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Platanos Taverna Frommer's Very Highly Recommended

Cuisine Traditional Greek
Hours Mon-Sat noon-4:30pm and 8pm-midnight; Sun in Mar-May and Sept-Oct noon-4:30pm
Address 4 Diogenous
Location The Plaka, The Plaka
Transportation From Syntagma Sq., head south on Filellinon or Nikis to Kidathineon. Turn right on Adrianou, and take Mnissikleos up 1 block toward the Acropolis; turn right onto Diogenous
Phone 210/322-0666
Fax 210/322-8624
Prices Main courses 7€-15€ ($9-$20)
Credit Cards Not accepted

Frommer's Review

In good weather, this taverna on a quiet pedestrian square puts its tables beneath a spreading plane tree (platanos means plane tree). Inside, where locals usually congregate to escape the summer sun at midday and where tourists gather in the evening, you can enjoy the old paintings and photos on the walls. The Platanos has been serving good spitiko fageto (home cooking) since 1932 and has managed to keep steady customers happy while enchanting visitors. If artichokes or spinach with lamb are on the menu, you're in luck: They're delicious. The casseroles (either lamb or veal with spinach or eggplant) are especially tasty. The wine list includes a wide choice of bottled wines from many regions of Greece, although the house wine is tasty. Plan to come here and relax, not rush, through a meal.

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