Family-Owned Restaurant in San Diego Since 1972: Mary Pappas’ Story

Family-Owned Restaurant in San Diego Since 1972: Mary Pappas’ Story

Athens Market Taverna is a family-owned restaurant in San Diego, still run today on the recipes Mary Pappas brought from a small Greek village decades ago. This is the real story behind the moussaka, the avgolemono, the church-raffle purchase, and the filotimo that shapes every table in the dining room.