Susan Tinch retweetledi
the Greek taverna is one of the most civilised social inventions in human history
hear me out 😩
you arrive, usually with people and the table is in the street or near the sea
the waiter doesn't rush you
he brings water and bread and olives without being asked
you order in the general direction of what you want - more plates arrive than you ordered because the kitchen decided something else was also good today
you eat across two hours
the conversation moves through subjects, nobody checks their phone
at some point - maybe hour 3 - the owner brings 3 small glass of something on the house
not because you asked but because you've been there long enough to be a real customer now
that the Greek taverna figured out - probably 2,000 years ago - is that the purpose of a meal is the experience of being human in a specific place with specific people
the food enables that
it doesn't replace it
modern restaurant culture forgot this
the Greek taverna never did
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