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( 335 0100; Hafezi Alley, off Khayyam St; meals US$3-5; 11.30am-3.30pm &
7-11pm)
At the upmarket northern end of Khayyam St, Hezardasan makes a valiant at-
tempt at giving its cellar room that
sofrakhane sonati
(old-style teahouse) feel, but the
overall effect is a little too neat to be memorable. Its delicious
qimeh nasar
comes moun-
ded into barberry rice.
Eghbali$$
( 223 3347; Taleqani St; mains US$4-10; 11am-4pm & 7-10pm)
Prices are high
and despite the odd fake stone frieze there isn't much atmosphere. Nonetheless it's popu-
lar with travellers for its English menu and reliable food.
The convivially crowded
Yas
, (
off Taleqani Blvd)
in a dead-end alley opposite Alborz
Hotel, is cheap. There are several similar restaurants on Ayatollah Khamenei Blvd east of
Valiasr Sq.
TRADITIONAL IRANIAN
Chaykhaneh Aqaqia$
(Imam Khomeini St; tea US$0.20; 8am-10pm Sat-Thu)
This wonderfully unpreten-
tious, cheap and down-market all-male teahouse has chess and
nard
to play. Easily
missed, the entrance is on the left off a covered access-way to the workaday Sadd Sultani
caravanserai.
TEAHOUSE
Shopping
The
Nakhajir Camping Shop
( 222 4551; Ferdosi St; 8am-1pm & 4-9pm Sat-Thu)
sells great-value camping gear including head torches (from US$6), sprung hiking sticks
(US$9) and 1:300,000 Farsi maps of the Alborz (US$1).
Information
Internet Access
All charge US$1 per hour.
Parsee Coffeenet
( 223 0119; Tous Deadend, off Khayyam St; 9am-midnight)
Shahbda Coffeenet
( 223 9093; Modarres Blvd; 9.30am-10pm Sat-Thu,
10am-11pm Fri)
