Tavern

Love and more love. It’s both a wish and a recipe. This is how Mrs. Matina, known throughout Naxos by her first name, a skilled cook and the driving force behind the “Matina-Stavros” tavern (also known as “The Plateia”), in Koronos of Naxos, will bid you farewell after serving you a sumptuous meal. It’s also the secret ingredient she adds to her huge pots.

The AADE tightened its grip on hundreds of thousands of restaurant professionals across the country last Thursday, the first of the month. Taverns, taverns, pizzerias, beer gardens, etc., or all those establishments that serve meals or snacks at the table, must have the new “smart” cash registers from that date.

When you hear the word "taverna," what images spring to mind? Perhaps it's a tight space, a basement, tables covered with parchment paper or checkered tablecloths. Wine barrels are at the rear, the walls are covered in vintage photos and notices regarding  the policies of the establishment, often informing customers that food and drink are not served on credit.

Craftsmanship is the focus at this year's Athens installment of World Class Fine Drinking, an event celebrating good wine and spirits and skilled bartenders, taking place June 7 to 9 in a neoclassical building at 23 Academias Street in central Athens.

From retsina to Assyrtiko wine, from the neighborhood taverna to major New York restaurants and from local papers to glowing articles in the New York Times, over the past decade Greek wine has made great strides in terms of international recognition.

The "motherland" of Greece's quintessential firewater, the eastern Aegean island of Lesvos is hosting a three-day festival celebrating all things ouzo: the gum that flavors it, the folk who distill it, the sellers who sell it, the exporters who send it around the world and, of course, the people who drink it.

Preveza in Epirus, northwestern Greece, is a tourist hub thanks to its commercial harbor, four museusm, theater and numerous clubs and taverns. Seytan Pazar, one of the most traditional streets of the town, is also the historic center. A walk through the narrow streets is particularly festive at this time of the year.

Indonesia banned on April 16 small retailers from selling beer, despite an outcry from the booze industry and in tourism hotspots over the Muslim-majority country's latest offensive against drinking.