Aleria Restaurant
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Restaurant One Michelin Courtyard Garden Contemporary Greek
Aleria
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Metaxourgio courtyard restaurant, Gikas Xenakis' one-Michelin contemporary tasting menu.
Late-night & Modern
Psyrri
Late-night quarter, Ta Karamanlidika, Soul Kitchen, the modern-Greek bench
Psyrri sits between Monastiraki and Omonia, historically a rough-edged district of small workshops, kafenia and rebetiko bars, now the city's late-night dining quarter where the modern-Greek kitchens lean. The streets fill after 22:00; the traveller uses Psyrri for the second-act dinner that follows a Plaka aperitif, and for the bar-and-mezze run that any Athenian weekend evening eventually becomes. Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani, the chapter's Smyrna-refugee anchor, sits at the Psyrri-Monastiraki edge on Sokratous, and is the single most useful reservation in the hood.
Highlights
Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani (Smyrna-refugee canon) Soul Kitchen vegetarian-modern Rebetiko bar circuit after midnight Modern-Greek small-plates cluster
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Manas Kouzina-Kouzina Restaurant
Bib Gourmand Regional Greek Mother Recipes
Manas Kouzina-Kouzina
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Psyrri taverna, regional-Greek cooking, Bib Gourmand, the mother's-kitchen register made formal.
Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani Restaurant
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Restaurant Bib Gourmand Smyrna Refugee Canon Politiki Cuisine
Ta Karamanlidika tou Fani
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Psyrri delicatessen-restaurant, the Smyrna refugee canon, the cuisine cousin Istanbul lost in 1922.
Klimataria Restaurant
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Restaurant Since 1927 Courtyard Garden Barrel Retsina
Klimataria
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Upper-Plaka taverna since 1927, courtyard, charcoal grill, the working-Athenian institution above the tourist belt.
Diporto Restaurant
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Restaurant Since 1887 No Menu Barrel Retsina
Diporto
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Working-class cellar since 1887, Athens Central Market lunch room, no signs, two doors, the city's most stubbornly itself room.
Telis Restaurant
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Restaurant Since 1955 One Dish Working Class
Telis
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Working-class pork-chop room since 1955, Evripidou Street, one dish, the institution.
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