Taso's Restaurant and Pizzeria

Before Taso Hatzianastasiou opened a restaurant under his own name in Peterborough, he learned the trade from uncles who had been running pizzerias in the city for years. Local reporting at the time of the opening traced the path: out of Greece at eighteen, into family kitchens connected to Pizza Villa and The Pizza Factory, then into his own dining room in 2019 with a menu that did not have to choose between the two halves of his apprenticeship. Souvlaki plates sit beside an eight-layer lasagna; a stone-baked pepperoni pizza shares the page with a gyro pita and a Village Greek Salad. The Lansdowne West dining room sits a few minutes off Peterborough's downtown core.

The Greek side has a clear anchor. The Chicken Souvlaki Dinner is flame-grilled chicken on a skewer with lemon roasted potatoes, rice pilaf, Greek salad, tzatziki, and pita — the most complete plate the kitchen sends out, a full Greek meal under one order. The lunch version compresses the same lineup into a midday plate, and both function as the calibration order for a first visit. The Italian side carries an eight-layer lasagna that local food writing flagged as a standout in the opening week and that has stayed on the mains list ever since. Pasta also runs through a baked spaghetti, and the lunch menu adds a chicken parmesan sandwich and a spanakopita-and-Greek-salad combination. Pizza is its own list — stone-baked, with the Bronx Tale (triple pepperoni, mozzarella, Parmesan, oregano) reading as the natural house order, and a cauliflower crust available for diners who need one. Baklava handles dessert, and gluten-free notation runs across several of the Greek plates and salads.