It might seem like a bad joke to name a downtown Athens restaurant-bar Pure Bliss, during the era of this city’s Pure Hell. But Pure Bliss pulls it off, providing patrons in these uncertain times a refuge against all the stress that is spreading like cancer through Greek society. The secret: a totally personal...
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 home to Athens’ very first pizzaria),...
P as in Peskias, or P after the Pi-shaped (Π) kitchen that is the main architectural element in chef Christoforos’ Peskias’ cool northern suburb restaurant? (He just opened a second P-Box in Kolonaki, as yet to be reviewed.P Box indeed is very small, as its enigmatic name implies, but the flavors are big. The...
A place that serves haute cuisine at taverna prices is always welcome, especially in these tough times, even if that means taking your passport and heading north across the border of Nea Ionia into the wilds of Alsoupoli. Fear not. It’s just a 20-25-minute cab ride that won’t cost more than 10 euro. Awaiting...
It was one of those nights when reviewing a restaurant seemed a lot more like a chore than a pleasure. Our choice for the evening was either a new pasta place on Panormou or a wine-bar on Marinou Antypa in Herakleion. I live north and didn’t want to stray too far from home. Wine...
I embraced this quaint little restaurant on Mantzarou Street in downtown Athens when I visited it a year or so ago, liking the homey, cozy feel of the space and the artful but down-to-earth cuisine. A recent visit, however, left me with a less enamored feeling. We sat downstairs, in what essentially is the...
Visit us on the Blue Zone island Ikaria, where people have the longest life spans in the world, for a week of glorious Greek cooking classes in an ancient Greek-island village.
