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Question:All nightclubs that feature la?kó music in Greece are popularly called bouzoukia (deriving from the plural of the main Greek instrument bouzouki)where singers, dancers and musicians perform, and a court of elongated tables positioned at right angles to the stage so that every guest can see the spectacle.

A short menu is available to those who want to eat, but is rarely ordered, since the customers usually limit their consumption to alcoholic beverages with assorted nuts or raw vegetables.

Throwing plates at the performer's feet was a practice popular until the 1970s when "plate smashing" was forbidden by law. It rarely happens today, despite the belief of some foreigners that it is a widespread Greek custom.


Throwing flowers or other items that will not cause injury (e.g. napkins) has become more common.

Not all Greeks like this kind of night entertainment though...but it is very popular.


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: All nightclubs that feature la?kó music in Greece are popularly called bouzoukia (deriving from the plural of the main Greek instrument bouzouki)where singers, dancers and musicians perform, and a court of elongated tables positioned at right angles to the stage so that every guest can see the spectacle.

A short menu is available to those who want to eat, but is rarely ordered, since the customers usually limit their consumption to alcoholic beverages with assorted nuts or raw vegetables.

Throwing plates at the performer's feet was a practice popular until the 1970s when "plate smashing" was forbidden by law. It rarely happens today, despite the belief of some foreigners that it is a widespread Greek custom.


Throwing flowers or other items that will not cause injury (e.g. napkins) has become more common.

Not all Greeks like this kind of night entertainment though...but it is very popular.

I have no idea,,,can you eat it?

A place where they play bousouki ( a kind of guitar with a round shape, flat at the back )........In Greece or Greek influenced elsewhere

Nightclubs that feature la?kó (popular music in Greece during the 1950s and 1960s) music in Greece are popularily called bouzoukia (deriving from the plural of the main Greek instrument bouzouki)

night clubs that play Greek music is the best I can come up with , Helen