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Syntagma, Plaka & Monastiraki
The city's hottest scene masses around Plateia Karytsi north of Syntagma, and Plateia
Agia Irini in Monastiraki. A cafe-thick area in Monastiraki is Adrianou, along the An-
cient Agora, where people fill shady tables. Multi-use spaces Taf (
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and Six
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morph from gallery to cafe to overflowing bar.
Tailor Made
CAFE, BAR
( 213 004 9645;
www.tailormade.gr
; Plateia Agia Irini 2, Monastiraki; Monastiraki)
This pop-
ular new micro-roastery offers its array of coffee blends as well as hand-pressed teas.
Find the full gamut from peaberry coffee to rooibos tea, as well as homemade desserts
(€5) and sandwiches (€6). Cheerful Athenians spill from the mod-art-festooned interior
to the tables alongside the flower market. At night it turns into a happening cocktail and
wine bar.
Faust
BAR
( 210 323 4095;
www.faust.gr
; Kalamiotou 11 & Athinaidos 12; Sep-May; Monastiraki)
One of the city's hottest new bars, Faust - just a tiny hole in the wall - also hosts live
music, cabarets and art shows.
Barley Cargo
BAR
( 210 323 0445; Kolokotroni 6, Syntagma; Syntagma)
This fantastic beer bar offers over
150 different versions of the sweet elixir, many of them from Greek microbreweries. Or
sip a Trappist brew at one of the wooden-barrel tables.
