Mama Maria's Greek Cusine

503 N Pinellas Ave., Tarpon Springs, FL 34689

727-934-5678

http://www.theoriginalmamamarias.com/

Categories: Restaurant

Cuisine: Greek

Features: Children's menu, Live music

Cost range: 10.01-20.0

Payment options: Credit cards accepted

Alcohol: Beer and wine only

More in this neighborhood: Tarpon Springs

This is a long-timer in the area, since 1978, a sprawling blue and white building in a little strip mall adjacent to a charming coffeehouse called the Eco Bean. It was started by Maria Koursiotis (a.k.a. "Mama') after her sponge diver husband, John, got the bends. (Her sister owns Mama's on Dodecanese.)
Features Greek home-style cooking, known for its dolmades, keftedes (fried Greek beef meatballs served with a big squirt of lemon and curiously delicious sauteed onions served over linguine) and chargrilled octopus.