcome bubble. No choices to make at the table. The dinner unfolds slowly, then dissolves into music as the sky goes dark over the river.A DJ set, a small intimate concert, or both. Guests stay, move, dance, listen. The 2026 line-upmoves between live acts and DJ sets, between Zurich and Istanbul and London and beyond,beginning with Kit Sebastian on 29 May, marking Lokum’s first anniversary in Zurich.The first season was talked about more than it was advertised. The opening night sold out beforethe doors first opened. Across the year, Lokum served over four thousand guests. Instagram greworganically to over five thousand. The summer 2026 programme is the project’s most ambitious chapter yet.It begins on 22 May at the Lido Meze BarIt begins again on 29 May with Limmat Delight SupperclubIt begins again on the 7 June with Sunday Lido BrunchIt runs through August and closes in early September.Appendix — Limmat Delight 2026Supperclub &amp; Music at the Lette Badi, Lettensteg 10, Zurich. Five to six evenings ofItalian- Turkish fusion. Long-table dinners that turn into concerts. Seventy to ninety guests.One shared menu, one ticket. Friday, 29 May. Kit Sebastian, live duo &amp; DJ set. One year of Lokum. Anniversary edition.Friday, 12 June. MESUT3000 DJ set - Friday, 3 July. TUĞBA DJ setFriday, 17 July. CANSU K DJ set - Friday, 7 August YUNUS FINDUS DJ setFriday, 4 September EMEL DJ set closing party Tickets, pre-orders for Meze Bar &amp; Brunch and full programme at www.lok-um.ch Venue adressFlussbad Oberer Letten - c/o Lette Badi, Lettensteg 10, 8037 Zürich contactCansu Cantas and the LOKUM teampopup@lok-um.ch www.lok-um.ch Instagram: @lokumzurich

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LOKUM arrives on the Limmat for its second summer. Cansu Cantas opens her 2026 programme of meze by day, brunch by the river on Sundays, and supper club with music into the blue hour at Flussbad Oberer Letten, Zurich, 22/23 May to early September.

LOKUM arrives on the Limmat for its second summer.Cansu Cantas opens her 2026 programme of meze by day, brunch by the river on Sundays...