Jimmy the Greek is a quick service restaurant franchise serving Greek cuisine. In 1963, Jim Antonopoulos from Nafplion, Greece arrived in Toronto, Canada. He started the Epikourion, Exquisite Greek Restaurant & Bar in First Canadian Place. The success of the restaurant spun off the current franchise which has 37 locations in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario.
Famous quotes containing the words jimmy and/or greek:
“Whar have you been for the last three year
That you haven’t heard folks tell
How Jimmy Bludso passed in his checks
The night of the Prairie Belle?”
—John Milton Hay (1838–1905)
“The uppermost idea with Hellenism is to see things as they really are; the uppermost ideas with Hebraism is conduct and obedience. Nothing can do away with this ineffaceable difference. The Greek quarrel with the body and its desires is, that they hinder right thinking; the Hebrew quarrel with them is, that they hinder right acting.”
—Matthew Arnold (1822–1888)