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...Stone's The Summer of My Greek Taverna (Simon & Schuster; 250 pages) is concerned with pleasures of an earthier kind: food, drink, sun and sand. When a friend offers Stone a chance to run a restaurant on the tiny Greek island of Patmos, he jumps at it. He obviously hasn't heard the one about Greeks and gifts, and he soon discovers that his new job is less like Zorba the Greek and more like Kitchen Confidential with ouzo. Stone has to deal with tourists who party till dawn, fishermen who want their coffee at 7 a.m., gossipy locals...
...your return to town, relax with a fine lunch or dinner with a view of the port. On the main square, try Puny or the Taverna del Marinaio (the Sailor's Tavern). While both offer excellent fish, Puny takes no credit cards, and the Taverna del Marinaio may close without notice if the owner is competing in a regatta. Though it has no view of the port, La Concordia on Via del Fondaco is a favorite of the locals. The restaurant at Hotel Splendido, high above the town, offers outdoor seating. Local specialties include pasta with pesto or with salsa...
While workers were replacing steam line tunnels, the ground beneath a tractor collapsed, and the tractor's arm slipped and tell into the tunnel, rupturing the Cambridge Water Supply pipe, said Thomas Taverna, supervisor of the construction...
Although this type of accident is common during street excavation, Taverna, said it was "not unavoidable...
Construction continues as usual today, Taverna said...