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Tavernas, souvlaki counters, seafood houses, bakeries and modern Greek kitchens — this is where Mazi's community rankings will live.

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Grilled fish and octopus with vegetables and saladSample listing

Taverna

Agrielia

Ditmars, Astoria, NYCharcoal-grilled fish & horta

A family taverna where the fish case by the door decides the menu. Whole fish come off the charcoal with lemon and ladolemono, the horta is dressed at the table, and someone's uncle is usually holding court by the kitchen.

Grilled meat skewers with fries, tomato and red onionSample listing

Souvlaki & Grill

Kalamaki

Fishtown, Philadelphia, PAPork souvlaki, thick-cut fries

A counter-service psistaria that does three things and does them properly: pork skewers off the grill, pita that's been on the flat-top just long enough, and fries finished with oregano and grated mizithra.

Grilled octopus tentacles with fresh green herbsSample listing

Seafood

Lemoni & Salt

South End, Boston, MAGrilled octopus, island mezze

A narrow dining room built around a long marble bar and a short menu of Aegean seafood. The octopus is braised, then charred hard; order it with the fava and a carafe of white from Santorini.

Golden baklava filled with chopped pistachiosSample listing

Bakery & Café

Melissa Bakeshop

Greektown, Chicago, ILSyrupy pastries & Greek coffee

Trays of baklava, galaktoboureko and koulourakia behind the glass, and a briki of Greek coffee on the stove all day. On Sunday mornings the line is half churchgoers, half people who wish they'd gone.

A table spread with shared dishes ready to eatSample listing

Modern Greek

Thymari

Montrose, Houston, TXSeasonal small plates

A chef-driven dining room that treats Greek home cooking as a starting point rather than a script. Expect gemista made with Gulf Coast peppers, lamb neck cooked for hours, and a natural wine list heavy on Greek producers.

Greek salad with a slab of feta, tomatoes and red onionSample listing

Taverna

Oregano & Sea

Ballard, Seattle, WACretan cooking

Cretan recipes cooked by a Cretan family: dakos piled with grated tomato, snails with rosemary and vinegar, and raki poured without anyone asking. The back patio fills up the minute the rain stops.

A well-stocked bar with bottles and hanging glassesSample listing

Wine & Mezze

Ampeli

Shaw, Washington, DCGreek wines by the glass

A wine bar pouring only Greek bottles, from Xinomavro to Assyrtiko, with a mezze menu built to go with them. The staff will talk you through an obscure grape without making you feel like you should already know it.

Blue chairs at a seaside taverna overlooking fishing boatsSample listing

Seafood

Platia

Sponge Docks, Tarpon Springs, FLDockside fish & meze

Plastic chairs, a view of the boats and fish that was in the Gulf this morning. It feels closer to a harbor-front psarotaverna in the Dodecanese than anywhere in Florida has a right to.

Spanakopita and an orange drink on a patterned tableSample listing

Bakery & Café

Zymi

Broadway, Astoria, NYPites & hand-rolled phyllo

A tiny bakery specializing in pites made with hand-rolled phyllo: spinach and feta, leek, and a different village recipe every weekend. Buy two, because one never makes it home.

Two pita wraps with fries on a wooden boardSample listing

Souvlaki & Grill

Steki

Greektown, Detroit, MILate-night gyros

The kind of place everyone calls their steki: open late, cash register by the door, gyro shaved to order. It's where the night ends after a wedding, a game, or nothing in particular.

Meatballs with yellow rice, salad and a white yogurt sauceSample listing

Taverna

Kouzina Nikoleta

Inner Sunset, San Francisco, CAYiayia-style oven dishes

Daily trays of whatever Nikoleta felt like making: pastitsio on Tuesday, giouvetsi on Thursday, briam all week. Come early, because when a tray is gone, it's gone.

A creamy yogurt dip with cucumber, dill and an oliveSample listing

Wine & Mezze

Kafeneio Orea

Silver Lake, Los Angeles, CAOuzo & small plates

A modern take on the village kafeneio: marble tables, backgammon boards, ouzo served with ice on the side, and small plates that keep arriving until you say stop.

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