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The Lois family has cooked seafood at Argo for two decades, now from a marina-side room on Iroon Polytechniou. Staff present whole fish before cooking; shrimp pasta, lobster pasta, grilled squid, swordfish, horta and skordalia cover the rest of the table.
Labyrinthos has fed Patras since 1935 from its Poukevil dining room, using family recipes without turning the place into a museum. Veria-style pasta, local meat dishes and veal scented with tentura sit among seasonal Greek cooking and a serious regional wine selection.
Rooster serves contemporary Greek food from a corner on Trion Navarchon, where soup or an appetiser may appear before the order and dessert with liqueur often follows it. The menu changes familiar recipes through careful sauces and plating, but portions remain closer to a neighbourhood restaurant than a tasting menu.
Salumeria occupies a busy corner where Karaiskaki meets Trion Navarchon, serving Italian and Mediterranean plates to couples and large groups. Pasta, risotto, cured meat and wine make more sense here than a rushed coffee, with pavement tables carrying the noise of the surrounding nightlife.
