Mediterranean restaurant cries ‘uncle,’ changes name to ‘The Sivas.’
Café Mezo will soon get a new name, the result of a lawsuit brought on by Café Intermezzo over the businesses’ similar-sounding names.
The newish Mediterranean restaurant in Midtown, at 794 Juniper St. NE, recently submitted several building permit applications to City of Atlanta for new “wall signs” that reflect the restaurant’s new name, The Sivas.
Sivas was termed after the city in central Turkey, Kemal Karsli, Café Mezo’s owner, told What Now Atlanta (WNA) in a telephone interview Thursday.
“Sivas is my hometown,” Karsli said. “Plus, it’s easy to say and it’s not going to confuse the people anymore.”
Aside from the name, marketing and a few additional items to the menu, nothing will change at the Mediterranean hotspot (click here to see the updates on the restaurant’s new website.)
Café Mezo is slated to become The Sivas on September 20, according to Karsli.
