Plaka Estiatorio restaurant opens

Ballard’s newest restaurant, Plaka Estiatorio held its grand opening to a packed house on Wednesday night.

As you may surmise from the name, this is a Greek restaurant (“Plaka” is an Athens neighborhood and “Estiatorio” means restaurant). It’s located next to Uma on 20th Ave. near 54th St.

Plaka Estiatorio’s menu features third-generation family specialties like Papousakia, roasted eggplants stuffed with seasoned lamb and beef topped with saffron-infused béchamel for $14. And Mariedes, a small plate of fried wild smelts with skordalia for $6. Authentic stuff.

Plaka is open for lunch seven days a week and dinner on Wednesday through Sunday. Check out the menu here. (Plaka is a My Ballard advertiser.)