Work once again brought me to Airdrie, and I vowed not to go to a chain. I found this place down the block from where I was working and it seemed like it could be good. The name, Athena's, made me assume it was Greek. I think it's marketed as a Greek restaurant, but once I took a look at the menu, it as so far from Greek.
This place reminds me of one of those sad little local shops from those restaurant renovation shows on the Food Network for HGTV where they have good potential, but don't have a distinct identity. Since they get stuck in this rut, they end up putting things like club sandwiches and chicken fingers on the menu because that's what the locals like to eat. That's exactly the impression I got.
I ended up trying to order something semi-greek, and that was the Calamari platter which came with rice and greek salad. All of it was pretty bad except for the calamari. It was battered and cooked perfectly. I get the impression that this place serves up a good breakfast, but unfortunately I wasn't able to try it.
My server was super cute though... yeah. I guess that's all I have to say.
29/30