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Eating
5
Spondi
€€€
FINE DINING
Two Michelin-starred Spondi is consistently voted Athens' best restaurant, and the accol-
ades are totally deserved. It offers Mediterranean haute cuisine, with heavy French influen-
ces, in a relaxed, refined setting in a charming old house. Choose off the menu or a range of
set dinner and wine
prix fixes
. The restaurant has a lovely bougainvillea-draped garden.
Popping the question? Come here (but book ahead, and take a cab - it's hard to reach on
public transport).
(
210 752 0658; Pyrronos 5, Pangrati; mains €35-50;
8pm-late)
6
Cucina Povera
€
Dishes can be occasionally (but not consistently) incandescent, like the salad with avocado,
pear and goat cheese. The dining room embodies relaxed hipness, and the wine list rocks.
Check its website for directions.
(
MEDITERRANEAN
210 756 6008;
www.cucinapovera.gr
;
Efforionos 13, Pangrati; mains
€9-14;
dinner Tue-Sat, brunch Sun;
Evangelismos)
7
Colibri
€
PIZZA
Locals will tell you this is the best pizza in Athens. Chilled out on a quiet, tree-lined resid-
ential street with reggae wafting from inside the restaurant, order from a vast array of clas-
sic, vegetarian and gourmet pies or from a menu of pasta, burgers and salads.
(
210 701
1011; Embedokleous 9-13, Kallimarmaro, Mets; small pizzas €5.50-10, mains €5-8;
2, 4, 11)
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