Athens · kaimaki
Χαρά
Χαρά is the strongest documented politiko/kaimaki lineage on record here: a named refugee grandmother, a recipe carried out of Constantinople in 1922, and an unbroken family line still serving it 57 years after the shop opened. It answers the city's stated question directly.
What to order
βουβαλίσιο παγωτό καϊμάκι with πολίτικο εκμέκ; παγωτό Σικάγο
What we know
- Recipes brought from Constantinople in 1922 by founder's mother Αριστέα, who collected them working in Constantinopolitan glykopoleia as a child — LiFO, Δώρα Μάστορα
- καϊμάκι made with buffalo milk (βουβαλίσιο γάλα) — oneman.gr and LiFO both single this out
- Third generation now runs the counter (son Σταύρος, granddaughter Νικολέττα) — LiFO
- Signature pairing of πολίτικο εκμέκ with καϊμάκι, syrup and toasted almond, unchanged since 1969 — LiFO, coffeemag.gr
- Ice cream served the old way, spread in layers with a spatula rather than scooped, on request — LiFO
- Status
- open
- Address
- Πατησίων 339, Άνω Πατήσια, Αθήνα
- Maker
- Νίκος Παπουτσής (founder, with Σταύρος Ζάγκος); now run by his son Σταύρος Παπουτσής and granddaughter Νικολέττα
- Opened
- 1969
- Last checked
- 2026-08-22
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