Opa, mis amigos!
With America currently in the grips of a spanakopita night fever thanks to Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again currently (probably?) burning up the box-office, the big fat love affair with Greek culture has everyone once again doing the syrtaki from here to Athens, with a well-deserved rest in Norman at the Greek House, 768 S. Jenkins Ave., near Campus Corner.
Staking a claim in Norman’s sultry Mediterranean scene since 1979, I personally have been booking a round-trip ticket to the Greek House since the late 90s, when I wandered in there after an exquisitely woeful date. Finding my way back to the House for the first time in numerous years, however, is like stepping into a time machine of sorts, if the time machine were a Greek restaurant: the same cramped tables and chairs, the same faded Greek tourism posters, the same menu featuring gyros, falafel and hummus, among other classical Grecian fare.
Looking for a light and gentle app to start the evening off right with, I immediately ordered the vegetarian plate ($6.99) and, for old time’s sake, the classic gyros plate ($9.38). As the boys behind the counter got right to work putting my plates together, slathering up the hummus, slicing up the gyro meat and so on, I eased back in my comfortably cramped chair and my comfortably cramped table and let out a winsome sigh. Σπίτι!