Vrettos bar and distillery, Plaka, Athens, February 2019
The oldest bar and distillery in Athens was funded by Mikhail Vrettos and has been operating since 1909. The business has changed hands a couple of times since then, but the bar in Plaka has retained the original layout with barrels and bottles decorating the walls.
There is an extensive menu, including ouzo, raki, wines, liqueurs and cocktails. The vast array of liqueur flavours matches the rainbow of coloured bottles.
And the colours certainly call out to anyone passing by.
I have to say, I was not a fan of the liqueurs I tried. The cranberry was just about drinkable, but the watermelon was not. Overpowerfully sweet and seemingly artificially flavoured to my palate. But the place does get good reviews, so I feel I should have tried a cocktail, or perhaps a plainer and more traditional ouzo or mastika.
Copyright Debbie Smyth, 24 February 2019
Posted as part of Wit’s End
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Great shots. Love the use of colours and patterns of the bottles
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Thanks Simon
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Must be so fun to be there! It must make me feel I am in the big color palate of water colors, so lovely! Thank you for sharing the images, I really enjoyed. 🙂
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Awesome clicks
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I certainly would have judged this watering hole by it’s cover and run inside for a taste! So inviting…
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I do not indulge in sweet drinks. I would be tempted to ask for something from the top shelf just to see how they do it. A wonderful location for fab photos Debbie 🙂
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I like bitter rather than sweet, but had to give it a go. But it wasn’t exactly the sweetness that I disliked, it was the more the scent.
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I can’t drink Gin for the same reason….drinking perfume bleah
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I’m not a spirits person either, Debbie! But at least this is eye-catching….
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Yes, I had walked past it umpteen times and just had to go in to investigate
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Very good!
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