Takis Taverna
(604) 862-1336
Address: 1106 Davie Street (map)

More Assembly Line Greek
a Quick Bite

By Jason Chin
Eat Vancouver Editor

There’s something about Greek food that apparently makes it very easy for the restaurant to fall into a deep rut. It may be the nature of the food, or perhaps even the expectations of the customers, but the result is that these Greek restaurants eventually turn into mindless food factories churning out mass quantities of the same old jazz.

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Stepho’s Souvlaki Greek Taverna
(604) 683-2555
Address: 1124 Davie Street (map)

False Idol
a Quick Bite

By Michael Chin
a Special to Eat Vancouver

As an outsider to Vancouver it’s hard for me to gauge the popularity of certain restaurants. Often times I’ll see a place relatively dead only to hear that it’s an anomaly, and that the joint is usually packed. Luckily, in terms of Stepho’s, I didn’t have to climb such a hurdle. In the three times I’ve been to Stepho’s the place has been packed, and in the first instance (a weekday, around 6pm) a line had formed about 20-30 people deep outside the door. I ended up flaking that day because the line was moving about as fast as a 300 pound woman in quicksand and because the long line just so happened to place me right in front of one of Davie’s many sex shops.

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Simpatico Ristorante
Address: 2222 West 4th
Tel: (604)-733-6824

Hours:
Mon-Fri 11:15am-2:30pm lunch
Mon-Sat 11:15am-2:30pm lunch;
5:00pm - 10:15 dinner

In Sync

By Christopher Craig
Eat Vancouver Columnist
Monday, September 19th, 2005

* and 1/2 (of four stars)

Nestled snugly amongst the Laundromats and fresh vegetable shops of the somewhat seedy hilltop point of West 4th Ave in Kitsilano, Simpatico beckons to the summertime passer-by. With front walls open wide to expose the ubiquitous Kits neo-yuppies inside, one experiences the common revulsion it is necessary to overcome in order to dine anywhere on the west side. Once inside, however, it is no chore to brush away such negative feelings and focus on the food.

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