Café Bar entertainment in Europe
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Booze Cooperativa
By day, this laid-back arty hangout is full of hip young Athenians playing chess and backgammon and working on their Macs (with free wi-fi) on the 6m-long table; later it transforms into a happening bar that rocks till late. The basement hosts art exhibitions and there’s a theatre upstairs.
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Skoufaki
One of the first to open on Kolonaki’s popular bar strip, heading away from the square, Skoufaki is a cosy, arty hangout with good coffee and a friendly upbeat evening crowd.
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Onokio
With signed Hank Williams posters and busts of Native American chiefs, this incongruous bar is the lovechild of Greece’s biggest country and western fan, Nikos Garavelas, who hosts a country-and-western radio show and festival.
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Café Cult
Squeezed inside a darkened half-timbered house and hung with local art, this bohemian place draws a student crowd and sometimes hosts concerts. During the day it serves megacheap but palate-pleasing lunches for around €7.50.
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Bartessera
Tucked at the end of a narrow arcade off Kolokotroni, with a quirky central courtyard, this friendly place is a little oasis by day and a lively bar at night, with a hip 30-something crowd, guest DJs and art exhibitions.
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Apsenti
Just past the mayhem of the Iraklidon cafés, this casual bar in a neoclassical building is known for its cocktail happy hour, an initiative of friendly Berlin-trained owner Dimitri. It has also introduced food.
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Blue Train
A popular hangout in Gazi’s gay triangle, with tables along the railway line, this all day bar is a good entrée to gay Athens. The Kazarma club is upstairs and several other gay clubs are clustered nearby.
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Cantina Social
Bars don’t come much quirkier than this old haunt down an arcade leading into other buildings and workshops. By day it’s full of local workers; at night it cranks up with an alternative crowd.
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City
A popular spot in the small bar strip on the pedestrianised end of Haritos; most nights there are patrons spilling out on to the road, drinking on the steps of the apartment blocks opposite.
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7 Jokers
This small, friendly bar right in central Athens is a good place for a coffee by day or a quiet early drink, but the vibe steps up several notches way into the night.
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La Fée Verte
You guessed it, the green-bedecked Green Fairy specialises in devilish old absinthe. There's usually electro and hip-hop a couple of nights a week.
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Rosebud
One of the more low-key bars with an arty edge, Rosebud is a versatile bar for all occasions and now does food upstairs.
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Café Bissap
An ethnically mixed crowd, including students, sips rum cocktails and West African beers (eg Guinness Foreign Extra, brewed in Cameroon) amid decor from the Senegalese-born proprietor's native land. The soundtrack is African, Caribbean and Latin American. Super-friendly. Opens at 6pm during school holidays, including July and August.
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