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Dore Zythos
Grab a table outside when the weather's warm and watch the White Tower across the way while savouring imaginative Mediterranean cuisine. Sister establishment Zythos in Ladadika has great architecture and equally fine food.
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Draft
Near to Krikelas, this three-level brick-and-wood restaurant and pub has a classic feel, with its vintage jukebox, well-shone rails and long bar with many draught beers. It serves designer pub fare like you'd expect in some big-city financial district lunch spot. Upstairs, however, cultivates a more after-hours lounge-bar effect, with dimmed lights and ambient Latin and jazz.
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Gioiello
The waterfront café of the Daios Hotel, Gioiello is a relaxing spot for a coffee or light lunch, with a glittering interior and sharp service.
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Hatzis
In operation since 1908, when Thessaloniki was still an Ottoman city, this local legend brings the tastes of old Constantinople to you. After Hatzis, you'll never ask for a simple 'baklava' again.
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Kitchen Bar
Whether you're just coming for a cool waterside coffee or seek some inventive international fare, this lofty, sumptuously decorated café-restaurant on the port is fab. The salads and risotto are as bright as the flames in the open kitchen where the chefs, like the style-conscious clientele, are always on display.
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Kokkinos Fournos
Just above the Rotunda, this classic bakery does Thessaloniki's best koulouraki vanilias - crunchy, slightly sweet golden cookies perfect for dipping in Greek coffee.
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Krikelas
The iconic Krikelas offers a superlative, refined dining experience for gastronomes, with dishes ranging from wild game to Cretan snails and other local Greek specialities. The wine list is of course deep.
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Miami
This seaside fish taverna east of the centre is preferred by the Greek jet set, but regular folks also confirm it's got some of the best fish in town. Take a taxi.
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Molyvos
This place has a lovely refined setting and elevates Greek cuisine to fine dining; nearby Molyvos Ethnik (2310 555 952), located on the corner of Ionos Dragoumi and Papadopoulou is its freewheeling companion eatery, with a smooth interior of high ceilings and polished mirrors, imaginative almost-fusion cuisine and Latin music.
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Myrsini
Myrsini serves up hearty portions of authentic Cretan dishes for Thessasloniki's boisterous young hedonists. The food is delicious and healthy, from rusks topped with tomato, Cretan olive oil and soft cheese ( dakos ) and flavourful wild greens ( horta ) to roast rabbit, pork and - crucially - mizithropitakia (flaky filo triangles with sweet mizithra cheese).
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Ouzou Melathron
Just from the sight of the scroll-like menu at this very popular sidestreet ouzerie , you know you're in for something special. Occupy yourself with ouzo and mezedhes, then dig into heartier fare like lamb in sweet wine sauce.
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Panellinion
This friendly taverna has traditional Ladadika décor, with its wooden floors and walls lined with olive-oil bottles and tins of produce. Panellinion has great variety, from ouzos and cheeses to delicious seafood mezedhes; only organic vegetables are used.
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Parakath
Thessaloniki's only Pontian restaurant does rich, traditional pasta-based dishes with old Black Sea flair. Frenetic Pontian live music on weekends, when bookings are essential, keeps things loose. Take a taxi to get there.
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To Etsi
This bawdily decorated, iconic eatery near the White Tower offers refreshingly light souvlaki and soutzoukakia with vegetable dips, in Cypriot-style pita bread. Look for the neon sign out front.
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Trigones Elenidis
A veritable institution since 1960, Elenidis is a very rare thing in today's world: a shop that sells only one product. Its sweet, flaky triangular cones filled with cool and unbelievably tasty cream are legendary; locals come out with two-kilo boxes, but one large triangle will certainly fill you up.
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