Athena Grill

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rkishore

Joined 5 years ago

Its popularity speaks for itself. The owner, Vasiliki, and her husband have been in the restaurant business for years. She grows kalamata olives on her own plantataion in Messinia, Greece. Everything here tastes very good (and a lot of my friends agree). I would specially mention the following: grilled salmon done with Greek herbs and served with vegetables (the best salmon I've had in the Bay Area), portobello-mushroom sandwich on foccacia, swordfish souvlaki (not easy to find here), fasoulada (soup with the big fava beans), Greek herbed fries with the best olive dip, and dessert (which she makes herself daily) including ravani, Greek cookies, ...

A good place for vegetarians too. Might be serving halal meat (don't know for sure).

Busiest at lunchtime during the week - get there by 11:45 or go after 1:00.

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bluerose_really

Joined 7 years ago

It's All Greek to ME!. I just wanted to say that this probably one of the best little hole in the wall places I have ever eaten at. I have tried a number of things on the menu and have never had ANYTHING i didnt like. The people are great, the ambiance is charming and the food is to die for! If its your first time there (or every time for me) get the sampler platter for the dips.. all i can say is YUM and I hope you like garlic!!!

The only draw back to this place is parking! There really isnt any. So be prepared to park on the neighboring streets.. but DON'T let that stop you.. its worth the minor pain of parking to get a fantastic meal... 5 stars. The bright yellow building made me take notice and stop, but the food, people and ambiance have kept me coming back a thousand times over!