As The World Churns/1112/C
As The World Churns/1112/C
By Bob Nicolaides, e-mail: nicolaidesc@comcast.net
New York Magazine’s Adam Platt calls Amali, the Steve Tzolis’ transformed Persephone, Modern Greek. He even hands the East 60th Street establishment two stars which is translated into ‘Very Good.’ Robin Raisfeld is the Food Editor for the Magazine…
Goodbye Mezzo Mezzo, hello MP Taverna! Kyriakos Kourakos who owned the former and struggled for a couple of years, he also owned once the Grecian Cave or Spelia depending the language in which you’d want to call it, the singular transplant from Greek Town (8th Ave, 26th to 32nd Streets, Manhattan) of yesteryear.
The MP Taverna is the second such belonging to demigod chef Mike Psilakis (photo), but it looks like it’s going to take a while before it opens up for the fire department came up with some violations on the wood used in the construction, so it looks like a long haul for the co-owner of the former Anthos.
However, I have a word of caution for anyone with designs of opening smack next to Kyklades…..
In the Socrates Sculpture Park in Long Island City, Queens, a 10-foot-high inflatable Buddha-but not Socrates- sculpture prompts visitors to reflect – and post photos to Twitter……
However, if you stroll up (quite a few) blocks from that point, you’ll end up at Athens Square in Astoria, where the Socrates statue will be staring at you squarely in the eye….. .
Justine Frangoulis-Argyris is touring Greece promoting her new book, Traveling with Paul and Laura……
On a different plane, former RI State Senator and also a candidate for the same office Lou Raptakis has won the primary and is headed for the elections with flying colors….
Famous Quotes: “The monarchy will continue as long as the people want a monarchy.”
King Juan Carlos, of Spain, the husband of Queen Sofia, sister of the deposed Greek monarch, King Constantine.
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