Best In Town Athens 2017 | Page 73

Highlights Tips • To πλούσιο brunch menu του με ξεχωριστές προτάσεις (καθημερινά 10:00-18:00). • Οι pizzette του με φρέσκο ζυμάρι κάνουν θραύση! • Το cocktail Amnesia και η δική τους συνταγή Spritz έρχονται πρώτα σε προτιμήσεις. • The hearty brunch menu with extraordinary suggestions (daily 10:00-18:00). • The popular pizzette with fresh dough! • The Amnesia cocktail and the Spritz made according to their own recipe come first amongst the preferences. • Δεν έχει ούτε μήνα που ακριβώς απέναντι εγκαινιάστηκε μια ωραία ολάνθιστη αυλή! Καθημερινά 10:00-02:00 & Σ/Κ 10:00-03:00 • The beautiful flowery garden has been inaugurated less than a month ago. Daily 10:00-02:00 & weekends 10:00-03:00 73 Via it Athens learned the meaning of Upupa Epops (sci- entific term for the hoopoe, a migrating bird, the sight of which is considered to be a sign of the beginning of spring season). In a neighborhood which still has a jasmine smell and aromas of citrus trees, behind the Pavlidis factory in Kato Petralona, a complex of abandoned houses of the 1930 has been transformed into an all-day hangout since August, brand new but maintaining evident the mark of time. Three friends: Marfi, Renos and Petros are the mas- terminds. It took them two years to complete a space so unique which looks like it has emerged from a movie and so beloved from its regulars! On the one side the lovely bar has a solid presence in a vibrant atmosphere, on the other side is the lounge space resembling a living room with vintage furniture picked out from antique shops and in the middle a remarkable old Athenian garden in open dialogue with the Athenian sky. Depending on your seating place, various pictures will come to mind from Morocco, Havana, Paris. Artistic touches, warm colors, vintage tiles, jazz, soul and funk music provide an instant sense of familiarity. In addition to the atmospheric space, nothing happened by chance at Upupa Epops. The coffee is a Kudu speciality blend, the tea and the chocolate are of premium class, the brunch and bar food menu bears the signature of Kostas Tsigkas, not to mention Marfi Bali’s long experience from famed Athenian bars, evident in the bar. Hence, here, apart from a serious cellar with rare whiskeys, unique gins, rum and many other distillates you will also try a very intriguing cocktail list, from classics with their own twist to signature recipes offering original tast- ing experiences.