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Taverna Nikos is open again

Okay, that’s not new news. But it was closed, and that was sad, and now it is open again.

I think in the past I always had the appetizer platter or the lamb/orzo (I don’t know if either of these is still on the menu). I couldn’t eat a whole appetizer plate, and I’m off the lamb at the moment, so I had the horiataki (what I think of as “Greek salad”–feta, cucumber, olives, and tomatoes) and the spanakopita. The spanakopita was huge, and oddly came with a salad, so that I was awash in salad. I brought the whole spanakopita home for lunch today.

Did I mention we just adopted a dog?

I put the spanakopita on the stove while I tended to The Girl. Turned around and the dog was UP ON THE STOVE EATING MY SPANAKOPITA!

Anyone want a dog? (Kidding, poor thing was given up 4 times so we wouldn’t do that… but dang.)

5 Comments to Taverna Nikos is open again

1. 

   Hey — did anyone snap a photo of last night’s gathering?

   Regarding the dog and the spanakopita — you remind me of a movie I saw last spring from the folks at Gawad Kalinga: an international housing group based in the Philippines. Some directors made a few PR movies for them last year, and one — “A boy called Elvis” — was a comedy about a poor but hilarious little boy who gets caught thieving, and then gets adopted by a looney but kind couple and their son.

   This short film was directed by the producer/director of a popular TV comedy show, and it was pretty funny. Throughout the Gawad Kalinga short, the little boy is frequently shown eating rocks. The adoptive brother asks, “why do you keep doing that?” The boy says, “I dunno.” A footnote before the credits says that the boy probably had “pica” — a disorder/habit sometimes caused by malnutrition, and that the real-life boy upon whom Elvis is based quit eating rocks after he had been with the family for a while.

   Back to your story: I’m glad your dog (and your children) have a happy home where they will be fed (one way or another) and loved without fail. Not true for all kids, and not true for all dogs — even the hard-working one in this sad story:

   http://www.wesh.com/news/15551549/detail.html
Phil on March 12th, 2008
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   Co—d? (Don’t want to give his name away in case you want to protect his identity). Congratulations!
Toastie on March 12th, 2008
3. 

   now I am hungry
   horiatiki salad can be translated as “peasant’s” salad. it is known as greek salad
   mmm… hungry
alexandra on March 13th, 2008
4. 

   is is still at Brightleaf?
alexandra on March 13th, 2008
5. 

   That’s him!

   No photos. Have we ever done photos?

   Sad stories, can’t do ‘em. The reality of caring for vulnerable lives makes it too hard.

   I don’t think New Dog has pica. :) I do think he’s all dog.

   Yes, Taverna Nikos is in the same location it was, in Brightleaf. I do not know the answer to Does Bakatsias still own it? though I asked.
Valerie on March 13th, 2008

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