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Basra Bay International Café

Press

In the press

What Monterey County Weekly has written about the café.

A copper coffee pot and a patterned cup on a silver tray
  1. News

    Monterey County Weekly

    The Weekly on the café's opening

    The Morsels column announced the opening: gyro, shawarma, falafel and Turkish coffee in a dining room on Lighthouse Avenue.

  2. The Best of Monterey Bay Eat + Drink 2026–2027Mention

    Monterey County Weekly

    The Weekly's Lighthouse Avenue feature

    Dave Faries' feature on Lighthouse Avenue as a dining destination includes the café.

  3. 2024–25, 2025–26 and 2026–27 editionsListing

    Monterey County Weekly

    Listed in the Weekly's visitors guide

    The café appears among the Mediterranean listings in three editions of the Weekly's visitors guide.

Press kit

About the café

Family-run halal restaurant on Lighthouse Avenue in Monterey, formerly International Cafe, serving gyros, shawarma, falafel, plates, soups, salads and Turkish coffee, made to order.

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Press inquiries

Write to us through the contact form, or call the café.

Contact form(831) 215-1817