Diagonal

One of its most emblematic gastronomic hangouts Thessaloniki is Diagonal, 13 Stratigou Kallari, in Fanarioton square.

The history of the Diagonios steakhouse begins in May 1977 when he settled on the historic street of the city.

Η Diagonal - whose typical name is Pavlou Mela Street - is the diagonal street that connects, as a triangular hypothesis, the White Tower with the church of Agia Sofia. In the consciousness of Thessaloniki, however, it concerns the intersection of Tsimiski and Pavlou Mela streets. A classic landmark of the city that has been hosted in the past in terms of gastronomy, the Terkenlis patisserie, the Kefir milk confectionery, known for its tulips, Gigilinis and older, the Ouzeri Tsitsanis that opened in Me 22.

The main feature of Diagonal is that transports you immediately to bygone eras. Both the building - from the interwar period - and the atmosphere of the shop exude an old nobility.

Spacious placement of tables set with white tablecloths, elegant Viennese armchairs, while the waiters, experienced, years at work, surprise with their kindness but also with their warm intimacy. Lots of people, you usually wait to find a table. The clientele is young, people and artists of the city, visitors, families with children, business lunches, but also tables where mature ladies have their jour fix, a habit from their youth.

And all of them come to taste in a very pleasant and aristocratic environment the famous handmade soutzoukaki and well-cooked round of the Diagonal.

If one wants to characterize the Diagonal with two or three words, one will be satisfied with: Cosmic steakhouse.

The soutzoukaki, well-cooked on the outside but also tender, without spices, served with boukovo on the plate and accompanied by portions with either a Russian salad or a political salad or an eggplant salad. THE γύρος delicious and finely chopped while the homemade potatoes in the shape of a slice.

It is very important that bottled wines - a wide range - are offered at very reasonable prices of 10-20 euros.

At some point and while the consumer is bombarded by a storm of ethnic cuisines and so many modern expressions of Greek creative cuisine, a stop at Diagonio is a reset to basics.

White tablecloth, soutzoukaki, gyros, Russian salad and a Naoussa Boutari.