How to dine like a Greek
You’ve found a restaurant that looks good to you. There are lots of people so you know the food is fresh. You survey the restaurant and locate an empty table. There is no host or hostess so you have to … Read More
dining in Athens
What’s your favorite souvlaki in Athens?
O LefterisSatobriande Street, behind the Hondos Center off of Omonia SquareOpen noon ’til around 4:30 PM, maybe 5, perhaps even 7:00 PM … Stop a hundred Athenians on any street corner and ask them for their favorite souvlaki stand, and … Read More
The secret to ordering fabulous French fries in Greece
Yes, I know, why am I writing about French fries on a blog about Greece? Fries, fried potatoes, patates, French or not, call them what you will, they are served everywhere you go in Greece. The problem is, to my … Read More
Eastern flavors of Asia Minor on the Eastern Edge of Athens
To eat food without understanding its origin is like having food without flavor! At the foot of Mount Ymittos, there is a neighborhood called Kaisariani. It is at the eastern outskirts of Athens proper, bordering Pagrati. In 1922 the great … Read More
Eating local in an Athens winter
If you’ve ever been to a Greek restaurant outside of Greece, you are certainly familiar with the ubiquitous “Greek Village Salad”, aka “Village Salad”. The ingredients never vary, whether you are dining in Chicago’s Greektown, New York’s Astoria, or … Read More
Peaceful dining in the city: Plateia Mesologiou, Pagrati, on a warm autumn night
**this restaurant is now Mezed…adkio – and the food is really terrific. In the warm months the tables spill out to the now pedestrian only cobblestone street and they often have live music on the weekend.** Just off the … Read More