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Escape the construction mayhem of the Second Avenue subway at this Greek-accented Yorkville newcomer—blacked-out windows and a side entrance through the kitchen give way to a boldly decorated barroom with a gold-velvet bar, hot-pink leather stools and hand-painted Moroccan tiles, all set below chandeliers hanging from a floral-wallpapered ceiling. Working fountains, stone cherubs and a 3-D mural of a vast hillside nod to the mother country, as do chef Dionisis Liakopoulus’s modern Grecian plates (short-rib moussaka with torched béchamel, lobster “cappuccino” with pancetta croutons). Barman Zane Harris’s (Dutch Kills, Maison Premiere) seasonal cocktails—like a Negroni sweetened with strawberry and orange—are tailored to complement the food and come single or as a cocktail bucket, which supplies enough for five drinks.