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Agios Nikolaos


Conversation flows as freely as the excellent house wine at this garage-sized taverna, where wooden doors, all evocatively weathered and cheerfully painted, form part of the charming backdrop to home-cooked mezedhes (appetisers or small plates). Menu stars include a soulful rabbit stifadho (stew cooked with onions in a tomato puree) with plums and figs, and chicken with peppers and feta.


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