The cafe of the Squadron brothers

The cafe of the Squadron brothers is located on the south side of the City Hall building, where along with the cafe of Anastasia Galaris share like twin brothers the ground floor space and the spacious sidewalk of the waterfront of the port.

Ο Costas Moiras is already in the ninth decade of his life, but he does not give up, helps his son Michalis in the cafe and does not miss the opportunity to talk about the old:

"The store, as you can see, is maintained as it was since I received it from my father Michalis in 1952. Before it functioned as a grocery store, in fact I remember the time of his war 1940, when the Aegina It was being bombed by planes, a frightened little boy was coming and hiding between bags of coffee and sugar.

Sixty years old coffee maker. In our cafe gathered - then and now - ordinary day laborers, sailors, fishermen, people of the square. Political debates, and MPs who only remember the elections to come and get our vote.

But also daily teasing, jokes, gossip, but also gossip to overcome misery and stress. We will not run away at all! ”

Ο Kyr-Michalis torrent for everything. He also cares about traditional cafes and darkens his face when he says that everything seems to lead to their destruction. Only for a moment does it light up again. When he stood up, he proudly showed me the photos that are hung on the walls of his cafe, with his football achievements at the age of 20. Right winger in Saronikos to be awarded by Piraeus MP George Andrianopoulos in a friendly match with Olympiacos.