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Avli tucks a courtyard into a central Lixouri alley, insulating dinner from the port road without losing the town's evening traffic. Riganada—country bread with tomato, feta and oregano—opens a menu of Kefalonian meat pie, aubergine, sea bass and polished Greek cooking.
Comidoro runs a small beach-edge room beyond Lixouri's busiest centre, pairing a short Mediterranean list with sunbeds for daytime customers. Caramelised octopus on bean purée, shrimp tagliatelle and a reworked Greek salad show more kitchen intent than the adjacent snack bars.
Ladokolla Stin Plagia sits on a hillside outside Lixouri, with open-air tables facing west across Paliki. The family kitchen leans into Kefalonian meat pie, lamb and home-style casseroles, delivering village cooking on paper-lined tables rather than turning the sunset into a dress code.
