Where every Greek tradition eventually arrives.
Spiced meatballs in rich cumin tomato sauce.
View RecipeAthens is where the whole country's food comes to converge. Refugee recipes from Smyrna, island cooking from Chios and Crete, mountain traditions from the north — all of it lands at the Athenian table. The city kitchen is generous, cosmopolitan and always slightly chaotic. Mezze culture at its absolute finest.
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