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| - We were originally going to eat Ethiopian food but decided on a whim that we would try Greektown in stead. Frommer's lead us here and we were pleasantly surprised. The restaurant was pretty crowded when we showed up at 10 on the Sunday of labor day weekend, but we were able to get the last two top immediately.
Our goal was to try as much as possible so we stuck entirely to the mezes. For the two of us we ordered a large dip platter that also came with pickled octopus, the pites combo platter, roasted beets and two individual lamb chops. We had way too much food and could have ordered a lot less, but enjoyed the meal.
Kria Poikilia (dip platter) - We got the large size because I really wanted to order the octapodi toursi and it seemed just as easy, and cheaper, to have it as an add on to the platter. It was way too much food for two people and we left about half of the dips on the plate. In particular we weren't huge fans of the taramosalata. I probably wouldn't order this unless you had a large group, 4 or more. I enjoyed the octopus a lot, it was like an octopus civiche. A full order, however, would have been way too much for the two of us.
Assored Pites - Came with a spanakopita, tirokafteropita and a pantzaropita. The spanakopita was still my favorite, and it was definitely delicious. I'd never had a tirokafteropita (leek and beat filled puff pastry) but I quite enjoyed it. It was definitely not as sweet as I expected, with the leeks being much more prevalent than the beats.
Pantzaria - Baked beets infused with wine vinegar and garlic. Again, not as sweet as we expected, but tasty. It came with chopped raw, or almost raw onion. We didn't even eat most of this because we were stuffed by the time we got it. It definitely is only for the beet loving crowd (that would be us) and was closer to pickled beets then roasted. We probably wouldn't order it again, but it was enjoyable.
Lamb chops - the lamb chops are served a la carte and were delicious. They were incredibly fatty, however, so if you want your meat lean this is not the way to go.
Service was friendly, though at times it was busy. Atmosphere was festive and fun without being super dressy or pretentious. We will definitely come back, hopefully with reinforcements because this place would definitely be more fun with 4 or 6 people.
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