Foodie Experiences
The 1980 blue-and-white taverna locals quietly choose over its famous neighbour, with a for-two platter and the seawall a ten-minute walk out.
Davie Village
More infoThere's a famous souvlaki spot a few doors from Takis, and the lineup outside it is instructive: locals cross the street. Takis has been a blue-and-white taverna since 1980, long enough to have stopped trying to impress anyone. Order the for-two platter and watch chicken souvlaki, moussaka, spanakopita and dolmades all land at once. The West End seawall is a flat ten-minute walk from the door.
Slide into Takis' blue-and-white room, a real 1980 West End taverna, not the tourist line down the block, and order the for-two platter so you can graze chicken souvlaki, moussaka, spanakopita and dolmades off each other's plates while you drag warm pita through the tzatziki. Service is quick and unfussy, so budget about an hour and a half. From the door it's a short, flat walk down Thurlow to the seawall and the sand, the perfect way to let a big Greek meal settle.
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