Bantis Bougatsa is a cafe in Thessaloniki.
Bantis has produced Thessaloniki's cream bougatsa from a marble counter near Dikastirion Square since 1969. The phyllo is baked fresh every two hours, the cream is cold, and cinnamon arrives in a shaker. Coffee is decent Greek-filter. Opens at 06:30.
Address: Panagias Faneromenis 33, Thessaloniki 546 27
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