THE BEST Greek Food in Athens! 🇬🇷

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2024
  • Today we visit four of the best places to eat in and near Athens, Greece to find authentic food where locals actually eat at. The first stop is Diporto, a hidden restaurant with no signs and no menu. Then join us to the market where you can have fresh squeezed orange juice and live music for less than $1, followed by a short drive out of the city
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    Diporto: maps.app.goo.gl/yViShR8oxb4BU...
    Local Market: maps.app.goo.gl/3Mwuj18mE9ymt...
    Meat Taverna: maps.app.goo.gl/RkjEkDrj2WoBD...
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Komentáře • 117

  • @bookwormparade2354
    @bookwormparade2354 Před 19 dny +5

    The block of feta on top, instead of crumbles is to assure customers you're not serving them someone else's leftovers.
    Tomatoes, onion, bell pepper, cucumber are always in the Greek salad. Never lettuce

  • @lyndaboca8111
    @lyndaboca8111 Před měsícem +12

    You really lucked out with amazing food/friends, the ride outside of Athens showed us a part of the country most miss out on. Thanks for showing us around and making me hungry :)

  • @JakesOnline
    @JakesOnline Před měsícem +9

    I read that Diporto has been in business since 1887

  • @call-me-C
    @call-me-C Před měsícem +3

    what a great video, loved seeing the suburbs of Athens with that awesome restaurant, view and OMG the food looked so good!

  • @Bighugz75
    @Bighugz75 Před měsícem +6

    wow that last restaurant the food looked amazing

  • @Gk-ug6gu
    @Gk-ug6gu Před měsícem +15

    The whole road trip experience is what you get when you have a greek as a friend. The beautiful nature,the amazing food,the huge portions,the long nice conversations about everything and nothing at the same time and generally the feeling of free, happy and fulfilled...YES THIS IS THE AUTHENTIC GREEK EXPERIENCE. Now imagine doing this in the countryside by the sea or in a snowy cozy village up in the mountains.

    • @Vbluevital
      @Vbluevital Před 29 dny +1

      Sounds great except for the heat and drought.

    • @Gk-ug6gu
      @Gk-ug6gu Před 27 dny

      ​@@Vbluevital Heat and drought is about 3-4 months. Winter is cold and rainy.

  • @laoma4131
    @laoma4131 Před měsícem +5

    Nice food and place at your final restaurant. Thanks for sharing.

  • @morrning_group
    @morrning_group Před měsícem +2

    Wow, this video was absolutely amazing! 🇬🇷🍽 I loved seeing all the hidden gems and delicious Greek food in Athens. The journey through the markets and the secret restaurant experience were so authentic and exciting. 🚶‍♂🏛🍷
    Thank you for sharing such a wonderful adventure and giving us a glimpse into the real Athens. Your enthusiasm and detailed exploration made me feel like I was right there with you! 😍
    Do you have any tips for finding these hidden local spots when traveling to a new city? 🗺✈
    Keep up the great work! Can't wait for more of your travel vlogs! 👍🌟🍊

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před 29 dny +1

      Thanks! Just ask around! Locals will tell you where to go!

  • @wsg9555
    @wsg9555 Před měsícem +5

    Lovely to watch this. I've eaten there back when I lived in Greece. I still visit Athens a lot but haven't been there in a long time. Time to go there again. One of the last few genuine places to eat.

  • @martinlye2748
    @martinlye2748 Před měsícem +7

    The food tour continues in full force.

  • @wendellbatts2477
    @wendellbatts2477 Před měsícem +6

    Wow-got to get to Greece, that food looked insane.

  • @karilang9377
    @karilang9377 Před 27 dny +1

    I like very much your traveling videos. You always travel in placed I have not been.

  • @harryruiz8248
    @harryruiz8248 Před měsícem +5

    The food looked absolutely delicious at the end.

  • @Righteous1ist
    @Righteous1ist Před měsícem +2

    That is a lot of meat. Looks very good.

  • @volt9903
    @volt9903 Před měsícem

    Throwing the bread....ahaha....very funny....Ok have a good time and fun

  • @ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas
    @ErisstheGoddessofmanhwas Před 26 dny +1

    I just eat but now I'm hungry again watching your vidoe 😅

  • @Vbluevital
    @Vbluevital Před 29 dny +1

    Lovely gal for lunch maybe you should have paid. 😊 Nice way to stay cool being on a lower level. Beautiful markets with a mouth watering dinner.
    Pleased to hear you've wisely chosen to detour for air defense.

  • @SutterKrump
    @SutterKrump Před měsícem

    Johnny I forgot to ask, is the graffiti situation just as bad in Crete and the other major islands or is it mainly problem around Athens and the big cities in mainland Greece?

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem

      It's mostly Athens, but it's all over unfortunately as the young generation thinks it makes them special or they're fighting the big government doing so.
      "Greece has had a long and turbulent history, and graffiti has played its part as a medium through which those seeking political and social freedom have expressed themselves. Perpetrators of this kind of expression often risked imprisonment, or even death, for daring to challenge the oppressive authorities of, even recent, years.
      Much of this type of expression can be seen in Greece and remains as a testament to those who challenged the authoritarian regime of the time, which continued until as recently as 1974. This is unlikely to be removed.
      GREEK GRAFFITI
      Paradoxically, although Greece is the birthplace of Democracy, it is one of the youngest in Europe, and the Colonel's Junta is still a recent memory for many. So we come to another reason why graffiti is tolerated more in Greece. The authorities are less inclined to stamp out this kind of expression for fear of appearing overly dictatorial and oppressive."

    • @SutterKrump
      @SutterKrump Před měsícem +2

      @@JohnnyFD shame... I hope they get their shit together and clean it all up ASAP

  • @curiousnomadic
    @curiousnomadic Před měsícem +4

    Really liked the goddess, hope she shows up again and that food you had ALL day. I want to taste that tzatziki

  • @doke889
    @doke889 Před měsícem +9

    Don’t double dip. From now on just take one chip and end it.

  • @MrDEWaters
    @MrDEWaters Před měsícem +4

    Wow that restaurant where they give you pitchers of wine looked fantastic. I wouldn't even care what the food tasted like---the atmosphere was perfect.(I'm sure the food must have been great though). Also you remarked that fire might be a good thing----and that's true because in Mediterranean climate zones (similar to So. Calif.) many of the plants have become adapted to fire and their seeds don't germinate unless there has been a fire recently. It's a natural cycle.

  • @VLADDD-THE-SANCTIONS-IMPALER
    @VLADDD-THE-SANCTIONS-IMPALER Před měsícem +5

    Gorgeous Greek Girl!
    Johnny is a playa! Play on playa

  • @herczeus9341
    @herczeus9341 Před měsícem +4

    Greek food is the best food overall and the Greek diet is considered the key to increased old age. As by their older population with little or no cancer among them.

  • @NickBattani
    @NickBattani Před měsícem +2

    Jonny, I missed you in Athens by a couple of weeks. It would have been awesome to meet you in person! love your stuff and hope all is well with everything going on in the Kharkiv area now.

  • @Niki-tu7jz
    @Niki-tu7jz Před 6 dny

    ❤️🇬🇷❤🇬🇷❤️

  • @antonisathina
    @antonisathina Před měsícem +6

    It was an amazing evening and super fun meeting you ,and interesting conversation also with our rock-climbing German tavern-neighbours 😊 hope to see you again in Athens or Ukraine. Safe travels my friend 😊😊

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +4

      It was awesome! Thanks again for showing me around! That meal was excellent! The Germans were super interesting to talk to as well!

  • @theatisgr
    @theatisgr Před měsícem +1

    "Fyli" here is a place name, but the actual meaning of the word is "race" or "tribe".

  • @kozakua
    @kozakua Před měsícem

    How much was last meal ?

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +1

      It was kinda of expensive for Greece to be honest. The total was 30 Euros each person, so around $33.

    • @FactLOCO
      @FactLOCO Před 3 dny

      @@JohnnyFD The meat prices (and everything in general actually) kinda jumped 30% from one day to another since Putin. Not sure why though, maybe just an excuse.

  • @toddboothbee1361
    @toddboothbee1361 Před měsícem +2

    I want that raw garlic toasted bread, stinkyness be damned. It sounds like heaven. As an Italian friend once told me, "if everyone is eating garlic, no one stinks".

  • @user-ft9tf5tw6l
    @user-ft9tf5tw6l Před měsícem +1

    great video reminds me of a trip to greece many years ago. I met up with some Americans 2 bros & 1 bros girlfriend. Thru them we met a greek fellow who would show movies in tavernas in remote towns in Crete. He took us on one of these movie nights it was so much fun! The next night I said I would pay for dinner and he took us to a town about 1 hour from Heraklion where he said he knew the owner and the food was much better. We had steak (it was goat) and it was grilled. The goat steak and the sides were wonderful along with the delightful company was a memorable experience I still think about after all these years. Johnny some of the commentors make remarks about whether you "got lucky or what" it really isn't important in my opinion, but along the way you a meeting of the minds with locals and fellow travelers that's important. I still keep in touch with people I met on that Greek trip many years ago.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem

      That's an awesome experience you had, it's the beauty of travel!

  • @user-wx4po2by8h
    @user-wx4po2by8h Před 15 dny

    💙🇬🇷💙

  • @jerrykorolchuk6114
    @jerrykorolchuk6114 Před měsícem +4

    I really like Athens trip I really enjoyed watching I give u 👍

  • @stevesanelli90
    @stevesanelli90 Před měsícem +3

    Ohh Johnny, don’t throw bread literally! Never to a woman even if she says it. Tour de force in food & markets! Well done champion!

  • @Nativebeautys
    @Nativebeautys Před měsícem +6

    I love Greek food!! 😃😍

  • @jaglazzarinim2558
    @jaglazzarinim2558 Před měsícem +2

    No graffiti 😂

  • @churchofbrap876
    @churchofbrap876 Před měsícem +2

    So pretty! Was she American or from somewhere else??

  • @jaglazzarinim2558
    @jaglazzarinim2558 Před měsícem

    A crumbled cheese has anti caking chemicals

  • @janeslater8004
    @janeslater8004 Před 29 dny +2

    The greek humuus is usually the santorini fava dip..even better than hummus

    • @giorgosgalemetakis9788
      @giorgosgalemetakis9788 Před 25 dny

      We don't call it Humous though. It's Φάβα - Fava, made from yellow Cheek Peas

  • @jaglazzarinim2558
    @jaglazzarinim2558 Před měsícem +2

    You dog I’m stuck in California planning Italy in the fall

  • @maximilianpaech1944
    @maximilianpaech1944 Před měsícem +1

    🔝

  • @howdan1985
    @howdan1985 Před měsícem +2

    The fruits at that stall and your taverna feast looked absolutely amazing (as does the Greek Goddess you're with 😂). Wowzers, get in there Johnny my son!

  • @drakelang8342
    @drakelang8342 Před měsícem

    Is she local? She has a canadian accent when she say with. But there is a Theo in greek.

  • @mrraccoon6264
    @mrraccoon6264 Před měsícem +8

    All the Graffiti makes the City look horrible….Kind of like Berlin aswell 😢

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +7

      Yes, it's terrible the attitude of people who would do that to their own city. They have no respect.

  • @lars6849
    @lars6849 Před měsícem +4

    Oki Johnny please say u got little lucky with that fabolus girl in black. I see u had a great day. Have the best of day and Take Care

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +3

      It was a long day on the boat, I went home after. =)

    • @WhoWhoandZulu
      @WhoWhoandZulu Před měsícem

      @lars6849 ...she was a little freak looked like a real good time ....Like # 1 ...Zulu

    • @lars6849
      @lars6849 Před 29 dny

      @@JohnnyFD thats why you are a eremit....lolol....lolol...and so am i!

  • @dannyferrara7791
    @dannyferrara7791 Před měsícem +3

    So much Graffiti

    • @JR-gp2zk
      @JR-gp2zk Před měsícem +3

      Italy and Greece have a lot of graffiti because they invented it. Greece is super fun and filled with nice people. Don't let the graffiti discourage you.

  • @zendoll1
    @zendoll1 Před měsícem +1

    Persimmons yum. My mom made the best persimmon pudding. Nice video Johnny!

  • @southbirdsouthbird
    @southbirdsouthbird Před měsícem +1

    Loved the lovely lady in black. She has real personality! The she disappeared! Does she have a name? She has an American accent, but is she Greek, Greek-American, or what? Inquiring minds want to know!

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +4

      She's Canadian. Legend has it, she's still eating and drinking at the restaurants 😂

  • @harryruiz8248
    @harryruiz8248 Před měsícem +4

    I've never seen so much graffiti since back in the 80s growing up in the Bronx 😮😅

  • @floppy8689
    @floppy8689 Před měsícem +3

    Hi Johnny.
    How is the housing situation in Athens. What is the average rent for an apartment since you've been there.
    I'm looking into Goudi, Zografou, Ampelokipoi

    • @amplaxoublis
      @amplaxoublis Před měsícem +1

      As a Greek citizen, i can tell you that in the mentioned areas its quite expensive. For 40-50m2 the rent now is about 500-600€.

  • @gm67
    @gm67 Před měsícem +3

    Go to Glyfada, Voula, Kifisia to see some good suburbs of Athens.

  • @amplaxoublis
    @amplaxoublis Před měsícem +1

    This is the authentic low cost Greek food, that every tourist have to give a try on the suburb of Athens! Next time let us know for your arrival in advance!!!

  • @CallieMasters5000
    @CallieMasters5000 Před měsícem +2

    Save some food for the rest of the country!

  • @captainsar
    @captainsar Před měsícem +1

    Its actually so sad a secret local restaurant like διπορτο is now known by everyone

    • @curiousnomadic
      @curiousnomadic Před měsícem +1

      Which is why they charge "everyone" prices? Or was that comparatively cheap?

  • @PsS77_
    @PsS77_ Před 25 dny

    Throwing bread like this its quite a no do in Greece actually. It's a disrespectful gesture to bread the most basic food.

  • @thegreek123
    @thegreek123 Před měsícem +1

    need to add water on this bird to work properly

  • @magerrpanos
    @magerrpanos Před měsícem +1

    Metropolitan athens or attica region has 50 dofferent cities with 4 million population. Athens is the biggest city of attica region 660000 people. 4:23 no

  • @tHYRR3N
    @tHYRR3N Před měsícem +3

    Sad to say, but Athens looks filthy

    • @yabbadabbadoo9299
      @yabbadabbadoo9299 Před měsícem +1

      How to say you haven't travelled much by not saying you haven't travelled much.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +5

      It's the disgusting graffiti that makes it look that way. =(

  • @janeslater8004
    @janeslater8004 Před 29 dny

    Those poor birds do not have any toys in that cage. Cruel. All stuffed in one cage like that😢

  • @martinlye2748
    @martinlye2748 Před měsícem +1

    So much graffiti that a sign would be tagged.

  • @therichlife8657
    @therichlife8657 Před měsícem

    The Greek Goddess is flirting with Johnny. 😁
    Hope you asked for her phone number and address.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +1

      Why would I ask for her address? 😂

    • @therichlife8657
      @therichlife8657 Před měsícem

      @@JohnnyFD
      You might want to go visit her one day. 😁
      What Country was she from?
      I can say That she liked what she saw. 🥰

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +1

      BRB, off to Canada! =)

    • @therichlife8657
      @therichlife8657 Před měsícem

      @@JohnnyFD Is she one of those French Canadians? I could tell she had an accent.

  • @jaglazzarinim2558
    @jaglazzarinim2558 Před měsícem

    I mean lettuce

  • @harryruiz8248
    @harryruiz8248 Před měsícem +4

    Brother. ...what happen with the pretty young lady? One minute she was there then next clip she is gone.😅

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +6

      Oops, I must have accidentally ate her. 😂

    • @harryruiz8248
      @harryruiz8248 Před měsícem

      @@JohnnyFD 🤣

  • @bcde
    @bcde Před měsícem

    WINTER HAS ENDED DUDE
    IT'S TIME TO GET YOUR ASS BACK TO THE FRONT LINES!
    HOW COULD YOU ABANDON UKRAINE DURING ITS GREATEST TIME OF NEED, AFTER IT GAVE YOU SO MUCH?
    ALSO, YOUR WEIGHT IS BALLOONING.
    jk lol. you do you. much love. and f the haters.

  • @sofiacavanaugh3525
    @sofiacavanaugh3525 Před 15 dny

    What have they done e to my beautiful Greece….that looks horrible …ghetto..slums

  • @javiersebastiamartinez2454
    @javiersebastiamartinez2454 Před měsícem

    10:55 The most authentic place I've seen in Athens. Man, that's for tourists, not authentic.

    • @JohnnyFD
      @JohnnyFD  Před měsícem +1

      There were mostly Greeks eating there. And the food is authentic. Show us a better place in the city center if you know of one.

  • @jaglazzarinim2558
    @jaglazzarinim2558 Před měsícem

    There is no salad

  • @captainprice2025
    @captainprice2025 Před měsícem

    fast boiz

  • @francetremblay405
    @francetremblay405 Před měsícem +3

    throwing stuff in her plate. how rude.

  • @jepolch
    @jepolch Před 29 dny

    0:52 Multiples layers of graffiti! 🤮 People take no pride in their city.

  • @donho526
    @donho526 Před měsícem +2

    Do think the Russian's will honor your apartment deed in Kharkiv?

    • @apa100
      @apa100 Před měsícem +4

      Pointless negative comments try think positively and don't let the Russian evil affect your midset

    • @churchofbrap876
      @churchofbrap876 Před měsícem

      Loser

  • @kurtkrampmeier4343
    @kurtkrampmeier4343 Před měsícem +7

    You are hardly managing 10k with your vids. The "Bald Effect" is long gone. Will you sell spa stuff again in the future?

    • @steven9541
      @steven9541 Před měsícem +7

      How rude, hope your not a regular

    • @churchofbrap876
      @churchofbrap876 Před měsícem

      He's traveling the world while you're posting dumb comments

    • @curiousnomadic
      @curiousnomadic Před měsícem +4

      @@steven9541 Very rude. I'm bored of Bald now and his performances. I like how Johnny has purpose.

    • @drakelang8342
      @drakelang8342 Před měsícem +1

      Herr KrabbyMajor Comrade!! Aren't you bored with 1000 rubles per day ???😂😂😂

    • @churchofbrap876
      @churchofbrap876 Před měsícem +1

      @@curiousnomadic bald puts out new videos about once every two months 😂

  • @walbrzych9975
    @walbrzych9975 Před 26 dny

    No wonder Athenians have had enough of mass tourism

  • @somelikeithot444
    @somelikeithot444 Před měsícem +4

    What great food Johnny. I love the huge feta cheese portion w yr salad, that is how they used to serve Greek Salad. Glad u r meeting awesome people and having a blast.Until next time.😊