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Greek Islands is a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, founded by Konstantinos Koutsogeorgas and located at 200 S. Halsted Street in the Greektown neighborhood to the immediate west of downtown Chicago. History
The Billy Goat Tavern is a chain of taverns located in Chicago, Illinois. Its restaurants are based on the original Billy Goat Tavern founded in 1934 [1] by Billy Sianis, a Greek immigrant. It achieved fame primarily through newspaper columns by Mike Royko, a supposed curse on the Chicago Cubs, and the Olympia Cafe sketch on Saturday Night Live.
A July dinner at Kokkari, the swanky Greek restaurant in downtown San Francisco, was the first time I encountered the white grape that’s indigenous to the island of Santorini. My first glass had ...
Wise Guys is a new restaurant opening soon at 500 S. Illinois St. in Belleville. It’s like “The Godfather” is coming downtown. Sort of. There are a few key differences.
In 2016, Alinea was ranked 15th among the World's 50 Best Restaurants, an increase of 11 spots from 2015. [17] In October 2016, TripAdvisor named it the number one fine dining restaurant in the United States, and one of the 10 best restaurants in the world. [18] In the 2017 list of the World's 50 Best Restaurants, Alinea was ranked 21st in the ...
By 1976 the company had 5 restaurants and a band called Fresh Lettuce. [4] The partners continued expanding the company's network of restaurants. By the mid-1980s, the company employed over 2,000 people and had annual revenues of $40 million. [4] Since its founding the company has opened 130 restaurants, with 70 concepts. [5]
Ceres Cafe is a diner in the lobby of the Chicago Board of Trade Building. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It takes its name from the Roman goddess Ceres , which is a statue on the top of the building. [ 3 ] It has been known as a place for commodities traders that serves very strong alcoholic beverages.
Retsina (Greek: ρετσίνα) is a Greek white (or rosé or very rarely red) resinated wine, which has been made for at least 2,000 years. Its unique flavor is said to have originated from the practice of sealing wine vessels, particularly amphorae , with Aleppo pine resin in ancient times.