09/10/2026
Planning a trip to Athens? Here are the spots our founders swear by.
Two days, market to Piraeus. Cretan veg, prawns off the ice, ouzo that never stops pouring, and a hundred year old shop that closed the whole chapter. These are the ones worth crossing town for.
🦐 Varvakios Market. The last of the Cretan veg and prawns off the ice before the rush to Piraeus.
🏛️ Oidikon, Piraeus. A hundred years old, half shop half kitchen, four gas stoves and a resident musician.
🧀 The producers’ table. Galomyzithra, Staka butter, feta, kataifi, sausage and tsoureki, cooked back to the people who made them.
🎸 The basement. A guitar, a glass of w**e, Zorba the Greek among the barrels.
🍨 Kaimaki with lotus root. Collected door to door around Piraeus, the last stop on the road.
Off the record, the ones that never made the film 👇
🍸 The Clumsies, Athens Centre. A decade on the World’s 50 Best list. Ask about the Aegean Negroni.
🌵 Barro Negro, Monastiraki. Athens’ first tequila and mezcal bar, a hundred plus bottles deep.
🥃 Baba Au Rum. Quietly among the best rum bars in the world for years.
🖼️ Line, Kato Petralona. The Clumsies’ grown up sister in a former art gallery, worth the trip out.
🌅 Taratsa. The rooftop for sunset, Acropolis turning gold at 17:30.
🔥 Manári. Off-menu kokoretsi and a bone broth pasta worth the detour.
🍽️ Akra. Kitchen lines the walls, chefs serve you, knockout brunch.
🕯️ Pharaoh, Exarchia. Design, music, food and hospitality, all the more striking for the location.
🍽️ Linou Soumpasis. Part candle shop, part restaurant, right in the middle of the action.
▶️ Full episodes on YouTube. The Road Home, Athens.
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