The Best Al Fresco Dining Restaurants in Athens

The practice of dining outdoors in Athens is less an occasion and more a daily ritual. In the narrow lanes of Plaka, the day might begin with coffee taken at a small table on the pavement, its cool marble top a counterpoint to the morning sun. Come evening, the arrangement is much the same: a simple plate of food, the clink of cutlery, and conversations that drift into the warm air. It is a quiet study in the city’s public-private life, an appreciation for simple arrangements where the enduring hum of the street provides the soundtrack.