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Recommended Restaurants: Greek

Price Guide: $ = less than $15, $$ = $15 - $35, $$$ = $36-$50, $$$$ = over $50

Price estimates are based on an average dinner for one, excluding drinks, tax and tip.
Listed restaurants accept major credit cards unless otherwise noted.
Symbols: L = lunch, D = dinner, BR = breakfast, B = brunch, R = reservations required, V = valet parking, W = wheelchair accessible, P = private room, BQ = banquet facilities.
Star Guide: 4 stars = superlative, 3 stars = excellent, 2 stars = very good, 1 star = above average. (Note: No stars will be assigned to a restaurant until it has been newly reviewed.)

Alekos Greek Café and Takeout: 2 Theater Square, No. 105, Orinda MapIt!
(510) 254-5290
$/L/D Tues-Sun/W
The aromas of grilled lamb and garlic waft from this tiny spot, chockablock with the entrance to the Orinda Theater. A few stools along the front window, and a trio of tables outside, make for on-site eating, but most of the traffic appears to be those on the go grabbing takeout. The menu is replete with Greek classics: taramosalata, gyros, souvlaki, baklava, moussaka, dolmades. With orders of $50 or more they'll deliver.--Diablo
Evvia: 420 Emerson St., Palo Alto MapIt!
(650) 326-0983
$$/R/V/W/2 Stars
Beyond gyros, Greek food has lacked presence in the Mediterranean-crazed Bay Area. Evvia helps fill this gap with its family-style California-Greek menu. There's nothing original about the interior--the open kitchen and wood-burning oven form a backdrop to a warmly lit, spacious room--a pleasant déjà vu. The fried calamari is limp, and the tomatoes in the Greek salad are bland. But thick slices of spit-roasted leg of lamb are perfectly rare, the edges crisp and brown, served with crunchy baby green beans and buttery roasted potatoes. Whole sea bass grilled over mesquite is moist and delicious. Skip the average desserts and try one of the ouzos offered, such as "Aristotle's favorite.² (Galore)