Adamo

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Anyone who wants to get a sense for how the well-to-do party, Greek style, should take a cab ride about...
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Efimeron

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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...
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Valentina

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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...
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KOUZINA Breeze Cafe

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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...
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Askimopapo (The Ugly Duckling)

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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...
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