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What to buy
Our dish — the plate we'd order here firstKoulouri Thessalonikis (Κουλούρι Θεσσαλονίκης)
Sesame-crusted bread ring
Where it comes fromAthens' own
Athens' own koulouri was soft. The hard sesame ring sold as "Thessalonikis" came from a Plaka bakery in 1961, which baked thousands a day for the street vendors.
Sources: Giorgos Pittas, Athens Voice (2019); Ivy Liacopoulou, Kopiaste (2008).
At Takis Bakery
The hard ring of the Thessaloniki bakers, which the family first baked in Plaka for the street sellers, the owner says.
Takis Bakery
Greek · bakery · koulouri · Koukaki, Athens
Misaraliotou 14, 117 42 Athens
A neighbourhood bakery below the Acropolis whose founder brought the Thessaloniki ring to Athens.
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