Making Astoria More Biz-Friendly (Video)
- Angelike Contis
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- August 06, 2010
NEW YORK – Disorderly bench-sitters, out-of-place food vendors and triple-parked taxis are a few of the problems on the minds of the Ditmars-31st Street Merchants, in Astoria, New York. Some 30 member...
Markopolosmania in Manhattan (video)
- Angelike Contis
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- June 15, 2010
NEW YORK – “The press called me a hero. I certainly don’t think I was a hero. I was very frightened. Heroes are brave. I wasn’t, I was scared as a rabbit for at least six and a half years.” Harry Mark...
Bankers Toast Cynic James Chanos
- Angelike Contis
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- May 14, 2010
NEW YORK – The Greek warriors of the ‘Iliad’. Ancient cynic Diogenes. Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou’s government. Short seller James S. Chanos referred to all three of these groups as “courag...
DeMa dances off the cliffs of time, back into history
- Eleni Kostopoulos
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- April 30, 2010
NEW YORK – Pages of Greek history books remind us of either victorious or tragic instances of the past and rarely, we are struck with occasions when both sentiments emerge concurrently, like in 1803, ...
DeMa dances off the cliffs of time, back into history
- Eleni Kostopoulos
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- April 30, 2010
NEW YORK – Pages of Greek history books remind us of either victorious or tragic instances of the past and rarely, we are struck with occasions when both sentiments emerge concurrently, like in 1803, ...
Finding a Healthy Restaurant as Easy as A, B, C?
- Eleni Kostopoulos
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- April 09, 2010
NEW YORK – Every single one of New York City's 24,000 restaurants will be required to display large letter grades near their entrances indicating how sanitary they are under a system approved in March...
It's All Greek at The Greek Store in Kenilworth
By Teresa Politano
The Star-Ledger
NEW JERSEY -- Come Easter, the Diamandas family of the Greek Store in Kenilworth will sell about 17,000 koulourakia, little circles of confection that bring sudd...
Michael Psilakis Has Left Anthos
- Frank Bruni - The New York Times
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- March 12, 2010
Leading Greek American chef Michael Psilakis has left the haute Greek restaurant Anthos, where he garnered his best reviews and a Michelin star, as he and his business partner Donatella Arpaia increas...
From Greece to Haiti: Whitehall eatery raises $2,087
- Kevin Corvo - Columbus Local News
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- February 25, 2010
Sunday is the only day off for a Whitehall business owner, but he and his employees donated their time Sunday, Feb. 20, to raise money for earthquake relief in Haiti through Lifeline Christian Ministr...
Greek American's business destroyed in major blaze
- John Lauinger - New York Daily News
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- February 15, 2010
Investiagtors Sunday were still trying to determine the cause of a rampaging fire that ravaged a row of Queens stores on Saturday, officials said.
The four-alarm blaze raged for 3-1/2 hours and con...
Restaurant 'complete loss' in 4-alarm Chicago Greektown fire
- Deanese Williams-Harris - Chicago Tribune
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- February 01, 2010
It took firefighters more than three hours overnight to bring under control and extinguish an extra-alarm fire that left a Greektown restaurant a total loss and heavily damaged an adjacent building, f...
Papadakis Taverna in San Pedro is nearing its last dance
- Jeff Gottlieb - Los Angeles Times
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- January 29, 2010
John Papadakis' restaurant is a lot like its owner -- big, brash and loud. No dim lights, no quiet romantic evening here. On a typical night, the music builds and Papadakis breaks into a Greek dance w...
Athena Express: New Greek in Bay Ridge
- Sarah DiGregorio - The Village Voice
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- January 27, 2010
On a quiet corner in the mainly Middle Eastern part of Bay Ridge, Athena Express opened about a month ago, and is turning out solid, affordable Greek standards. Inside, there's a handful of tables and...
Kellari Taverna in Washington DC
- Tom Sietsema - The Washington Post
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- January 23, 2010
After my companions and I have surveyed the menu at Kellari Taverna, a server in a crisp white jacket asks, per tradition, "Are you ready to look at the fish?"
And, per usual, there are tough decis...
Rent kills Greek's Collegiate Food Shop in Harlem
- Christina Boyle - NY Daily News
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- January 18, 2010
A Harlem diner where they've been slinging hash for 85 years might soon be serving its last cuppa joe, thanks to a massive rent hike.
The longtime owners of the Greek's Collegiate Food Shop on Amst...
Former pro soccer player's cafe chain goes bankrupt
- Nancy Luna - The Orange County Register
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- January 15, 2010
Perhaps it is a Greek tragedy, after all.
The owner of Daphne’s Greek Cafe, a once thriving fast-casual chain founded in 1991 by former professional soccer player George Katakalidis, has filed for Ch...
Papadakis Taverna ready for last dance
- Donna Littlejohn - Contra Costa Times
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- January 11, 2010
San Pedro's landmark Greek restaurant Papadakis Taverna will close its doors at the end of this month, ending nearly four decades as one of the community's most successful family-owned businesses.
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