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Afoi Asimakopouloi

Patisserie·Exarchia·€

Since 1915

Athens’ oldest patisserie, on the same Exarchia corner since 1915: galaktoboureko and cakes.

Rows of chocolate-dipped sweets in the counter at Asimakopouloi — Photo Credit
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A chocolate-shard cake with cocoa beans — Photo Credit
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A fresh fruit tart with strawberries and kiwi — Photo Credit
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A glossy braided tsoureki — Photo Credit
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A whole galaktoboureko in its baking tin — Photo Credit
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Early staff of Asimakopouloi behind the counter of the old patisserie, archive photo — Photo Credit
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Founders serving customers in the original shop, archive photo — Photo Credit
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Four loaf cakes from Afoi Asimakopouloi on marble — Photo Credit
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Tray of chocolate-studded cookies — Photo Credit
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Chocolate truffles and éclairs on stone — Photo Credit
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Almond and pistachio pastry bars on sticks — Photo Credit
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Chocolates at Afoi Asimakopouloi — Photo Credit
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Pastries at Afoi Asimakopouloi — Photo Credit
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Bread at Afoi Asimakopouloi — Photo Credit
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About Afoi Asimakopouloi

Afoi Asimakopouloi opened as a dairy in 1915 on what was then a dirt road, Charilaou Trikoupi, and it has never moved. The brothers who bought it in the 1930s built a name on fresh milk, sheep’s-milk yoghurt, rice pudding and galaktoboureko, and the second generation added one of the city’s most modern pastry workshops on the same spot. Today the counters hold syrupy classics, celebration cakes, chocolates, tsoureki and ice cream. It is a true Athenian institution, busy from early morning. Our advice: order the galaktoboureko and a rice pudding to eat there, then buy a tsoureki for the road.