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Lefteris o Politis

Name: Lefteris o Politis
Address: Satovriandou 20, Omonia, Omonia, Athens, GR
Telephone: +30 210 522 5676
Price range: €

Souvlaki·Omonia·€

Since 1951

Omonia’s one-recipe legend: charcoal pitta, beef bifteki, tomato, onion and a dusting of red pepper.

Pittas warming over skewered bifteki on the charcoal grill — Photo Credit
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A pitta lifted from the grill above rows of minced-beef skewers — Photo Credit
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Two paper-wrapped souvlakia held over the counter — Photo Credit
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The house souvlaki in pitta with tomato, onion and parsley, wrapped in paper — Photo Credit
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A cook working the charcoal grill, pittas and bifteki over the coals — Photo Credit
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About Lefteris o Politis

Lefteris o Politis has served the same souvlaki from a narrow passage behind Omonia since 1951, when Stavros Savvoglou, a refugee from Constantinople, opened the counter. The recipe has never moved: a beef bifteki in a pitta toasted over charcoal, with fresh tomato, onion with parsley and a pinch of red pepper – no chips, no sauces. It is quick, cheap and eaten standing, which is exactly the point. Our advice: order two, because one never feels like enough.