Food glorious food
Giant shrimp – not an oxymoron on the waterfront in Mikrolimano, Pireaus
Restaurant, Botsaris Fish Taverna, Akti A. Koumoundourou, No. 30, Mikrolimano / Tourkolimano / Garidadika, Piraeus, Greece
You’d think the shrimp were lobsters!
Yorgia and Yorgos Papadopoulos operate this casual restaurant right on the waterfront of Mikrolimano or Tourkolimano in Piraeus. Although the kitchen and a few tables are located on the dry side of the street, [...]
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 the chances are you will get a hundred different responses. As a child growing up in [...]
Peaceful dining in the city: Plateia Mesologiou, Pagrati, on a warm autumn night
Just off the hustle and bustle of Ymittou street we found ourselves in one of the quietest squares in Athens. We came to the Laiko Steki, Plateia Mesologiou 5, Pagrati, Tel. 210-7250528, a great unpretentious little neighborhood restaurant, where Yannis and Panagiotis greeted us with a warm smile and a pitcher of terrific red house [...]