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Spaka sets a small run of tables on Areopoli's main square, close to the stone towers but without the scale of its busier neighbours. Couples and light-lunch diners choose a concise list of moussaka, local meat, salads and seasonal plates made from better ingredients than the setting first suggests.
Taverna Vaggelis sits roughly six kilometres outside Areopoli on the road toward inner Mani, in a plain village room without a polished square-side set. Drivers come for kayana eggs with tomato, roast goat, liver wrapped in caul fat, greens and pork belly at prices below central Areopoli.
To Mavromichaliko occupies a broad terrace in Areopoli, opening every day for lunch and dinner with western light across Mani. Families and first-time visitors work through rooster with hylopites, tsouhti pasta, lamb in lemon, stuffed vegetables and other regional dishes.
