After checking into our Athens hotel at 2 pm today, Jon and I were in desperate need of lunch. Cue the nearby (divey) souvlaki place, Lefteris. Clearly it’s destiny when your hotel happens to be three blocks from a souvlaki stand that gets rave reviews from local bloggers and Michelin-starred chefs alike.
Jon and I order two souvlaki and pay our 3.20 euros for both (!). Within two minutes of our handing over the cash, the grill guys have slipped sizzling skewers of ground pork into hot, grilled flatbreads, dumped on onions, tomatoes and ground red pepper, and presented the souvlaki to us in handy paper cones.
Jon and I then do what everyone else is doing and eat our souvlaki standing at a narrow counter about two feet away from the grill.
The meat is so moist and tender, and the flatbread so chewy, soft and decadently oily, that we immediately order two more souvlaki. And despite the fact that it’s late in the afternoon, we’re standing at the counter with a guy dressed in a suit and three other youngish guys dressed in flannel work shirts.
I like the mix of peeps; I like the food; and I definitely like the prices.Lefteris’s address: Satovriandhou, 20, cross street Sokratous, not far from the Omonia metro stop.
An American in London 
Do you know a recipie for souvlaki like they do in Athens?
Ingolfur
Ingolfur – Sadly, I do not have such a recipe, but perhaps a reader with said recipe will share one with us?
pita bread, not the lebanese, but a thicker kind, in the souvlaki place they dip it in the oil of the potato fries and fry next to the souvlaki, but in a very good place they warm it up on charcoal. Then layer on the warm pita bread: a spoonful of tzatziki (yogurt, garlic, grated cucumber, olive oil, splash of vinegar and some chopped dill), one or two slices of tomato, some onion slivers and a pork meat skewer preferably roasted on charcoal. Season with salt and red pepper, preferably spicy but two kinds are normal offered, spicy, non spicy, roll and enjoy!!
[…] més aviat com el que et donen a Grècia quan et menges un souvlaki al carrer. En aquest bloc podeu veure una foto. La veritat és que estava molt bo, i combinava perfectament amb el plat de pollastre amb salsa […]