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| I suppose a purist
would say that the cuisine of Ithaki begins with the Odyssey
and Homer's descriptions of the island's wine, of its blood sausages
and roasted meats, its fruits and vegetables. Ithakans will
tell you about Leartes's olive tree, in the village of Agios Yiannis,
with its enourmous girth, some forty feet in diameter, which is
reputed to be more than two thousand years old. The signature
of Ithaka's cookery is garlic. They also use a lot of oregano
and basil and rosemary. Octopus in every form~grilled, stewed,
dried~appears in the island's traditional repertory, and so do many
other fish and seafood dishes. For pastry Ithakans make spoon sweets. One
extremely unusual Ithakan dish is the local rendition of revani, the
thick, honey~soaked cake found all over Greece and the East.
....from the Glorious Foods of Greece, by Diane Kochilas |
Wine List
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Menu |
SOUPS
- SOUPES
chicken avgolemono
5
soup
du jour
5
SALADS
- SALATES
salad du jour
chef's inspiration
salad
priced daily
xoriatiki
(true greek salad)
vine~ripened tomatoes,
cucumber, olives, red onions, bell peppers, arugula,
capers and imported greek feta,
with simple oregano olive oil vinaigrette
7 half
5
with grilled chicken add
3
with shrimp add
4
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APPETIZERS - MEZEDES
dolmadakia
grapeleaves
stuffed with rice,
herbs and beef,
with avgolemono
sauce
8
antipasto
single 8 ~
for two 12
mussels provencal
quickly cooked p.e.i. mussels with garlic, parsley and
leeks tossed with ouzo cream
8
shrimp
saganaki
gently cooked shrimp with herbed tomato sauce and
melted feta
9
marinated
greek olives
5 |
ENTREES
mousakas
~ 9 pastitsio ~ 8
lamb kebob
with roasted
potato and seasonal vegetable
10
SANDWICHES
- ENTREES
open-faced
roasted lamb sandwich
with onion gravy, roasted peppers,
aioli, greens and roasted potatoes
11 gyro-style
grilled chicken
with pita, tzatziki, tomato, onions and
roasted potatoes
10
spanakopita
filo, spinach, herbs and feta pie
7
smoked salmon
wrap
smoked salmon, onions, lettuce,
tomatoes, capers, tzatziki
10
falafel wrap
falafels with tzatziki, tomato, cucumber and lettuce
9
Fish of the day:
chef's inspiration
12 beef
mignon
grilled filet mignon, tossed with vidalia onions,
mushrooms and white truffle oil, served on ithaki bread
14
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DAILY
SPECIALS at the request of your fellow diners, please
refrain from the use of cellphones in the dining room
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