Tsipouro Meze appears as a signature dish in 1 Greece cities. See each city's local variant and where to eat it.
Tsipouro with Meze · Thessaloniki
Cold tsipouro, the Macedonian pomace spirit, arrives in a small carafe and meze plates follow in relay: taramosalata, fried whitebait, octopus, saganaki and whatever is fresh that day.
The tsipouro relay format emerged from the convergence of the pre-war ouzeri tradition and the tsipouro distilling culture of the Macedonian and Epirus highlands. The no-ordering format, where plates arrive continuously, is specific to the Macedonian tsipouradiko and differs from the Athenian ouzo-bar tradition.
Where to eat in Thessaloniki:
- Ouzeri Tsinari
- Rouga
- Ladadika Tsipouradika