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Additional Entrees

CALAMARI YEMISTA

Stuffed Wild-Caught Squid

CALAMARI YEMISTA

Calamari, a wild-caught more tender relative of squid stuffed with rice, onions, chopped calamari tentacles, herbs and seasonings on braised onions in light tomato and wine sauce. Looks like cannelloni tubes, but the flavorings of organic orange peel, cayenne, thyme, and mint make a rich, complex dish--one of the most requested. An easy pairing with our Skouras Agiorgitiko red $32/bottle or, if you want the flavors to pop, ask for the Chrisohoou, $40/bottle: smokey, deep, complex with a bright cassis finish that zaps the orange and cayenne in this dish.

HEERINO me HORTA

Braised Pork w/Seasonal Greens

HEERINO me HORTA

Ready! Sit! Eat! Yep, this will race straight to your sun-longing soul! Tender, free-range pork (can't you just see them rolling in the clover?) from TC Farm braised in fresh-squeezed lemon juice, white wine and EVO oil, simmered with the Season's available greens--amaranth, mustard, dandelion, arugula and any mix thereof.
Light, zippy, yet somehow substantial and chock full of sun!

Served with a chunk of Wisconsin cow's milk feta.

We still prefer this dish with the dry, full-bodied rose, Kleoni; it seems to ignite the dish with light.

PAIDAKIA ARNI STIS SKARES

Fire grilled Lamb Ribblets

PAIDAKIA ARNI STIS SKARES

After 5pm! Marinated in Petimezi*, Greek EVOO, and sherry vinegar, garlic, mint these tender lamb chops from Hidden Stream Farm are flame grilled to order, drizzled with more Petimezi sauce, sprinkled with a chiffonade of basil and mint, served on cumin scented jasmine rice with a side of mustard and mint yogurt. We paired ours with Roditis, Nemea and Oenodea for a perfect light and tasty meal!

*Petimezi is a traditional sweetener made from the reduction of MUST, the pressed juice of grapes. Often referred to as Grape Molasses

FASOLAKIA ARNI

Braised Lamb w/Green Beans

FASOLAKIA ARNI

An original item on our first menu...it has brought tears to our customers' eyes....once when I told a couple that was our special, he grabbed my forearm and told me they were moving to New York the next day. That was his favorite entree and it meant the world to him that we were serving it that night....

From Lisa of Hidden Stream Farm, all-natural pasture-raised lamb braised with fresh, organic green beans in a savory red onion and garlic sauce.

Served with a chunk of feta.

Eats well with a glass of light red with cherry cedar notes--Agiorgitiko, Rodamo, or Xinomavro, Chrysohoo!

KOUNOUPIDI YACHNI

Braised Organic Cauliflower

KOUNOUPIDI YACHNI

One of the most requested additional entrees...a cold crop that gets a bit pricey in July....thanks to the cool season we ordered a case! John, Pamela, Brian, Rene, Christine, Shirley...come and get it! Organic cauliflower braised with onions and diced tomatoes...how delicious can simple get??

Served with feta cheese.

We paired it with a spicy red: Chrisohoo Xinomavro, Lafkiotis Agirogitiko, Surly's, Bender. and the herbaceous white, Daphnes by Lyrarakis.

SPANAKORIZO

Braised Spinach & Rice

SPANAKORIZO

Simply, and wonderfully toothsome, this perennial Gardens' favorite simmers spinach with Jasmine rice and sautéed onion for a soul fill like no other. Squeeze the lemon, enjoy with the raw onion and salty feta. Mythos beer, or a full bodied white, Lyrarakis white blend or Roditis are best friends with this dish!

Today's Seasonal Starters, Soups & Desserts

KOTA AVOGLEMONO

Chicken AngelHair Lemon Soup

KOTA AVOGLEMONO

Chicken Noodle Soup the old-fashioned Greek way! The reputation of this soup's healing properties is skyrocketing. Requested more than any other food, besides Skordalia, for health concerns ranging from sinus infections to chemotherapy recovery, this is perhaps the first soup the Gardens ever offered. Amy, who used to manage Surdyk's Cheese Shop, loved this one. A variation of a classic: free-range chicken boiled in vegetable stock, pulled, chopped and added back to the broth in which has cooked the ultra thin Angel hair pasta pasta known as Fedes. Then organic eggs are beaten with fresh lemon juice, tempered so as not to curdle and added back to the soup to thicken ever so slightly without added starches or thickeners. One of the best cold cures in our family and the soup ordered more than any other by those families with ill members. Geia mas! (Health to us all!)

MANITIS tis CRITIS

Mushroom Saganaki Fire Finished, Cretan style

MANITIS tis CRITIS

A man called the Gardens the other day and asked with incredulity, "what was that mushroom app that I ate last night? I think that was the BEST thing I've eaten in my LIFE." We're just passing it along--some amazing flavors: Seasonally foraged or responsibly farmed, Shitaki, Oyster, Crimini, Enoki, Hen of the Woods. Lion's Mane--whatever we can source at the time--oven braised with EVO oil, white wine, lemon, fresh thyme and fire finished w/feta.
Try them with the Greek aperitif of choice, Kourtaki retsina, a minerally white, Assyrtiko, or Roditis. Wow!

HALOUMI STIS SXARES

Grilled Haloumi Cheese w/Petmezi Reduction Sauce

HALOUMI STIS SXARES

Traditional, fresh-cheese of Cyprus fire-grilled and drizzled with GoS Petimezi & Sherry vinegar reduction sauce. GF!

KIMA me KASERI BOUGHATSA

Meat Sauce & Kaseri Cheese Boughatsa

KIMA me KASERI BOUGHATSA

After 30+ years, our newest Boughatsa! Cinnamon and clove scented meat sauce sprinkled with imported sheep's milk kateri cheese and folded into a crisp and flaky fillo pastry! "A Greek Sloppy Joe!" one approving taster commented! Shhhh, don't repeat that! Now, for a limited time?!

At the Gardens

HOLIDAY HOURS

Anna & Friends Oct 2022 Tour of Greece TOUR INFO MEETING

Let's GoGreece! You've waited long enough!

Tour dates: Depart US Oct 12/Return Oct 31! Tour Info Meeting Sun, Sep 11 @ 3pm, GoS. RSVP for Complimentary wine & apps! @ AFTGreece@gmail....

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TRAVELING WINE DINNERS, II!

Exclusive Wild & Natural Wines from Amphora Imports! Taste the terroir of Greece paired with Greek cuisine and select your personal favorites to share with family & friends during this...

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GoS Holiday Hours!

TRAVELING WINE DINNERS!

Didn't go to Greece this year, or you have and want the experience again? Taste your way through SEVEN different wines paired with FOUR seasonal and regional courses!

Appetizers:

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TRAVELING WINE DINNERS!

Tuesday, Nov 16

6-8pm

$55

Travel through the wine regions of Greece with expertly paired, seasonal and regional dishes discovering the vast offerings of rescued and re-...

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FAMILY PAKS

Conveniently packed for a family of four--select ANY TWO of regular entrees: Pastitsio, Mousaka, Yigandes, Dolmades or a grill portion of meat (Gyro, Chicken or Pork skewer, Soutzoukakia) any TWO...

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GARDENS ANNUAL CLOSING AUG 31-SEP 7

Our annual closing! See you in September!

GOS CLOSED SAT! HAPPY & SAFE 4th of JULY!

SANTA & CHRISTMAS CAROL @ GoS!

Despite CoVid, Santa COMES to GoS! TWO nights: Friday, Dec 11 and Thursday, Dec 17; 6-Cls or however long it takes! RSVP required! Socially distanced for family groups of 4/6/8/12 & 18! Meals...

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