Garden Gate Restaurant at www.japanese-home-gardens.com

The Green Park, run by a Greek-American, is a charming restaurant in a big garden gate restaurant, with scores of tables in the open air. In summer, two bands and a show keep the garden gate restaurant lively; and in winter the indoor restaurant is attractive. It is at 22 Mavromataion Street. Another very good summer-garden gate restaurant restaurant, this one at Kephissia, is the Kalambokas. Exploratory diners should by no means overlook the Tavernas of Athens and its environs for these are "Greek of the Greek," serving good food in local settings.

Diisseldorf: In the heart of this very lively city is the outstanding Restaurant Zweibruckerhof, smart and colorful; two or three miles outside, on the bank of the Rhine, is the first-rate Rheinrestaurant Schnellen' burg, with riverside garden gate restaurant. Frankfurt-am-Main: The Kaiser Keller, in the heart of this hub city of business and transport, is a luxurious restaurant with a big garden gate restaurant cafe. Another excellent place is Die Alte Post.

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