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Psiri
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Walking
through Psiri in the daytime
is deceiving. The streets
are filled with working
class people and the former
leather craftsman district
still contains a variety of
shops and businesses that
might be described as
practical or business
oriented, from type-setters,
to fixtures, and material
goods for making clothing.
The only clues that the area
is a hotbed of nightlife are
the cafes and restaurants
storefronts that look like
they have been closed for
years and the new shops and
boutiques. If you were
wandering through the
neighborhood you might stop
and wonder what a
state-of-the-art
climate-controlled shop
selling Cuban Cigars is
doing in an area of
workshops and small
factories?
If you did
not look close enough to see
the signs that advertise
them as restaurants you
might think they are
abandoned or not even notice
them. In fact with the
exception of the cafe
Rebecca, a traditional
mezedes cafeneon with a few
tables outside, the only
food you will find in Psiri
in the daytime during the
week is at the working class
Taverna Psiri, a souvlaki
from the shop next door or
at Platia Iroon, a
spanakopita in the pastry
shop next door, a koulorakia
(like a doughnut but not
sweet) from the factory that
supplies most of the
downtown vendors, or a candy
bar at the kiosk in Iroon
square. But things are
changing and by the time you
read this there may be a
dozen more places for lunch
or to while away the
afternoon with food, ouzo
and wine.
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Greek Traditional Products
Souvenirs
Greek Traditional Costumes
Starting at
around 6pm Psiri undergoes
the transformation from
working-class-light-industrial,
to a mecca of cafes, bars,
restaurants and ouzeries in
a setting that reminds me of
a scaled down version of New
York's Soho district with
the East Village tossed in.
The streets are filled with
tables and chairs and what
were parking lots during the
day become dramatically
lighted outdoor dining areas
for restaurants that look
they have been built into a
bombed out city. Each
restaurant has its own
style, from traditional
Greek taverna or
ouzerie-mezedopouleon to
60's style cafes that may
remind you of a luncheonette
in an old movie. Many are
decorated with historic
photos of Athens and some
with relics of our modern
society.
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