Tag: Evie Poulos
As Memorial Drive rapidly changes, how do its longtime restaurants survive?
“Gentrification brings a different level of competition, and typically, the competition has more money behind it than a small, standalone business,” Daddy D'z owner Christianah Coker-Jackson says. “So, they can inundate [would-be diners] with the advertising, the bright lights, the fancy stuff we just don’t have.”
Eat This: Grilled chicken gyros from Nick’s Food to Go
Manager Evie Poulos estimates that they sell upwards of 200 gyros every day. But despite the restaurant’s reputation for their Greek sandwiches, gyros weren’t even on the menu when Nick’s opened.
Nick Poulos of Nick’s Food To Go retires, restaurant continues on
Nick Poulos, founder of Edgewood's Greek sandwich shop Nick’s Food To Go, is retiring, but the restaurant, which opened in 1994, will go on with other family members at the helm. Nick’s wife Eleni (or Helen) Poulos, who's been cooking since day one, will run the kitchen, while daughter Evie Poulos will take over managerial duties.