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We've compiled the best of the best in Chios Town - browse our top choices for the top things to see or do during your stay.
A favorite stop in Chios Town is this cool ice-cream shop that has been making its best-selling ice cream for nearly 100 years. It is open from 10 in the morning until 10 at night and it is always busy. The praline is famed, but new flavors are given a trial every month and you have to try the mastica when in Chios.
Family portraits hang below a wood-beam ceiling that shows off its 19th-century distillery origins, but it is the jasmine-scented yard that sees most of the theater. Traditional cuisine is combined with modern gastronomy to great applause—this is food worth cheering. Turkish influences appear in the use of citrus, soft fruits, spices, and salads are particularly inventive, but let the menu lead you where you fancy; you will not be disappointed.
Get past the silly name, and you will find surprisingly assured cooking at this stylish harbor-front trattoria. A cozy outdoor area is a romantic venue for handmade pizza, pasta, and risotto dishes to be shared with a glass or two. The open kitchen also does a good selection of grill dishes and salads—it makes a nice change from taverna style eating.
