As Chicago bomb and arson investigators probe a Greektown fire that took out Costa’s restaurant, city officials and area merchants say the blaze also leveled a blow to Chicago’s tourist industry and to a historic part of the city.

Last night a fire swept through Chicago’s Greektown neighborhood. The Chicago fire department rushed over to Costa’s Greek Dining & Bar at 340 South Halsted Street just after 11:30 p.m. Sunday night and fought a 4-alarm fire that was announced ’struck out’ by about 3 a.m. on Monday. Firefighters saw smoke rising from the back [...]

U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias was in Galesburg on Friday, campaigning ahead of Tuesday’s Democratic primary. Giannoulias will face Chicago attorney Jacob Meister, radiologist Robert Marshall, former city of Chicago Inspector General David Hoffman and former Chicago Urban League President Cheryle Jackson in the primary election. During a brief visit to Galesburg, Giannoulias stopped at [...]

A Greek is concealed behind the world’s tallest building, inaugurated recently in Dubai. George Efstathiou from Chicago not only played a role in this huge project, but was the man who led a team of resourceful architects and engineers. Managing partner of SOM and the main project manager George Efstathiou says the building symbolizes the [...]

It’s clear you’ve reached Greektown when you read the signage on the local Walgreens drugstore — it’s written in Greek. Greektown stretches along Halsted Street from Van Buren Street north to Washington Street in the city’s West Loop neighborhood. Fancier restaurants with names like Pegasus, Parthenon and Santorini serve saganaki (fried cheese) and spanakopita (spinach [...]

The 9th International Conference of Greek Linguistics (ICGL) with the title “The course of the Greek language throughout the centuries, approaches to its study and analysis” was held at Chicago University from 29 to 31 October under the auspices of the International Society for Greek Linguistics and the Midwest Committee for Modern Greek Linguistics. According [...]

Firms change rather than fight USOC The Olympic movement has passed over Chicago, but it has left a lasting and unpleasant mark on George Tsoukas’ business. For some 40 years, he has owned a butcher shop near Randolph and Halsted streets. But a year or two ago, his shop known as Olympic Meat Packers Inc. [...]

The 2009 Awards Gala will be held on Friday, November 20, at the Union League Club of Chicago, located in the heart of Chicago’s downtown financial district. A number of guests from all over the country are expected to attend this Chicago Greek Community’s best social and philanthropic event. Dr. Thanasis Economou is the 2009 [...]