Alexandros Greek Restaurant & Deli, 68 Warwick Road, Carlisle CA1 1DR
(01228 592227). Starters £5.75-£9.95, mains £14.50-£28.50, desserts £7.50, wines from £21
Lots of restaurants can be full on a Thursday and Friday night. Lots of restaurants can smash it on a Saturday. That’s not how you make a living. To make a living, you have to be full on a Wednesday lunchtime. This Wednesday lunchtime, Alexandros is doing trade of which others can only dream. “It was even busier yesterday,” says Aris Pathanoglou, who owns the place with his wife, Sarah, when I comment on the bustle and hum. It’s an older crowd, the sort who can find space on a weekday for a proper lunch, as long as it’s reliable, and yes, we will have a whole bottle, thanks. Alexandros, a venerable Greek restaurant, which has been feeding the good and greedy of Carlisle for more than two decades, is clearly very reliable.
