Does anyone know if Marias supermarket, situated betweem Makris and Kokinos is open this year. It was open the year before last but not last year. She was a lovely lady who always had a bit of a giggle with my young ones.
thanks
M&D
No sorry it was closed when we were ther last week.
Don't know why. It was a really nice shop.
Pauline x
It looked as though it was being renovated when I went past last week.
Marias supermarket is now a bar. It opened on Saturday, and they do snacks as well as drinks. It's run by Perry and Joanne Tsoukalas, and they are a lovely couple, so if anyone is passing there, go in and try it out. I wish them very good luck with the bar, (Artemis bar) it's nice to see that premises open again.
Sounds good Maggie. I will certainly give it try in September :D
riggers....
Now that sounds like a nice place for a last nightcap when walking round the "circle" back to our studios at the BS Hotel this year. What a very good idea!
Never thought of that BG, I do that circle about 7.30 in the morning. I wonder if they will be open. :)
riggers..
I don't believe it.........Will there be loud music........????
We are across the road at Dimitri's Studios.........Oh deary, deary me.......Loud music is just not for us.......
Please tell me it's not a noisy bar like the ones in the centre of town.......
I wouldnt have thought it could be the same as the Coconut or Malibu. It doesnt necessarily mean they will play loud music, perhaps it will be somewhere quiet to chill out. If it is loud you could always pop over and ask them to turn it down a bit, it is in a very quiet area of Arillas I know and they would respect that.
DONT PANIC!!!! :-)
Are we a couple of old miserable boots or what???????????
It was so convenient to have Maria's across the road from us and now we will have to haul water up the hill....moan moan moan.....
Unless the bar will sell big bottles of water to take out maybe?
But on reflection......having a bar across the road.........mmmmmm....I wonder if they deliver?? Tee! Hee!
Sounds great will have to give it a try as we are staying at the Makris a couple of hundred yards away when we arrive just a week on monday.It`ll give me somewhere to sneak off to for a quiet Mythos while Debs watches the kids LOL
Mike
Chris & Marks mum, I can safely say that there won't be loud music. Perry & joanne said that they won't stay open til the wee sma hours, cos there are close neighbours. If it's getting late tho, they can and will move people inside so as not to disturb residents.
I'm sure it will be fine.(They don't play 'pop' music, it's greek music or nice laid back quiet stuff. )
I am sure that there will be no loud music. I spoke to Joanne at the Horizon last week, just before it opened. They mainly want to provide snacks and picnic type food.
It was also very interesting to hear about the filming of the Rick Stein program at their house. They had to film it twice because the camera crew lost the tape from the first day so it had to be done again the next day. Joanne and Perry's daughters were sad because they were filmed more on the first day than the second day which meant that they were hardly seen on actual program. I have it on DVD somewhere so I will have to watch it again.
TerryW
I think that will be a nice quiet place for a drink, we shall be there often no doubt!
Yes, I'm quite getting used to the idea now.
So if they are going to sell snacks & pic-nicy type food, I wonder if they will sell "big water" to take back to the apartment?
Terry, has it been on TV yet?
Quote:"Terry, has it been on TV yet?"
Yes it has, but some time ago so it's bound to be repeated soon somewhere.
I'll be looking out for it and will post on the forum if I see it advertised.
Angie
I found this information about the program on www.corfurealestate.com
Several associates of Luvcorfu Properties were involved with the Corfu episode of Rick Stein's Mediterranean Escapes, which was broadcast on 16 August 2007 to wide acclaim.
Luvcorfu co-Director Hilary Paipeti assisted with research for the show, and accompanied the crew as local guide and troubleshooter on their two visits to the island. She was recommended to the producers by the Greek National Tourism Organization.
The 'family lunch' which Rick attended was laid on at the home of Papaspiros and Eleni Tsoukalas, parents of Luvcorfu's other director, Harry Tsoukalas (who was in Malta on business at the time of shooting). His brother Perry spoke on the programme to Rick about relocating to Corfu from the UK, where he ran a pub for some years. Perry works for Petra Traditional Constructions as supervisor for its new-build projects, and acts as agent for Luvcorfu in the north west. His wife Joanne, who manages the Luvcorfu and Petra office near Afionas in North West Corfu, was also spotted in shot, as was Sally Buckley, who is Luvcorfu's agent on the North East Coast and in the north.
Another star of the show was Luvcorfu's North East Coast Office Manager, Angela Daykin, who was sitting beside Rick while he spoke to camera during the meal. Seemingly unconscious of the camera pointing straight at her, she coolly continued munching through the entire shoot!
Rick and the crew had to visit Corfu twice for the show. The first shoot took place in September 2006, and the crew returned to the UK very happy with the 'wrap'. Unfortunately, the camera was subsequently discovered to be faulty (it recorded on playback but not on the tape), necessitating a second visit in April 2007. This shoot was shorter than the first, as only the subject matter that worked editorially needed to be re-recorded. The people and places featured were Rouvas Restaurant near the market, a souvlaki shop in the 'Piazza' (both in Corfu Town), Foros Restaurant in Old Perithia, The River Taverna in Lefkimmi, Karidis Restaurant in Boukari, market stallholder Effie Michala, and of course the Tsoukalas family, and colleagues of Luvcorfu and Petra.