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Monastiraki
Kalnterimi
TAVERNA $
( 210 331 0049;
www.kalnterimi.gr
; Plateia Agion Theodoron, cnr Skouleniou, Monastiraki; mains
€5-8; lunch & dinner; Panepistimio)
Find your way behind the Church of Agii
Theodori to this hidden open-air taverna offering Greek food at its most authentic.
Everything is fresh cooked and delicious: you can't go wrong. Hand-painted tables spill
onto the footpath along a pedestrian street and give a feeling of peace in one of the
busiest parts of the city.
Mama Roux
INTERNATIONAL $
( 213 004 8382; Eolou 48-50, Monastiraki; mains €5-10; 9am-midnight Tue-Sat, to 5pm Mon,
noon-5pm Sun; ; Monastiraki)
Downtown's hottest cheap-eats restaurant fills up with
locals digging into a fresh, delicious mix of food, from real burritos and Cajun specials to
whopping American-style burgers. Reserve ahead for this popular hang-out, with San-
torini's Yellow Donkey beer on tap and Sunday jazz brunches.
Melilotos
GREEK $
( 210 322 2458;
www.melilotos.gr
; Kalamiotou 19, Monastiraki; mains €6.50-8.50; noon-6pm
Mon, noon-1am Tue-Sat, 2-10pm Sun)
Great, affordable Greek food with a dram of wine
makes a fun start to a night out in the area's bar quarter. Specials rotate daily.
Kalipateira
MEZEDHES $
( 210 321 4152; Astingos 8, Monastirkai; dishes €4-10; lunch & dinner; Monastiraki)
In a
neoclassical building overlooking an archaeological dig, young Athenians gather for long
sessions over mezedhes and carafes of ouzo.
Rembetika
(Greek blues) Thursday to
Sunday.
Ouzou Melathron
TAVERNA $
( 210 324 0716; Agiou Filipou 10, cnr Astingos, Monastiraki; mezedhes €5-7; noon-late;
Monastiraki)
The famous
ouzerie
chain from Thessaloniki has been a hit since it opened
