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I went there with a friend of mine to a place called "Mammas" a Greek Restaurant late at night ( around 12 am) to listen to a live group that plays there old style Greek music every Friday and Saturday. I have to tell you guys that as a modern European who grew up on EDM and American artists like Jennifer Lopez, Britney Spears, and Bad Boys, this music was something else and this group makes this a very special place. The music was unbelievable and very hard to describe it but it created the atmosphere of love, happiness, and just peace! It's great for a date night or just going alone to listen. I don't think a lot of people know about this Greek restaurant turning to a wine bar at night. The group is made out of 3 people. A singer, a guy who plays a guitar, and my dear friend Bo, who plays the electronic piano, which is like the rest of the instruments that he controls all by himself and I mean to the tune! When he first showed me what he does for a living, I understood but didn't get it. It took at least 6 meetings seeing him talk about his work and playing music on his phone to understand it, but once I saw it live, guys wow, I mean, wow, old style Greek music, and the singer was so special too! I mean, it was just so lovely and refreshing to listen to them play and the way that Gorge Clooney style guy sang, so slow and soulful, but nothing like New Orleans when I say soulful. It has nothing to do with Jazz. It doesn't even sound like it! It's something else, and you just gonna have to check it out for...

One of the most adorable shopping areas around. Many really really beautiful clothing items made of cotton. Unique items you won't find most anywhere else. This is a hidden little gem of a shopping area you will most certainly be happy to have stumbled upon.

There are also very very interesting nautical displays throughout, that will most certainly spark your interest - the kids will love it!

The unique one-of-a-kind shops in this plaza make it a must-see on your trip to Tarpon Springs Florida.

If you should get hungry while you're shopping, mama's Greek restaurant is there and is one of the finest Greek restaurants in the Tarpon Springs area. If you have a sweet tooth while shopping, no problem, visit the ice cream shop to satisfy your Urge.

You'll find unique clothes jewelry and souvenirs at this location in some of the most quaint shops you have ever visited.

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Fun place, but there is a cosmetics shop there with extremely pushy salesmen! This cosmetics shop is not listed on google, but if you go in, you’ll run into them. Avoid at all costs!!! First they lure you in with free samples, then they say they have some miracle cure for wrinkles and you’ll see results right away. When you see no results they say you’ll see them after two weeks of consistent use. When you say you’ll read reviews online, they say best review is the results you got (which you didn’t actually get). Best part is their snake oil costs 200 dollars! But if you start walking away, they’ll lower the price to $150 (yeah, what a deal). I know sales people have to advertise, but this was so blatant and unpleasant (“do you want your wrinkles to get worse?”) that it really spoiled my experience with...