SAN RAMON, CALIFORNIA – San Ramon is getting a splash of Istanbul, as soon as this fall.
Meyhouse—the Bay Area’s Turkish tavern-meets-jazz concept with trendy outposts in Palo Alto and Sunnyvale—has begun build-out at City Center Bishop Ranch and is targeting a November opening, according to a recent update from food writer Carolyn Jung.
The new location is planned to host live jazz on a regular basis, just like the Peninsula originals.
City Center confirmed earlier this year that Meyhouse would join the complex, along with other new places like Khaki and Alora (more on that one soon!)
We stopped by and saw that signs are indeed up in the windows of Meyhouses’ future location saying that the restaurant will open soon.
The restaurant is taking over the former Dumpling Time space on the plaza. Having spent many fine hours and hundreds of dollars at Dumpling Time, we must say that we will miss that spot!
If you haven’t encountered Meyhouse yet, the name nods to the meyhane tradition—lively “wine houses” known for music and Mediterranean small bites.
Co-founders Omer Artun and Koray Altinsoy, both tech veterans turned restaurateurs, launched Meyhouse as a pop-up in 2017, opened their first brick-and-mortar in Sunnyvale in 2018, and debuted Palo Alto in 2023. Their Palo Alto site already houses a room specifically for jazz music; the San Ramon build aims to bring that same food-plus-music formula to the East Bay.
It’s a good idea, as people who frequent City Center seem to love jazz music–the shopping center’s annual jazz music series was a big hit this Summer.
Menu-wise, expect a modern Turkish spread shaped by Aegean flavors: shareable cold and hot meze, grilled seafood like branzino, and desserts such as pistachio-rich baklava or the cheese-pull showstopper, künefe. The Peninsula locations are also known for house-made breads and yogurt.
Meyhouse’s music program runs under the “Meyhouse Jazz” banner, which currently books artists across its existing stages while signaling San Ramon as the next platform. That pedigree matters for Bishop Ranch: instead of “restaurant with a band,” Meyhouse treats live performance as core to the experience, pairing a serious listening room with dinner service. Here’s a look at some upcoming acts.
All told, the addition further cements City Center’s strategy of mixing destination dining with cultural programming inside Renzo Piano’s (ever heard of the Pompidou Center?) airy, courtyard-focused complex.
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