Oroklini Village News

Saturday night is all set for the grand re-opening of Lithos Bar and Grill. But will the venue be ready in time to hold the event for the Argos charity night? With a hundred and fifty tickets sold, George and Miltos Antoniou have been working nonstop to make sure their opening tomorrow night, will be a great success. The poster outside proclaims the bar will the number one night spot in Oroklini, which is more difficult than you would imagine as Oroklini boasts several bars and popular taverns, and is in direct competition with the Greek disco at The Only Bar and karaoke, (surprisingly popular in Cyprus) at the Skylight on Dhekelia road. There has been a lot of speculation  in the village as to whether the bar will be ready in time, including one of  my neighbours, who has taken out a €100 bet with Miltos against the bar opening on time (shame on you - I won’t name you, but we know who you are!) We are all wondering what will happen with the bet, but have been assured that if it is paid, the money will go to charity.

I popped in to see George, who was hard at work and asked him about progress and he kindly spared me a few minutes from his hectic schedule,

Are you going to be open for the charity night?

 “Yes we are; we have a charity night for the animal shelter. We have a new waterproof, fully retractable roof, and the bar is made from iroko wood, it is a very hard wood; you would need a screwdriver to damage this wood.  We could have gone for marble, but we wanted an old look, to fit with the age of the property.”

The new entrance to Lithos

A little bit of work to do !

Check out the guy on the left, looks a bit like Robert Pattinson!

The property is indeed very old with an interesting history.  Tomorrow I will I add the interview  with Miltos for In Touch magazine about the buildings history and the and Antoniou brothers’ quest to become the best bar in the village.

Stay tuned for a glimpse of life in a not-so-sleepy village in Cyprus!