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Greek

Few countries are referred to as ancient; Greece is one of them. Yet, as we think of her historical age as one of the past, her culinary age is one of the present. Rich in grains and vegetables, flush with seafood, sweet with honey, seasoned with capers, lemons and yogurt, and gleaming in the green-gold of olive oil, the foods of Greece rise up like a phoenix with vitality and passion.

Continental Corner

123 West Richardson Ave., Summerville

871-1160

$$

It may not be your yiayia's (grandmother's) cooking but the Continental Corner will please your Homeric needs for gyros, Greek salad, souvlaki and an enduring assortment of house specialty plates. Since 1973, the "Corner" has been bearing Greek gifts of the culinary kind.

Athens Restaurant and Grill, Athens Cafe

Athens Pizza Express

1939 Maybank Highway, James Island

795-0957

$$

George and Vasilios Koutsogiannakis established a veritable city-state with their restaurant, cafe, and pizza parlor. The restaurant and grill offers a true Greek salad, horiatiki, with no leafy greens at all, and good assortment of meze and enough desserts to keep baby Zeus alive. So saddle up your Trojan Horse and plan to get your belly filled.

Zeus Grill and Seafood

725 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Mount Pleasant

388-9992

$-$$

www.zeusgrill.com

Olde Towne Grill and Seafood

229 King St., downtown

723-8170

www.oldtownegrill.com

$-$$

2093 Eagle Landing Blvd., North Charleston

863-1001

www.northtownegrill.com

$-$$

In business since 1972, the Fokas family brings the flavors of Greece and the hospitality of their native Kefalonia "tavernas" to life on both the peninsula and Mount Pleasant and north Charleston.

Hummus and spanokopita, and a tableside-flamed saganaki will happily get you on your way to enjoying the flavors of Greece.

The slow-roasted chicken brings forth primal urges of nibbling the bones.