APPETIZERS
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Spanakopita
(Spinach pie made with phyllo pastry, spring onions and feta)
Dolmades
(Stuffed grape leaves with beef, rice and herbs. Served with lemon sauce)
Stuffed Artichokes
(Artichokes stuffed with ground beef, toped with béchamel)
Saganaki
(Kefalograviera Kritis [greek table cheese from sheep milk] flambé)
Santorini Fava
Tyropita
Dolmadakia
Calamari
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GREEK SPREADS
Warm Pita bread with your choice of one:
Taramosalata (red Greek caviar) Tzatziki (Greek yogurt sauce) Hummus (Chick peas and garlic sauce) Ktipiti (Red bell peppers and yogurt sauce)
SOUPS
Cup • Bowl
SOUP & SALAD COMBO
Bowl of soup with a small house salad
SALADS
ELLINIKI
(Tomatoes, green peppers, cucumbers, onions, olives and feta cheese)
Small or Large
HOUSE
(Lettuce, spring mix, tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, olives and feta cheese)
Small or Large
OWL
(House salad with Kefalograviera cheese, black beans and orzo pasta)
Large
PAPPOU
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Roasted pork • Roasted lamb • Chicken or Gyro • Grouper or Shrimp • Salmon
PITA SANDWICHES
Pita's are served with tomatoes, onions and Greek yogurt sauce
*Veggie pita available with your choice of grilled vegetables or lettuce, tomato, etc.
All sandwiches are served with your choice of french fries or small house salad Pita platters available (open sandwiches) Paytm cash win games.
DINNER ENTREES
Riganato
(Lemon, oregano, capers and mushrooms in lemon white sauce)
Melitzanato
Samiotiko
Marilena
(Sweet mini bell peppers, mushrooms, ouzo and feta cheese)
Mykoniatiko
Kritiko
SEAFOOD
Tiganito
(Pan fried in EVOO served with garlic potato paste)
Riganato
(Lemon, oregano, capers and mushrooms in lemon white sauce)
Melitzanato
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Marilena
(Sweet mini bell peppers, mushrooms, ouzo and feta cheese)
Mykoniatiko
Kritiko
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ELLINIKA PIATA (Authentic Greek dishes)
Lamb Chops
Lamb Shank Exohico or 2 pieces
(Baked shank with green peppers, onions, tomatoes and garlic in its own juice)
Pork Souvlaki
Beef Souvlaki
(Chunks of fillet mignon on the grill with veggies)
Moussaka
(Layers of eggplant, potatoes and ground beef topped with béchamel sauce)
Pastitchio
(Greek lasagna- layers of pasta and ground beef topped with béchamel sauce)
Roast Lamb
Lamb Souvlaki
Chicken Souvlaki
(Chunks of chicken breast on the grill with veggies)
Bifteki
(Mix of ground beef and ground lamb with Greek herbs)
Yiorgos Chicken Surprise
(Baked chicken with eggplant, tomatoes, onions and melted cheese)
Papoutsakia
(Stuffed eggplant with ground beef topped with béchamel sauce)
Dolmades
(Stuffed grape leaves with beef, rice, and herbs. Served with lemon sauce)
MAKARONIA
Elliniko
Kima – Meat Sauce
VEGETARIAN PLATES
Veggie Pastichio
(Layers of pasta and vegetables topped with béchamel sauce)
Veggie Papoutsakia
(Stuffed eggplant with onions, tomatoes and feta cheese)
Artichokes ala Polita
(Sautéed artichokes, carrots and potatoes in egg lemon sauce)
Melitzanes Yahni
(Sautéed eggplant with tomatoes, onions and garlic)
Spanakopita
(Spinach pie made with phyllo pastry, spring onions and feta)
Lahanika
(Grilled vegetables, Manouri cheese and balsamic vinegar)
Gigantes Plaki
ALL MAIN ENTREES ARE SERVED WITH SOUP OF YOUR CHOICE OR HOUSE SALAD
Kids Menu Includes: (Pastichio, Moussaka, Pasta, Pita Sandwich)
SOFT DRINKS • TEA • COFFEE • ICE COFFEE • GREEK COFFEE • CAPPUCCINO
Athene | |
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Little owl, Athene noctua | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Aves |
Order: | Strigiformes |
Family: | Strigidae |
Genus: | Athene F. Boie, 1822 |
Type species | |
Strix noctua Scopoli, 1769 | |
Species | |
Athene blewitti | |
Synonyms | |
Heteroglaux |
Athene is a genus of owls, containing six living species, depending on classification. These birds are small, with brown and white speckles, yellow eyes, and white eyebrows. This genus is found on all continents except for Australia, Antarctica, and Subsaharan Africa.
Taxonomy and list of species[edit]
The genus Athene was introduced by the German zoologist Friedrich Boie in 1822.[1] The type species was designated as the little owl (Athene noctua) by the English zoologist George Robert Gray in 1841.[2][3] The genus name is from the little owl which was closely associated with the Greek goddess Athena, and often depicted with her. Her original role as a goddess of the night might explain the link to an owl.[4]
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The genus contains the following five species.[5]
Image | Scientific name | Common Name | Distribution |
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Athene noctua | Little owl | Europe, Asia east to Korea, and north Africa | |
Athene brama | Spotted owlet | tropical Asia from mainland India to Southeast Asia | |
Athene cunicularia - sometimes placed in Speotyto | Burrowing owl | North and South America | |
Athene superciliaris | White-browed owl | Madagascar | |
Athene blewitti - sometimes placed in Heteroglaux | Forest owlet | central India | |
Athene jacquinoti | Solomons boobook | Solomon Islands (archipelago) |
Extinct species[edit]
A number of mainly island representatives of this genus are only known from fossil or subfossil remains:
- Athene megalopeza (fossil; Rexroad Late Pliocene of WC USA) - sometimes placed in Speotyto
- Athene veta (fossil; Early Pleistocene of Rebielice, Poland)
- Athene angelis (fossil; Middle - Late Pleistocene of Castiglione, Corsica)
- Athene trinacriae (Pleistocene)
- Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Barbuda, West Indies) - sometimes placed in Speotyto
- Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Cayman Islands, West Indies) - sometimes placed in Speotyto
- Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Jamaica, West Indies) - sometimes placed in Speotyto
- Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Mona Island, West Indies) - sometimes placed in Speotyto
- Athene cf. cunicularia (fossil; Pleistocene of Puerto Rico, West Indies) - sometimes placed in Speotyto
- Cretan owl, Athene cretensis (prehistoric; Crete, Mediterranean)
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The Cretan owl was a flightless or near-flightless form that was more than 50 cm (almost 2 ft) tall. It went extinct soon after the island of Crete became inhabited by humans.
Late Miocene (about 11 mya) fossil remains from Rudabánya (NE Hungary) have been tentatively assigned to this genus.[6] Considering the known fossil range of Athene and the misassignments of many Miocene strigids from Europe, it may be a basal member of the present genus or not belong here. The supposed species 'Athene' murivora is the name given to subfossil bones of male Rodrigues owls.
- Antiguan burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia amaura - extinct (c.1905)
- Guadeloupe burrowing owl, Athene cunicularia guadeloupensis - extinct (c.1890)
References[edit]
- ^Boie, Friedrich (1822). 'Ueber Classification, insonderheit der europäischen Vogel'. Isis von Oken (in German). Cols 545–564 [549].
- ^Gray, George Robert (1841). A List of the Genera of Birds : with their Synonyma and an Indication of the Typical Species of Each Genus (2nd ed.). London: R. and J.E. Taylor. p. 7.
- ^Peters, James Lee, ed. (1940). Check-List of Birds of the World. Volume 4. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press. p. 147.
- ^Jobling, James A (2010). The Helm Dictionary of Scientific Bird Names. London: Christopher Helm. pp. 58, 274. ISBN978-1-4081-2501-4.
- ^Gill, Frank; Donsker, David; Rasmussen, Pamela, eds. (2020). 'Owls'. IOC World Bird List Version 10.2. International Ornithologists' Union. Retrieved 30 September 2020.
- ^Bernor, R.L.; Kordos, L. & Rook, L. (eds): 'Recent Advances on Multidisciplinary Research at Rudabánya, Late Miocene (MN9), Hungary: A compendium.Archived 2007-06-28 at the Wayback Machine' Paleontographica Italiana89: 3-36.