Greek cafe

In her heart Ermoupolis, on the main square Miaouli, opposite the City Hall of Ermoupolis - the magnificent building of Ziller - and a corner with Chiou Street, the market street, is the Greek Cafe.

The cafe is a great example of how things could evolve greek traditional cafes, which for a long time now are declining because they can not renew their character and their content.

This cafe was received by Anna Maria Marangou, nutritionist by profession and her husband Antonis Doukas and created one model Greek Cafe.

The ground floor of the marble neoclassical building with the beautiful colonnade and arches, until 1996 was a commercial store, when it became a cafe with the name, "Greek Cafe" but could not find its identity. The 2013 Anna and Antonis received the store and with important cosmetic surgeries, they renovated and renewed it.

If once the space was beautified, the gastronomic intervention was catalytic and had one clear Cycladic identity.

Along with all kinds of common coffees, Smyrnaean and Greek coffee with cardamom is offered, as well as kettles (chamomiles, sage, mints, biscuits, and lozenges by Anassa), fresh lemonades and sour cherries accompanied by bitter almonds accompanied by Greek Breakfast (local honey, rusks, rusks, yogurt, sandwiches with local ingredients, such as louza and local cheeses, salads such as parsley salad with skewers, an old urban custom).

Η variety of Cycladic cheeses she is excellent. The stone of Andros, the Naxos male, the fennel cheese Syros, the grothy cheese, the scotch of Ios and the gruyere of Tinos, among corn kernels, jam and melon slices create a dish - both aesthetically and tastefully - just dreamy.

"The cafe opens in the morning at 7.30 and operates with the old retirees, who come for their coffee and breakfast chat. After 10.00 the "new retirees" come and at noon the new ages. At noon we offer a variety of varieties and appetizers for ouzo, tsipouro, beers or wine, where we have a wide variety of Greek labels. All day long one can find a delicious proposal either to mock his hunger or to satisfy! And most importantly it is a friendly hangout. ", tells us Anna Maria Marangou.

A small grocery store has been created in a corner, with selected delicacies from small well-known producers of the country. The Greek Cafe is a worthy continuation of the great history of Greek cafes.

And that gave me great joy.