Close to the business district, the stock exchange, the shopping center, the Astoria is also at the center of Thessaloniki’s nightlife and cultural sites. It is right to the picturesque Ladadika- from the Greek word, Ladi, meaning oil. It was here, in the old days, that olives were brought and processed and perhaps, if you notice carefully, you can still smell their fragrance mixed with the lovely aromas emanating from restaurants in the area.