Down memory lane

I had made arrangements with friends to go, today, for lunch, to an old taverna, a dive in fact, at 12:45 a.m that I used to go 25 years ago, next to a very small office my team and I had rented as I was leading the effort of the $36Million acquisition of IVI on behalf of Pepsico.

The reason was, that the meat served there, then, was exquisite but most importantly it was served on a big kitchen paper ("lathokolla") and no dishes whatsoever.

By 10:30 a.m I had finished a meeting with a consulting client and to kill some time I went to a nearby mall to do some shopping and have my Starbucks "double tall caramel macchiato to go". As I was savouring my hot (only 7% of people in Greece drink their Starbucks hot during summer) macchiato there is John P., a friend I hadn't seen for 25 years. After the typical hugging and kissing we reminisced the youthful days in Beirut and the never ending poker games in Dubai and the hilarious situations created by my friend of primary school days George L.. Aaaaah! the memories. I almost missed my taverna date.
Ah, you want to know how was the meat in the taverna? Exquisite as always. Nothing had changed. No "upgrades" or "improvements". The same old dive. The same fantastic meat.
And of course no dishes, as the photo proves. (Sinopis Str., Ambelokipi, 30m from the "Tower of Athens")