In the Ottoman Empire, until the 19th century, meyhanes run by Rûm (Greeks) and Albanians would mainly serve wine along with meze, due to religious restrictions imposed by various sultans.
No Imperio otomán, até o Século XIX, os meyhanes (restaurantes tradicionais turcos) dirixidos por turcos e albaneses dedicábanse principalmente a servir viño, xunto con Meze, debido ás restricións relixiosas impostas por varios sultáns.