Tabac in downtown San Diego blends Turkish-style hookah service with a full espresso bar and kitchen on Third Avenue, where San Diego County Health has scored the operation a 97 out of 100. The hookah menu runs milk-based preparations like the signature cappuccino blend alongside traditional fruit and spice bowls, a range of shisha formats that places Tabac in the same late-night hookah category as Maestro Lounge farther downtown. Kitchen output centers on Turkish and Middle Eastern plates — sujuk sausage, gyro platters, and hand-layered kunafa with pistachios and orange-blossom syrup. Coffee beans arrive from Ethiopian growing regions for small-batch roasting in San Diego and extraction into traditional demi-tasse cups, a Turkish-method coffee program on the same corridor as Galata Turkish Ice Cream's dondurma-and-coffee service in the Gaslamp Quarter. Multi-hour sessions pair custom shisha blends with full table-service dining, cigars, and live Middle Eastern music programming.