Going Greek
26 May 2026 MARIA’S GREEK CAFÉ Dunkley Square, Cape Town This taverna should be called yiayia Maria, seeing as how venerable it is and how long it’s been around, consistently serving agreeable Greek food, as if it were your Greek granny’s kitchen. Von-Mari and I love Greek food, especially mezze (mezethes, as Maria’s call them), and it’s almost beyond the pale that we don’t eat at Maria’s more often than we do (which is hardly ever), as it’s virtually on our doorstep. Today, the elder goddaughter, on well-deserved leave, and I dropped in for nosh and natter, something the two of us also don’t have much opportunity for these days. Aah, nostalgia for those halcyon days when so many readers of my humble reviews volunteered for honorary goddaughters status. I digress. The weather wasn’t exactly Greece in May, so we took a table inside. On balmy days the outside seating under the trees is as festive as it would be on a Greek island...
