Village Taverna

- 81 University Pl, New York, NY 10003

Pita Wraps

From the Grill

Chargrilled marinated lamb chunks and served with sautéed seasonal vegetables.

Chargrilled Greek seasoned burger topped with cheese and tomatoes.

Char-grilled baby lamb chops, seasoned with a mixture of Greek spices, finished with fresh lemon, and extra virgin olive oil.

Chargrilled Greek seasoned burgers.

A combination of gyro, loukaniko, chicken gyro, souvlaki, and bifteki.

Chargrilled chicken breast seasoned with oregano, herbs, and spices with extra virgin olive oil.

Specialty Cheese Selections

Pan-fried graviera cheese served with seasonal fruit and drizzled with thyme honey.

Cyprian cheese grilled, served with extra virgin olive oil, oregano, and lemon.

Manouri cheese grilled with a honey balsamic vinaigrette.

Mild graviera cheese lightly breaded, pan-seared, and finished with honey and sesame.

Barrel feta served with extra virgin olive oil and seasoned with oregano.

Greek barrel feta wrapped in a homemade filo dough topped with honey and sesame.

Beverages

16 oz.

750 ml. Naturally sparkling mineral water.

One ltr. Flat bottled water.

Salads

Vine ripen tomatoes, red onions seasoned with oregano, and extra virgin olive oil.

Kalamata, Green Cracked & Mammoth Olives

Mixed greens, grilled manouri cheese, croutons, cherry tomatoes, and white and dark sesame with honey balsamic vinaigrette.

Barrel Feta served with EVOO & seasoned with mountain oregano.

Tomatoes, cucumber, green peppers, feta cheese, scallions, red onion, chickpeas, capers, olives, and toasted pita chips, with a lemon vinaigrette.

Tomato, cucumber, feta, olives, green peppers, and red onions served with an extra virgin olive oil vinaigrette.

A mixture of large barley rusks, fresh tomatoes, feta cheese, capers, and extra virgin olive oil.

Chopped green leaf lettuce, scallions, dill, and feta cheese tossed in an extra virgin olive oil vinaigrette.

Gyros and Souvlaki

Lamb-beef gyro served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and feta cheese over rice pilaf or french fries with grilled pita.

Skewers of marinated chunks of fillet mignon grilled and served over rice pilaf or french fries with grilled pita.

Chicken gyro served with lettuce, tomatoes, onions and feta cheese over rice pilaf or french fries with grilled pita.

Platter of ten traditional skewers.

Skewers of grilled marinated chicken served over rice pilaf or french fries with grilled pita.

Skewers of marinated pork chunks grilled and served over rice pilaf or french fries with grilled pita.

Skewers of grilled marinated shrimp served over rice pilaf or french fries with grilled pita.

Warm Appetizers

Meatballs made with ouzo, herbs, spices baked in a light tomato mint sauce, and crumbled feta cheese.

Greek style seasoned meatballs served with a yogurt dipping sauce.

Fried baby squid served with fresh garlic aioli, red pepper aioli, and marinara sauce.

Grape leaves stuffed with ground beef, rice, fresh dill, lemon, and extra virgin olive oil.

Char grilled fresh octopus with capers, red onion, and roasted red peppers.

Mikrolimano, shrimp cooked in a tomato sauce, ouzo, and diced feta cheese.

Lightly fried zucchini and eggplant chips served with tzatziki.

Zucchini croquettes stuffed with feta, manouri cheese, fresh herbs, tomato marmalade, and tzatziki.

Octopus cooked in mavrodafni wine. All spice and caramelized balsamic dressing.

Char grilled Greek sausage served with lemon sauce.

Spinach and feta cheese blended and individually wrapped in filo dough.

Traditional Greek Entrées

Spaghetti with traditional Greek meat sauce and crumbled graviera cheese.

Oven-baked casserole of layered zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, roasted red peppers, cauliflower, portobello mushrooms, kefalograviera cheese and bechamel creme served in an individual casserole.

Oven-baked casserole of layered zucchini, eggplant, potatoes, spiced ground beef, and bechamel served in an individual casserole.

Oven-baked lamb shank, orzo pasta, celery, tomatoes, onions, herbs, spices with feta cheese, and served in an individual casserole.

Oven-baked layers of thick Greek pasta mixed with spiced ground beef and topped with bechamel creme served in an individual casserole.

Wild rice and seasoned with fresh herbs.

Sides

Romesco sauce made with walnuts, roasted red peppers, bread crumbs, vinegar & EVOO.

Traditional Greek dip made with shredded cucumbers, thick Greek yogurt, garlic, dill, vinegar & EVOO.

Oven roasted potatoes seasoned with lemon and oregano.

Pita Bread

Sautéed spinach with garlic.

Seasonal wild greens with lemon and olive oil.

Spinach, rice pilaf with fresh tomatoes, and dill.

Lightly sautéed vegetables with basmati rice.

Sautéed seasonal vegetables.

Hand-cut fries seasoned with sea salt, pepper, and oregano.

Soups

Traditional Greek chicken soup made with rice and thickened with an egg-lemon sauce.

Seafood

Mediterranean sea bass grilled with extra virgin olive oil.

Fresh premium shrimp sautéed in fresh lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil.

Char-broil mediterranean fish with extra virgin olive oil. White flesh fish with a clean flavor and meaty texture.

Fresh salmon grilled with extra virgin olive oil.

Desserts

Greek style orange pie made with filo dough, Greek yogurt & orange syrup.

Homemade yogurt served with honey and walnut.

Layers and layers of a light and crisp filo dough filled with a mixture of honey and walnuts, and baked golden brown.

A custard pie that is a combination of a cream custard and flaky filo dough. Baked golden brown, topped with a lemon, and orange infused syrup.

Mediterranean Spreads

Farm fresh beets marinated, cooked in a light vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil served with skordalia spread.

Fresh sliced cucumbers

A Selection of three cold spreads. (Tzatziki, Taramosalata & Skordalia)

Sliced Carrots.

Garlic spread made with garlic, potatoes, vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil.

A Selection of Spreads. (Tirokafteri, Hummus, Taramosalata, Tzatziki, Melitzanosalata & Skordalia)

Tangy puree of three Greek cheeses, feta, manouri, and graviera that are folded, flavored with Greek spices and hot peppers.

Pureed fine roasted eggplant spread made with fresh ground eggplants, garlic, vinegar, fresh herbs, and extra virgin olive oil.

1.5 oz Feta Cheese

Traditional Greek dip made with shredded cucumbers, thick Greek yogurt, garlic, fresh chopped dill, vinegar, and extra virgin olive oil.

Fresh sliced cucumbers & carrots.

Greek style caviar spread made with red caviar, freshly squeezed lemon juice, shallots, and extra virgin olive oil.

Pureed chick pea spread made with fresh herbs, spices, garlic, freshly squeezed lemon juice, tahini, and extra virgin olive oil.

Seasonal Specials

Flash fried Greek imported feta cheese wrapped in prosciutto & phyllo dough served with homemade fig-apricot jam.

Golden tomatoes, baby arugula, flash fried breaded goat cheese & blackberry dressing.

Free-range chicken (half) pan seared and oven finished served with seasonal mushrooms, green peas, baby carrots & chicken aujus.

Seasonal roasted beets, strawberries, orange segments, caramelized almonds, fresh mint & feta cheese tossed with beet-honey dressing.