https://melbz.com.au/tags/greek/Recent content in Greek on MELBZHugoen-auMon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100https://melbz.com.au/brunswick/patris/Mon, 06 Apr 2026 10:00:00 +1100https://melbz.com.au/brunswick/patris/<h2 id="patris-your-yiayias-table-professionalised">Patris: Your Yiayia&rsquo;s Table, Professionalised</h2> <p>Every suburb in Melbourne&rsquo;s inner north has a Greek restaurant. Most of them are fine. Some are good. Patris, tucked away on Albert Street in Brunswick, is something else entirely &ndash; a family-run Greek-Cypriot kitchen where the food tastes like someone&rsquo;s grandmother made it, except the technique is sharper and the ingredients are better sourced.</p> <p>The name means &ldquo;homeland&rdquo; in Greek, and the owners run the place like they are feeding family. The menu is shared plates, the portions are absurd, and the lamb shoulder has been on the bone for eight hours by the time it reaches your table. This is not modern Greek cuisine. There are no deconstructed anything, no smears of sauce on oversized plates. The food comes out in heavy dishes meant to be passed around, and the table fills up fast.</p>