The event is a benefit for the new National Hellenic Museum, opening in December. more ›

The Sunday fire that raged through Costa's restaurant in Greektown did more damage than any of the photos taken can document. City demolition crews tore down the remaining structure as the fire, which started in a deep fat fryer in the kitchen, quickly grew out of control and made the building unstable. more ›

An overnight four-alarm fire in the Greektown neighborhood destroyed the popular Costas restaurant and heavily damaged another building that hosted several other businesses. Firefighters responded at around 11:30 p.m. last night and the fire was out by 3 a.m. The Tribune reports that the second building damaged in the fire was home to Athens Grocery, the Pan Hellenic Pastry Shop and Greektown Gift and Music Shop. No one was injured in the fire. The cause of the fire is still under investigation. more ›

This week, we're taking another visit back to our childhood stomping grounds on the Northwest side. But we're going way back, waaayyy back to 1917. Our father's side of the family immigrated to America from Greece four years earlier, settling in Greektown. Our mother's side of the family was at least a decade away from moving to the East Village from Virginia. The photo you're looking at at the top of this entry is... more ›

If you're in Greektown this morning and see a bunch of people milling about at the Halsted/UIC Blue Line station, just go about your normal business. Those folks are from the Think Outside the Bottle campaign staging a protest demanding that Coca-Cola reveal the sources it uses for its Dasani brand bottled water. Bottled water has come under intense scrutiny lately, from a proposed tax on bottled water by City Council being considered to bridge... more ›