Meliartos

Meliartos occupies the corner of Ermou and Aiolou streets in central Athens, near Monastiraki, and is built around four distinct sections operating under one roof rather than a single bakery counter: a Pitopoleio (pie shop) for savory and sweet pastries, a Kafeneio (coffee house), a Galaktopoleio (dairy bar) for ice cream and yogurt, and a Kouzinaki (small kitchen) for prepared food. The format is explicitly framed as marrying traditional Greek bakery and dairy-bar formats -- the kind of separate specialist shops long found on Greek high streets -- into one modern all-day space, rather than presenting as a single generic cafe. The bread program is the strongest of the four: the sourdough and olive loaves are made in-house and stand out even among the pastries and pies that share the counter. Its central Athens location, a short walk from Monastiraki, puts it on one of the city's busiest commercial streets, and the all-day format -- coffee and breakfast through pastries, savory pies, and dairy desserts -- means it functions as a bakery, a coffee stop, and a dessert shop depending on the hour, without needing to specialize in just one of those roles.