Syvritos Restaurant

In Agia Fotini, in Syvritos municipality (or simply Amari) there lies Syvritos restaurant. In the beginning I was cautious since the settlement is new and modern albeit very small so I did not expect a surprise. Agia Fotini is an outskirt of Apostoloi, is the administrative capital of the region and it has a post office, a town hall, a health center and a school.

The region in general is full of historical villages and byzantine churches mainly of the twelfth and eleventh century and is characterized by abundance of villages which are small and have no more than a few kilometers distance between them. Before Apostoloi is found the antique (and now deserted) Anasuvari settlement with its church, While after it, for a few km' s there lies the historical village of Thronos with its -also- byzantine church, while in the village of Genna you can see the monumental olive tree which is more than 2.300 years old!

The tavern is hosted together with a butcher shop and even though this is not usual for an Athens boy such as myself, it makes sure that the meat you get is great quality and of local production. In fact the tavern has a reputation for good meat outside of the region. I have returned countless times and I have tried the whole menu but -for me- the most successful meal is the pork stew with vegies but the whole meal will leave you satisfied.

Even though t he region is a known destination of “rako-tourism”, which means that visitors, mainly men, come, drink raki and wine, eat pork and goat, and then head home, for simple people is a nice chance for a get-away and Sivrytos tavern is a place you cannot miss.