07/30/2015 11:00pm

Let’s meet Mauricio. Good new : “Il Basilico”, the Italian restaurant of Halki, and his matchless owner
survived to the financial difficulties. We meet every evening in his patio. Mauricio tells use amazing stories
about his adventuress life, and refill at the same time our glasses with delicious Italian wines.
He also tells about the restaurant, when greek families used to come here about ten, ordering all the menu,
letting the handmade raviolis cooling while they smoke cigarets. They are now vanished and gone.
This year, french and swiss tourist hardly saved the season. Sometimes, the tax officials come for a hello
and freeze the atmosphere. An economical restart would worth only to save this garden.