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Enjoy a Greek feast at Taverna.
14.5/20

‘Olive oily, lemony, salty deliciousness’: This corner is a rollicking Greek party once more

Taverna was created in a hurry, but it’s instantly timeless, writes Dani Valent. And there’s a lot of Hellenic history here.

  • Dani Valent
Taramasolata, bread and octopus.

Astoria Bar Ke Grill

Home-style Hellenic cuisine in a 129-year-old terrace.

  • Daniela Frangos
Ntinos Fotinakis is bringing his dishes from Greece to his curated pop-up at Manta.

Sydney’s love for Greek restaurants hits fever pitch with a wave of openings (and a hot new pop-up)

From a souvlaki bar on a rooftop to village-style cooking at Olympic Meats, the harbour city is embracing all things Greek.

  • Scott Bolles
The chicken pitogyro.

A Greek ‘grill house’ where the gyros actually taste like they do in Greece

The sourdough pita is baked to-order in a wood-fire oven and the meat is prepared over three days, before it’s cooked on a rotisserie.

  • Erina Starkey
Olympus Dining’s retractable oculus glass ceiling looks like it came off the set of Dr. No.
14.5/20

Move over Totti’s, Olympus makes a bid for Sydney’s long-lunch crown

There isn’t a more in-demand restaurant in Sydney right now, but does the food (and service) live up to the hype?

  • Callan Boys
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Tucked on a side street in Strathmore, Athos cafe is drawing crowds for its home-grown Greek food.

This humble cafe in the ’burbs is taking Melbourne’s Greek food back to its roots

“Mixed grills, platters – that’s never the way Greeks have eaten.” A couple with 30 years experience are drawing people from all over with their homemade and ultra-fresh approach.

  • Emma Breheny
Taverma’s venue manager Chrysa Kogkou, co-owner Angie Giannakodakis and co-owner Guy Holder.

This popular Greek pop-up has found its spiritual home in Melbourne’s north

Taverna, which popped up in the old Epocha space in Carlton last year, goes permanent this week, reviving one of Melbourne’s legendary Greek dining sites.

  • Daniela Frangos
Pirate Life’s Melbourne pirate ship is a cruisy, spacious food hangout.
14/20

This huge brewpub in Nowheresville is a bold move (much like its drink-friendly food)

Pirate Life’s beer is made off site, so does its 200-seat venue stand on its own terms as a food and drink drawcard?

  • Dani Valent
John and Olympia Plangetis, owners of the restaurant My Father’s Yeeros in Ramsgate,

For 37 years, their Greek yeeros and hand-cut chips were legendary. Now they’re back

Why multiple generations are packing into this next-gen takeaway shop in Ramsgate.

  • Bianca Hrovat
The yeeros plate with fresh-cut chips and Greek salad.

My Father’s Yeeros

Like father like son.

  • Erina Starkey

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