Diporto Agoras
Athens, Greece
The read// why locals go
Diporto is a cellar taverna off Theatrou near the Athens central market, with no sign above the door and no menu inside. You go down the steps, sit at a shared table, and are told what there is. Usually that means chickpeas cooked overnight, bean soup, salted fish, and wine drawn from the barrels stacked against the wall. Lunch, around €14, and a room that fills with market porters, office workers and the occasional pilgrim. It has run this way since the 1950s and has declined every opportunity to modernise. Ordering is not really required; disagreeing with what arrives is not encouraged.
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The read// why locals go
Diporto is a cellar taverna off Theatrou near the Athens central market, with no sign above the door and no menu inside. You go down the steps, sit at a shared table, and are told what there is. Usually that means chickpeas cooked overnight, bean soup, salted fish, and wine drawn from the barrels stacked against the wall. Lunch, around €14, and a room that fills with market porters, office workers and the occasional pilgrim. It has run this way since the 1950s and has declined every opportunity to modernise. Ordering is not really required; disagreeing with what arrives is not encouraged.