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When it comes to ice cream, artisan is best. At these parlors, you won’t stop at one scoop. The trend for garishly colored ice cream in super-sized display tubs is fading fast. In Athens today, there are an increasing number of newly opened parlors offering handmade ice cream created using Continue Reading

While everyone loves traditional taverna cuisine, no visit to the city is complete without at least one souvlaki. Try the pita with lamb skewers at Athina Souvlaki (33 Makriyianni). For vegan alternatives, seek out Cookoomela Grill (43-45 Themistokleous) in the Exarchia neighborhood, where you can chow down on a souvlaki Continue Reading

The view of the Acropolis illuminated in the evening is the kind of stunning sight that turns heading out for a few drinks into a magnificent experience. A for Athens (2-4 Miaouli, Sun-Thu 10:30-2:30 & Fri-Sat 10:30-3:30) is one of the city’s most popular rooftop bars. Their cocktail list, curated Continue Reading

When temperatures rise to unbearable levels, you can follow the Athenians and escape to the islands, or, you can embrace the humidity and high temperatures to go totally tropical. A new wave of tropics-inspired bars and restaurants, paying tribute to even hotter and stickier parts of the world, have sprung Continue Reading

Some of the best seafood on the Athens riviera is found at these three restaurants. Even after the sun goes down, a cool sea breeze remains an alluring prospect, and so does a seaside table. Thankfully, the Greek capital is home to Matsuhisa Athens (40 Apollonos Street, Vouliagmeni, Tel. ( Continue Reading

Boasting a new look, with colonial style touches and vertical flower gardens, the newly renovated Thea Terrace Bar, on the rooftop of Central Athens Hotel in Plaka, is once again open to the public. As the locals know, the best way to spend a warm summer evening in Athens is on Continue Reading

By Eleftheria Alavanou, Nena Dimitriou, Paulina Kapsalis, Alex King | December 22nd, 2019 CHEZ LUCIEN @ BIOS French restaurant Chez Lucien, an Athens staple for the past 17 years, has relocated to the famed Bios multi-function space. In what resembles an Athenian residence from the 1960s, with an open-plan kitchen Continue Reading

Rouan Thai Thailand in Piraeus There’s a love story behind the Thai restaurant in Piraeus. The story starts back in the 1980s, when Babis, an engineer in the merchant navy, landed in Thailand and fell in love with Noi (who has since been baptized as Marina). They got married, moved Continue Reading