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15 July 2017 at 19 : 31 PM

Two Greek Kitchens

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Casual spot the Greek Kitchen (219 West Washington, Chicago, IL 60606; 312-606-0633) offers pick-your-own fillings, toppings, and sauces for Greek plates, salads and wraps. This restaurant specializes in chicken kebob, gyro and other light items of the Greek cuisine. You can order on line or call. It is open Monday through Thursday from ...

15 July 2017 at 19 : 03 PM

His Inspiration: Greek Cooking

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Southern Foodways Alliance, which documents, studies, and celebrates the diverse food cultures of the changing American South, stopped by Johnny’s in Homewood, Alabama, the neighborhood staple which serves Southern-style meat-and-three lunches, some time ago. It is a fact that Johnny’s servings have a hefty dose of Greek influence. The ...

15 July 2017 at 19 : 54 PM

PLATIA’S OWNERS AREN’T IN THE LEAST SUPERSTITIOUS

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The owners of Platia Greek Kitchen (4 Berry Hill Road, Syosset, NY), which opened in March, must be optimists. In the past 15 years, 10 restaurants have come and gone from the same spot. “I know we can succeed,” says Gregory Spanos, one of the owners. His reason? Experience. Spanos is also the owner of Mario’s Pizzeria in Great Neck, ...

15 July 2017 at 18 : 14 PM

AHEPA Commemorates 70th Anniversary of the Marshall Plan

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WASHINGTON, DC— The American Hellenic Educational Progressive Association (Order of AHEPA), the leading association of American citizens of Greek heritage and Philhellenes, commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Marshall Plan in a statement issued by Supreme President Andrew C. Zachariades: "This week, 70 years ago, Secretary of State George C. ...

14 June 2017 at 16 : 19 PM

The Livanos Dynasty Has Done It Again with Ousia

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WHERE Manhattan’s West 57th Street winds up just short of the Hudson River piers, with fancy new high-rises piercing the sky, is where restaurant mogul John Livanos chose to build his newest eating and drinking establishment, Ousia (629 West 57th Street; 212-333-2200). It occupies the entire ground floor of a high-rise. The spacious new ...

14 June 2017 at 16 : 22 PM

Nostos, Vienna, VA

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NOSTOS RESTAURANT (8100 Bo-one Blvd, Vienna, VA 22182, 703-760 -0690), owned by Peter Pagonis from Sparti, and has been organizing promotional events with famous chefs year after year. So successively you have had shows in the restaurant’s premises by famous Greek chefs such as Athinagoras Kostakos, Andreas Lagos and the distinguished ...

14 June 2017 at 16 : 57 PM

Kouzina Greek Street

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WHILE Bobby Laskaris is the owner of Kouzina Greek Street Food (Royal Oak, MI), he gives all the credit for the amazing cuisine to his 75-year-old father, Chef Panagiotis Laskaris. Retired for nearly a decade from various restaurants in Greektown, where he worked during the neighborhood’s golden age, the elder Laskaris returned to the kitchen in October ...

11 May 2017 at 00 : 50 AM

Faros Is a Brooklyn Beacon for Good Eating

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Faros (84 Seventh Avenue, Brooklyn, NY; 718-623-2767) serves Greek specialties out of a rustic, two-story brownstone that features a garden as well as a spacious second-floor terrace. Though it offers mostly dishes of the Greek cuisine, it also has a choice of many vegetarian options to choose from, and a selection of great Greek wines. Its ...

11 May 2017 at 00 : 48 AM

Customize Your Order at the Greek Kitchen

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The Greek Kitchen is a casual spot offering pick-your-own fillings, toppings, and sauces for plates, salads, and wraps (219 West Washington, Chicago, IL; 312-606-0633). It is open Monday through Thursday from 10:30 am to 8.00 pm and Fridays 10:30 am to 3 pm, closing for the rest of the weekend. This restaurant specializes in chicken kebob, ...

11 May 2017 at 00 : 11 AM

The Elm Street Diner Extends an Invitation

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The Elm Street Diner (463 Elm Street, Stamford, CT 06902; 203-325-1141) is one of the most outstanding establishments in all of lower Connecticut, owned by John Moschos. It has been highly rated time and time again by its esteemed clientele. Because of the limited availability, it is suggested that diners pursuing that destination book as ...