Taverna
The earliest Greek restaurant was discovered in ancient Athens by archaeologists in the early 1970s. Large amounts of cooking and eating utensils were found at the taverna like plates, mixing bowls, lidded casseroles, spits for broiling meat, mortars for chopping and grinding along with a cooking bell and many different jugs. Large amounts of seafood were also found like oysters, mussels, murex, and large fish. A nearby wine shop, maybe connected to the restaurant, served local Attic wine and many other wines imported from Chios, Mende, Corinth, Samos and Lesbos.