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Fried meatballs with mint
Keftedes, fried meatballs of local fresh veal mince with mint. The meze to share after.
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Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstShrimp and Crayfish croquets with spicy sauce
Croquettes of shrimp and crayfish with a spicy sauce, the house speciality. Our first plate, with ouzo.
From Athinaikon's own menu and pages, as we read them in September 2026.
Athinaikon
Greek · ouzeri · seafood meze · Exarchia, Athens
Themistokleous 2 & Panepistimiou, 106 78 Athens
An ouzeri, an ouzo-and-meze house, serving seafood meze on Themistokleous since the 1930s. Its own croquettes and a glass of ouzo are the old Athenian afternoon.
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