Taverna

Definitions

1. A small Greek restaurant.
2. A surname from Italian.

Equivalents

Examples

“The streets of Palizzi, through which no Englishman perhaps had as yet descended, were swarming with perfectly naked, berry-brown children, and before I reached the taverna I could hardly make⟳ my way through the gathering crowd of astonished mahogany Cupids. The taverna was but a single dark room, […]; still it was a better resting-place than the hut at Condufóri, inasmuch as it was free from many intruders.”

“In the tavernas of Loutro I had the best octopus I’ve ever eaten, grilled simply with garlic, olive oil and sage over a charcoal fire.”

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