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Types of Restaurants in Greece
Ethnic restaurants There are lots of ethnic restaurants all over Athens. Chinese, Japanese, Indian, Mexican, French, Russian, Polish, Italian, African, Arabic, Egyptian, Argentenian, Brazilian, Cypriot and more are represented. There are also American fast foods like Wendy's, Mac Donalds, restaurants like Applebees, TGI Fridays, Hard Rock Cafe and even a Hooters, a fine way to introduce the Greeks to American culture. There are Beer Houses and Micro Brewery restaurants, and even modern Greek cuisine as well as ancient Greek cuisine. Remember that the Greeks go out to eat late, usually after 10pm. So if you are sticking to your own eating time you may find yourself surrounded by tourists. Eat late and join the fun. Yes you may gain a few extra pounds but what you gain in weight you will lose in inhibitions as you make friends with the tables around you. Estiatorio An
estiatorio is a restaurant that serves cooked foods from the oven called
"magirefta" but it can also have grilled to order foods called
"tis oras", and even fish, as well as appetisers (mezedes),
and salads. You eat in these places day or night. Some are only open in
the day. Sometimes a restaurant will invent a word that describes what
they are. For example in Kea, the Kalofagon Taverna in Hora that serves
grilled food and oven dishes calls itself a Oinozythestiatorio which means
a wine - beer and hot food restaurant. Psistaria A psistaria is a grill house where you get spit-roast lamb, steaks, kokoretsi, grilled or rotisserie chicken as well as salads and appetisers. You can even get lambs heads.Some psistarias will specialize in a certain cut of meat or type of grilled animal but they will all have some variety. Taverna A
taverna usually has a smaller menu and specializes in something and are
mostly for nighttime, long meals, lots of wine and conversation. In a
taverna anything can happen. Most tavernas are quiet neighborhood places
and everyone has a favorite taverna. Unfortunately there are very few
good tavernas downtown for a couple reasons. One reason is that some of
the tavernas that did exist have changed to tourist restaurants or have
moved out because the rents were too high. Some tavernas just went upscale
until they were no longer tavernas. Psaro - Taverna There
are psaro-tavernas (fish tavernas) by the sea or even in Athens and of
course on the islands. In the summer, especially on Sunday,these can get
very festive with people spending from 2pm into the evening eating, drinking,
talking and often even dancing. Here you will have a choice of fresh fish
sold by the gram, kilo or order, lots of appetisers, and even some meat
and vegetable dishes for those in the group who don't care for fish. In
Athens there are a number of these around Anagenessios Square on the road
to Kessariani. A drive along the coast and you will see many. On the islands
and the coast of the mainland, its another story and fish tavernas are
everywhere. Kafenio Kafeneio is an old style coffee shop, you can found in Greece. Ouzeri Ouzeri and mezedopolio specialize in smaller dishes which you eat with ouzo, though they serve wine and beer too. Many of these have stretched the definition to include larger dishes and even pastas. Tsipouradiko A
Tsipuradiko is an ouzeri which specializes in Tsipuro, another strong
drink that is like ouzo without the anise flavor. Usually you can tell
a traditional ouzerie by the tables and chairs. The tables will be smaller
and the chairs will be made of wood. Many of the places have a unique
personality and a decor you won't find anywhere else while others seem
like the were stamped out in a mezedopolio factory. Most cafenia, which
are "old style" coffee shops, also have ouzo and mezedes though
they have a limited menu and often they just bring you whatever they happen
to have that day, especially out of Athens and in the villages. Ouzeries
by the sea or on the islands usually feature fish and local dishes as
well as some meat and popular dishes from around Greece. Mezedopolio A mezedopoleio is a restaurant that serves only mezedes, which are shared amongst the table (a little like a tapas bar). Traditionally, mezedes are accompanied by a bucket of ice and a bottle of ouzo so you can “clear” your palate between courses (in my experience, unless you also dilute the ouzo with water “clear” means like with dynamite, not gently washing away lingering flavours). Mezedes : Mezes translated from Greek means ‘appetizer’. A meze or mezze (Greek meze "taste, snack") in eastern Mediterranean is a selection of appetisers or small dishes taken with alcohol, similar to tapas of Spain or finger food. In Levantine cuisine, these dishes form part of any large-scale meal, but are known as muqabbilat (starters) when not accompanied with alcohol. In Greece, mezes or mezedes (orektika = appetisers) are little dishes, hot or cold, spicy or savory, often salty, and often seafood dishes such as "little fish" or grilled octopus and small salads, and/or a small portion of a main dish, kalamata olives, fava, fried vegetables, melitzanosalata, taramosalata, various Greek cheeses such as Feta, kasseri, kefalotyri, graviera, haloumi, anthotyros, manouri, metsovone and mizithra, saganaki, and small dishes of bekri meze, keftedes, soutzoukakia smyrneika, nuts and dried fruit in a restaurant called mezedopoulion and designed to complement a beverage in similar establishments known as tsipouradiko or ouzeri (cafe-like establishments that serve tsipouro or ouzo, respectively). Likewise a Taverna or Estiatorio can offer a meze as an orektiko (appetiser). Hosts commonly serve mezedes to entertain their guests at small get-togethers. "Krasomezedes" (literally "winemeze") are meze that pair well with wine. "Ouzomezedes" are meze that pair well with ouzo. Fournos All
over Greece are fournos (bakeries) that along with loaves of bread sell
tiropita (cheese-pie), spanakopita (spinach-pie), prasopita (leek-pie),
kolokithopita (zucchini-pie), kremidopita (onion-pie), melitzanitopita
(eggplant-pie), kaseritopita (kaseri-cheese-pie), kotopita (chicken-pie),
kreatopita (meat pie) and other ... These shops may also sell sandwiches,
paximadia (dried bread), cookies and other sweet things, as well as other
foods made with bread. For a quick meal these pitas can't be beat though
it may be hit and miss before you find the shop that has your favorite
pita. Cafeteria ("New style" kafeneio) In
many of the major squares you will find large cafes that also have food
which they call cafeterias. These will have some typical Greek main dishes
and appetisers mixed in with dishes from many different countries including
of course different pastas, maybe a hamburger, and even something Mexican.
Mostly people just hang out and drink coffee, smoke cigarettes and talk
about their problems. But some of these mega-cafes can have a very creative
chef and in particular some very interesting salads. If you are looking
for variety and are tired of Greek food then these are an option and you
will find them anywhere there is room for a lot of tables and chairs outdoors.
In doors they are usually fancy. One of the best things about these cafes
are the toilets. They seem to try to out-do one another in modernity and
cleanliness. If you are walking in Athens and you have to go these are
the best places to go and nobody knows or cares if you have eaten there
or not. Souvlaki Shop Last but not least is the lowly souvlaki shops which serve gyro and kebabs and take in more of the tourists money than all the other types of restaurants combined. But that does not mean that Greeks don't eat there too and sometimes the best meal can be a souvlaki, some fried potatoes and a beer. There are even chains of souvlaki shops which are Greece's fast food. |
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Particular shops in Greece
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The
universal Greek corner periptero (kiosk). They are on every corner, many
open 24 hours a day, and they stock an enormous variety of objects : Cigarettes
(obviously, this is Greece after all), matches, newspapers, magazines,
postcards, bus tickets, phone cards, chocolates, sweets, biscuits, soft
drinks, beer, ice cream. You name it, they probably have it!
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