Mykonos may still wear its crown of sun-bleached cubes, but its truest glory is served à la carte. Down alleys scented with jasmine and on terraces that catch the last molten streaks of sunset, chefs perform a lively pas de deux between modern finesse and recipes older than the windmills. At Nōema, fire draws new depths from Cycladic ingredients; at Rizes, much of dinner begins in the surrounding fields; and at Scorpios, the evening meal unfolds to the rhythm of the island’s most famous sunset ritual.

Whether you are dangling a fork above the water at Ftelia, lingering over sushi in Psarou or navigating the lanes of Mykonos Town, every table offers its own master class in welcome. The air tastes of salt and possibility, and the flavors, bright, layered and impossible to forget, outlast even the longest summer night, no matter how fiercely the meltemi blows.

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