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There is nothing unplanned about Stan’s Eatery, which recently opened in the New World Whangaparaoa complex.
Owner Kubi Hepozden’s love for Stanmore Bay started in 1995 when his football team played Hibiscus Coast on Stanmore Bay’s fields.
Born in Turkey, Kubi first trained as an accountant. But his father had a restaurant so he learned hospitality there and when he moved to New Zealand in 1994 he knew that food and the restaurant business was for him.
“I started from the ground up, working as a kitchen hand for $7 an hour,” Kubi says. “I have since owned a long line of restaurants including (partly owned) The Meccas group, Dominion Road and Pescado in Silo Park, which I still have.”
Kubi is ably assisted by his wife Diana who used to own Tasca’s, in Vulcan Lane.
“Stan’s Eatery really represents the food we love. The menu represents all types of cuisines where we can showcase the world including Asian, Italian, Spanish and European.
“The menu is forever changing and each week we bring out a new dish. We also have a specialist wine list – you won’t find our wines on the supermarket shelf.”
The interior is spacious, with a New York feel and an inside patio area.
“The patio is a great space for quiet meals or meetings, and the staff and I are excited because we plan to add a hanging wall garden on the bricks.”
Kubi isn’t just passionate about food; his other love is football.
“I live and breathe football, play it, watch it, know everything about it.”
At the moment Kubi is commuting from Grey Lynn but once the year is out he will relocate to the Coast.
“My youngest is seven years old and we will move at the end of the school year just so he can adjust. We can’t wait to spend summer at the beach.”
Kubi says local diners have already shown fantastic support for the restaurant.
“Our slow cooked Sundays are very popular and I am very particular when it comes to coffee and only use the best beans.”
Everything is made on the premises from all our sauces to our desserts to our breads.
