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| - I've had Greek food plenty of times, but this is the first with someone of Greek decedents. Apparently this place is where all the young Greek gods and goddesses like to gather.
The restaurant has a high ceiling, with a smaller second floor that is great for private parties and can look down onto the stage where there are singing performances in evenings. There are also outside seatings.
We started with some dip platter, and I couldn't get enough of the taramosalata, which is made with fish roe. The shovel is what everybody orders here, a generous pile of food including sausage (loukaniko), gyros or skewers, burger (befteki). The burger and sausage both have oregano, mint and other seasonings that give them a "Greek" taste.
This being Montreal, we have to order poutine. The Greek version of it, topped with tzatziki and feta, is delicious, and definitely one of my favorite versions of poutine. The tzatziki's tanginess is great to make the fries feel less greasy.
They have a few Greek beers available, and we also ordered a frappe. Now, frappe as I know it, in the U.S., means a frappuccino, a smoothie-thick latte, but a Greek frappe is an iced coffee drink, made from instant coffee covered with a layer of froth that results from shaking the coffee in a shaker. Not the best coffee as it's made with Nestle instant, but hey give it a try if you've never!
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