It’s not everyday that I lose total self control and give in to the temptation for Greece’s classic “junk food”—souvlaki. But when I do, there is only one place worth sacrificing self-esteem and birthright for: Kosta’s.A tiny, hole-in-the-wall with...
Magemenos Avlos (Magic Flute)
The Magic FluteIt was quite by accident that I ended up dining at the “Magemenos Avlos” (Magic Flute), one of Athens’ oldest, and most history-filled, tavernas. To eat here is to step back in time.The place, located just off Plateia Proskopon (“Scout...
ThaMa
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GREEK IN THE SUBURBS,
GREEK REGIONAL
Thama is Greek dialect for miracle. The miracle of sorts that Thama represents is a Greek-crisis-born trend, the arrival of which has long been overdue: the mushrooming of reasonably priced, nicely appointed neighborhood restaurants with good, decent,...
Fishalida
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GREEK FISH AND SEAFOOD
Optimism in Greece is in short supply these days, so visiting a new restaurant filled with hope (and people) was refreshing to say the least. Fishalida is one such place.
The recipe for “success” at this new fish restaurant in Pangrati is as old as...
Skoufias
The vicinity of the new Benaki Museum, on Piraios Street in Redi, an old, industrial part of Athens...
Flavours of Northern Greece: FLAVOURS OF NORTHERN GREECE: A CULINARY JOURNEY
Flavours of Northern Greece: FLAVOURS OF NORTHERN GREECE: A CULINARY JOURNEY: "Wine Roads of Northern Greece: An 8-Day Culinary Journey Greek Food Guru Diane Kochilas and Greek Food Blogger Peter Minakis (a.k.a. Kalofa....
Adamo
Anyone who wants to get a sense for how the well-to-do party, Greek style, should take a cab ride about...
Efimeron
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BAR FOOD
There are very few real neighborhood places in Athens, hang outs where office types congregate after work for a beer or a glass of wine and something to nibble on. Efimeron is one such place, located right around the corner from the brand new Onassis...
Valentina
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GREEK REGIONAL,
GREEK-CASUAL
This is about the defrocking of a cult hero!
About 20 years ago, when we first moved to Athens, Valentina, in the boondocks of Kallithea, a working class neighborhood that is home to many of the most recent Greek immigrants from the farthest reaches...
KOUZINA Breeze Cafe
Restaurant finds are a rare thing in Athens. The kind of places you simply stumble upon that turn out to be great are few and far between. Breeze Café is one such place.Situated on the lower plaza in the Agia Paraskevi suburb (a place that once was...
Askimopapo (The Ugly Duckling)
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GREEK-CASUAL
How could Frank Bruni, the New York Times’ former restaurant critic, miss the ugly duckling, which is what Askimopapo translates to, when he wrote a recent roundup of traditional Athenian tavernas? Indeed, Askimopapo is one of this city’s oldest holes...
FUGA
This business of reviewing restaurants usually sounds more glamorous than it is. Most of the time, people who eat for a living end up eating a lot of very mediocre meals and a few very good ones in any given year. This year, 2011, got off to a great...
Jimmy and the Fish
Right after Easter and a week of languishing on the Island of Longevity (Ikaria) I came back to Athens still in vacation mode. I wanted to bask in the feeling of being a tourist in my adopted city, so, together with family freshly arrived from...
Kiku
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sushi
I know it might seem out of sync with the times to be writing about one of the city’s most expensive restaurants, but I can justify it by saying that we ate very well and voted for treating ourselves during the holidays to something a little chicer...
Kollias Fish Taverna on Syngrou Ave.
Many fish-loving Athenians have been a fan of Tassos Kollias and his heartfelt taverna in the boondocks of Piraeus. Kollias was the place to venture to for a foodie excursion: the fish was always fresh (and Greek), the meze fare excellent and convivial,...
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