Amid all our reports of this or that restaurant re-opening for the tourist season, it’s easy to forget those who remained open throughout the winter to serve islanders and where we sought out friends and hot soups in those rainy and sometimes snowy days. Chief among these was Kostas Lemonis’s Ampeliki, above Skopelos town beach, where Kostas has re-fashioned his terrace into a flower-lined courtyard this spring. Ampeliki will (probably; he was havering…) be closed over the Easter weekend, but a small and determined team of the usual malcontents will be holding him to his promise of firing up his new barbecue at the back of the restaurant on Tuesday, when Skopelos will, like the rest of Greece, be celebrating a belated May Day festival. Ο αγώνας συνεχίζεται! (Look it up.)
But not forgetting…
April 27, 2016 by skopelosnews
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Well said! Those of us who live here all year round really appreciate the restaurants open in the winter and early spring – like Traditional Corner in Glossa and Kostas in Loutraki.
Roger can you let the readers know where the restaurants are and maybe send us a photo too?
Acherly, we covered Paradosiaki Gonia – “Traditional Corner” – when it opened last year
https://skopelosnews.wordpress.com/2015/02/09/a-plate-with-a-view/
and Klimataria in Loutraki regularly features in our round-ups of what’s open in the off season.
And this just in: Nastas, which was wrecked in the September 22 extreme weather event, is opening at its new premises next to Swell bar late in May.