I knew I was going to love Kefi and I did. After signing books at Best Cellars on the Upper West Side on Friday night, my dear pal Lisa (who lives up there now) joined me for the two...
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Last night, we had dinner with my friend Bianca and her boyfriend Jeffrey. She suggested a Greek restaurant she frequents because of the delicious food at very reasonable prices. Bianca has great taste so I had no doubt that I would be happy with the food at Kefi.Kefi The place is packed even on a Tuesday night and the tables and chairs are squeezed in close together. It's pretty noisy and they have a cash only policy but the food makes you forget all that as you enjoy with delight. The bread brought to the table is just decent but the olive oil is fantastic. Bianca recommended 3 of her favorite appetizers for us to share. All 3 were...
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tomato, green bean, and manouri cheese salad New York Magazine's annual Cheap Eats issue arrived right before we left LA, and it's the one magazine that made the move cross country. Some have taken issue with the mag's definition of "cheap", and I'll admit my first sample of the list was not a $3 falafel joint. Instead, J and I headed to Kefi, a Greek meze spot run by Michael Psilakas where our tab for two ran about $50. Though our single income/grad student budget will ensure we visit the $3 places more frequently, the subterranean Kefi was an excellent value. We feasted on three sizable meze plates, shared a pasta dish, and sipped...
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Chef-owner Michael Psilakis has reinvented his modern Greek restaurant, Onera, transforming it into a peasant-style Greek. Perhaps, the Upper West Side wasn't the most ideal neighborhood to introduce definitively ambitious, upscale Greek fare. While most restaurants opt for extravagant facelifts, Psilakis has appropriately given the space a make under, renaming it Kefi. Having stripped the subterranean spot of its upscale accoutrements, he's reconceived it as a casual neighborhood restaurant for Greek home-cooking. Gone are the white linens and offal tasting menus, replaced by butcher block tabletops and family-style dishes. Instead of chandeliers, undulating waves of blue & white fabric now hang from the ceiling, evoking a beachy vibe.
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