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In the central square of her city Mr. There is still a kind of cafe - confectionery, very rare nowadays. Its founder Michalis Tsivrinis A refugee from Smyrna, using his confectionery art, set up in 1952 the cafe - confectionery Ariston.

In 1977 he was succeeded by his son Konstantinos and from 2002 he was taken over by Nikos Kalimianaris, who was the cousin of both. Now Mr. Nikos together with Anastasia - his assistant who came from Pelion 15 years ago and landed in Kos - and his son are running the store!

"Since I was a small child of twelve years old, I worked with Mr. Michalis. Do you see the phone number 58? From the first numbers of the city. The sweets I make here are the same as the ones that Mr. Michalis made. Cheese pies with honey, individual bougatses with sugar-cinnamon or with honey, galaktoboureko, copenhagen and kotik baklavades with almonds. The latter are sought after abroad, the other day I sent hundreds to the Patriarchate, but also to America and Australia ".

Indeed, from eight o'clock in the morning the cafe, with four or five tables in all and some fifteen old wooden chairs - of the Vienna type - is filled with passers-by who drink their coffee and enjoy their dessert. By noon all the sweets will have disappeared and so at 12 o'clock the store closes.

Michalis continues:

"Everything sweet you see here is made by our hands. There is no trace of industrialized or frozen. I knead all afternoon and prepare the creams and at dawn I come and put them in the oven. ”

Mr. Nikos closes forty years on the ramparts, feels very satisfied that his quality and his struggle have been appreciated not only by his fellow citizens but also by many Greeks and foreign visitors. However, his greatest joy is that his son will continue his work in the cafe - confectionery Ariston. The reputation of the cafe and the art will not go unnoticed.