The concept “Greek breakfast” may seem to you as an anecdote but it’s not. Every morning Greeks wake up; prepare their coffee and head off to work trying to cooperate with all the traffic etc. The typical Greek breakfast is the traditional cheese pie on the go, bought from the local bakery or Greek yoghurt with honey and dry fruits bought from the super market. But let’s face it Greeks are not as proactive as other Europeans as far as the breakfast is concerned. We do not share the same breakfast philosophy as Nothern Europeans do. This does not mean that we do not consider breakfast as the most important meal of the day but still. There are a lot of nice spots in the center of Athens where anyone can taste authentic Greek delicacies made from scratch.
Below you can find the top 10 places in Athens were you can enjoy the authentic greek breakfast experience.
- Ariston (10, Voulis str.) For more than a century it remains the top spot in the center of Athens for short crusted cheese pie although there is a wide variety of pies such as potato pie, eggplant pie etc.
- Mam (Pesmazoglou & Stadiou str.) Tasty cheese pies for just a €1 will beat your morning munchies.
- Stani (10, Kotopouli str., Omonia Sq) everyone who loves rice puddings should visit this place to taste the real thing. Stani was established in the early 30s and still uses the same recipe to create one the best rice puddings in town.
- Chatzis (5 Mitropoleos str.) This dairy shop, established in the turn of the 20th century, serves the same top quality vanilla puddings and oven baked rice puddings.
- Tsepas (5 Tsamadou str., Exarhia) A must-go spot if you are a greek yoghurt fanatic. Tsepas’ dairy shop sells original greek yoghurt, rice puddings and fresh milk since 1932.
- Dodoni (65, Stadiou str.) Exceptional buttery flavoured cheese pies, you can choose between small and big sized cheese pie, but make sure you buy two of them!
- Loumidis coffee shop (69, Panepistimiou str.) Traditional greek coffee shop where anyone can have a cup of “greek” coffee accompanied with spoon sweets, biscuits and other traditional sweets.
- Ktistakis (59, Sokratous) Traditional loukoumades, greek fried donuts, served with honey syrup and sprinkled with sesame as the traditional loukoumades from Chania are served seem as the best choice if you are a sweet breakfast kind of person.
- Aigaion (46, Panepistimiou str.) Another top spot for Loukoumades, with a more contemporary flair, where you can taste not only the usual honey dipped loukoumades sprinkled with walnuts but also the savory kind of loukoumades sprinkled with kasseri cheese.
- Savvas Kannigos sq.) I think that every one that visits Greece should have a bite of the original sweet or savory bougatsa pie.
