Expertly run by the team behind Cafe Al-Qishla, La Capitale restaurant is a Parisian pub inside an elegant Ottoman-era shop building, with assorted photos arranged on the dark brown wooden panelling and sturdy furniture, all under a nicely decorated old ceiling. On the menu are steak frites, pizza, Roquefort chicken, and pasta dishes like chicken rigatoni for 75,000-150,000 SYP, as well as beer and wine. If you can, sit out on the pleasant pavement terrace with direct views of the Bab Sharqi city gate.