Lokale in Thessaloniki

An antique-feeling ouzeri tucked inside the market arcade

Since 1977, the city's benchmark soutzoukakia and hand-cut gyro

Own-roast specialty coffee and handpicked vinyl

A vine-shaded 1914 taverna emblematic of the upper town

The never-ending meze that reset how the city shares plates

Grandma's kitchen meets deli on the slope below the old town

The Ottoman-era corner ouzeri that survived the city itself

Toumba's no-frills bench for offal, lamb and a serious wine list

Greek natural wine in a train-carriage of a room

The patisserie whose tsoureki perfumes Aristotelous Square

The 1952 patsas institution that defends tripe as heritage

Constantinopolitan home cooking carried west by the refugees