On the corner by the cathedral, on the ground floor of Ergon Bake House, sits 72H Artisanal Bakery. The name says exactly what happens here: every dough gets 72 hours. You can watch them working on it through the windows of the baking lab. The cinnamon rolls with cheese frosting and the chocolate babka are the classics, but stick around until the evening and sourdough biga pizza comes out of the wood-fired oven. It is deliciously light and airy with burrata and zucchini. Open from seven in the morning to eleven at night.

Mitropoleos 27 & Patroou 9–11. 72H Artisanal Bakery

Athens once had sixteen hundred dairy bars. Now there are only a handful left, and this is the finest. Since 1931, you can find waiters here in white shirts and black trousers selling the most delicious sheep's yogurt. It comes in a solid block with honey and walnuts on top. Interesting and definitely worth trying! There is also goat and cow's milk, plus rizogalo, loukoumades from the pan, and a spanakopita that is just as good.

Marikas Kotopouli 10. Stani

In the neighborhood Kypseli turns Flake For exactly one thing: bread, bread, bread. Okay, plus all sorts of sweet and savory things to go with it. Top quality, and it’s no coincidence that the nicer neighborhood shops source their bread from here. A real bakery tip for anyone who loves sourdough.

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