Nóstimo By the Original Greek Soft-Opens New Dining Room; Grand Opening This Week
/Patrons can finally enjoy Nóstimo By The Original Greek in-house as the restaurant soft-opened its dining room on Thursday night.
Chef Shannon LeClair (left) with George Anagnostou (right) marking the soft opening of their dining room. Photo by David Tuan Bui.
The seating is two-and-a-half years in the making since opening in April 2021 and a ribbon-cutting ceremony in October of that year. The dining room can seat 32 people.
The renovation plans for the new area began in February. The storefront was closed from Nov. 19 until last Wednesday to complete all the upgrades. In addition to getting permits, the restaurant installed a wheelchair-accessible washroom, two dining room spaces and added additional decoration.
The Greek eatery is getting liquor licenses this week for the grand opening at an undisclosed date for this week according to George Anagnostou, Nóstimo co-owner.
”Since 1986, I've only had indoor dining restaurants,” he said. “I did take out and catering only because of Covid so I'm back in my glory. I love doing what I do, feeding people at a table, our table.”
With the addition of the new space, Anagnostou and his business partner, Chef Shannon LeClair, can introduce new services and dishes to their menu.
“Our menu has increased,” explained Anagnostou. “We have our originals we've had for the last 40 years but done some changes to them. We've added new creative dishes, there's fresh fish every weekend and there's going to be a rack of lamb every Friday and Saturday as well.”
The restaurant has stopped its cooking classes but is adding quarterly wine and pairing nights.
The following are the restaurant’s new business hours:
Monday: Closed
Tuesday: 4 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday: 11:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday: 2:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Friday: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Saturday: 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Sunday: Closed
