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Tennessee Couple of Greek Origin Named Business Legends of the Year

The Rutherford County Chamber of Commerce has named Jim and the late Doris Demos 2011 Business Legends of the Year, as the chamber announced Wednesday.

The Chamber will honor the couple at the Chamber’s annual Business at its Best celebration on Friday, Feb. 3, at the Embassy Suites Murfreesboro Hotel and Conference Center.

Jim and Doris Demos, of Greek descent, settled in Murfreesboro in 1989 after an extended business career that took Jim to cities throughout the South. The restaurant business “ran deep in Jim’s family,” so he and his wife opened Demos’ in 1989, establishing a landmark on the Murfreesboro landscape, according to a chamber news release.

The restaurant has garnered exceptional reviews since its opening and has been the recipient of countless awards for restaurant food and service excellence, including the 2009 Legends Award from The Daily News Journal and the 2010 Talk of the Town Award for outstanding customer service. The founders were also honored as the Chamber’s Business People of the Year in 2009.

Both Jim and Doris Demos came from humble beginnings. At age 9, Jim began working with his father, Pete Demos, a Greek immigrant who owned a small restaurant in Birmingham, Alabama. Doris grew up as a sharecropper’s daughter in Alabama and Georgia, and met Jim when he was working in the movie theater business.

Jim has managed the operations at Demos’ and Doris handled the customer service. The couple has also been actively involved in community programs, as long-time supporters of the Child Advocacy Center and Habitat for Humanity, through both its Whittlemania and Doris Dollars programs, and other organizations focused on families and youth.

The Business at its Best reception will begin at 5:30 p.m., followed by a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Reservations are $60 for Chamber members and $80 for non-members. To reserve your seat, please contact the Chamber at 615-893-6556 or visit www.rutherfordchamber.org

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