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12 Grada sits above the Tripotamos river on a narrow old-quarter lane, pairing a wine-bar cellar with outdoor tables just above the water. Diners come for Veria meatballs, verenika pasta stuffed with walnut and feta, local cheeses, salads and Thymiopoulos wines rather than a standard grill sequence.
Ap' Allou keeps a warm room and small outdoor section on Patriarchou Ioakeim, serving creative Greek food without ceremony. Fresh bread, courgette fritters, salads, beef fillet, potato gratin and changing pasta plates come in quantities that turn a solo lunch into leftovers.
Vergiotiko occupies a small, polished restaurant near Veria's Byzantine Museum, with a waterwheel outside and a covered terrace for cold-weather meals. Meat anchors the menu: diaphragm steak, grilled skewers and slow beef arrive with trahanoto, orange salad and Naoussa wine by the glass.
