New restaurants in Athens, Greece.

Kostis Karatzias’s 13 m² Alsatian wine bar on Plateia Varnava 8 — Riesling, Gewurztraminer, pickles, five seats inside.

A Vari pizza-and-pasta door on Fafnou, opened at the end of July: whole pies, evening hours, a numbered street instead of a…

Athens’s first cool park bar, on the Amalias edge of Zappeion: coffee at eight, cocktails after dark, Queen Amalia’s palms…

Elevated Yucatán-peninsula Mexican on Zisimopoulou in Palaio Faliro, from the Voulgarakis group: colour, mezcal, and a red…

Dina Nikolaou’s second eat-real door, on the Akadimias–Ippokratous corner: build a plate from €8.90, nothing fried, no…

A multi-space on Ermou that runs from morning coffee to a late kitchen, with an Acropolis view from the upper floors.

An old-school pita-and-skewer shop on Kolokotroni: pork, chicken and kebab on a Japanese robata, no fries.

A new seaside seafood house on the Athenian Riviera, at 18 Konstantinou Karamanli in Voula.

Nomade et Sauvage’s first permanent fire kitchen, in a restored 1930s stone building under the Rouf bridge.

A contemporary Mexican taqueria and cocktail bar on Agion Theodoron Square, from the Dr.8 team.

A Bavarian bakery-café on Milioni: 80-hour sourdough, pretzels and BIO flours from brothers Cedric and Christopher von Halem.

Three friends, a small alley opposite a church, and a Neos Kosmos bar that keeps the music low enough for the street.

Thai comfort food and cocktails on a Neos Kosmos corner across from Syngrou-Fix, with a pavement that looks at Filopappou.

A neighborhood bar with Greek small plates on Vasileos Alexandrou, next door to The Roosters.

An all-day café on Faistou in Ano Glyfada, from morning coffee to midnight cocktails, with Dimitris Giannopoulos on the brunch.

Detroit-style pizza on Sofia Vempo in Glyfada: square pan, caramelised frico edge, sauce last.

A new bar on the pedestrian street at Lefkosias 5, Plateia Amerikis: vinyl, cocktails, cassettes, and a terrace on the square.

Eleni Saranti’s all-day house on Kalamiotou, a French-brasserie breeze two steps off Ermou from the team behind Armando and…

A Japanese sakaba on Falirou in Koukaki — the name means a lonely mouth — open daily from 17:00.