Mpate Skyloi

Thessaloniki


This punk- and alternative-oriented dive bar is the place to come for beer, good company and three-minute, three-chord rock songs. If you're not there when a live performance or party's on, just prop up the long red-wood bar and raise a glass to the picture of the sainted Lemmy that hangs above.


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