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Greek Platters for Two at Takis Taverna
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.
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.
There is a famous souvlaki spot a few doors from Takis, and the lineup outside it is always instructive: locals cross the street. Takis has been blue-and-white taverna since 1980, which is long enough to have stopped trying to impress anybody, and the result is the most comfortable kind of date spot: warm, quick, unfussy, and honest about what it is. Order the for-two platter and watch chicken souvlaki, moussaka, spanakopita and dolmades all arrive at once, then abandon any plan you had about pacing yourself and start dragging pita through the tzatziki. This is not a lingering twelve-course occasion. It's a generous, well-priced dinner in the West End that leaves enough room in your evening for the seawall and the sand, both of which are a flat ten-minute walk from the front door.
