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Etrusco serves dinner in a stone courtyard at Kato Korakiana, where tables sit among citrus trees and the kitchen garden supplies herbs and vegetables. Ettore Botrini turns family memories and Corfiot produce into precise plates for diners ready to spend an evening on one meal.
Klimataria occupies a small, white-walled room in Benitses where Nikos Bellos works from the catch and produce available that day. Seafood diners take the tables; anyone seeking a broad all-purpose resort menu should choose elsewhere.
Tripa has served Kinopiastes since 1936, with dusty bottle shelves in front and a larger rear courtyard set up for musicians and dancers. Groups arrive for a staged Greek evening, not a hushed village supper, and the staff invite guests into the dancing and plate smashing.
The White House spreads tables across decking, rocks and a tree-shaded terrace directly above Kalami Bay. The Durrell connection draws first-time visitors, but the kitchen addresses dinner with scallops, crab, tuna, slow-cooked lamb and Corfiot sofrito rather than literary memorabilia.
Toula's places varnished wooden tables beside the water at Agni Bay, a few steps from the jetty used by water taxis and hired boats. Toula Katsarou-Vergetis has cooked here for decades, moving Corfiot fish dishes toward a formal seaside lunch without losing stifado or bianco.
