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A FAMILY MATTER
The Liakopoulos and Laskaris family proudly welcomes you to the Plymouth
Restaurant & Bar!
The patriarch of our family, Odysseas Liakopoulos, came to Chicago in 1956 from
his native
Greece. After working as a painter for a year, he opened the Victory Restaurant
at 18th and
Wabash, with the help of three friends. Together, they went on to found the
Lasalle Cafeteria on
Wabash and Harrison in 1965. Both of these successful restaurants were later
torn down to
make way for residential and retail development.
The disco year of 1974 brought Odysseas and his partners to Mount Prospect,
where they
established Kallens Restaurant & Lounge. Odysseas soon brought George, his
13-year-old son,
to the new restaurant to bus tables and wash dishes. The industrious young man
quickly worked
his way up to the position of cook.
In 1984, Odysseas decided to leave the suburbs and return to the city. He
purchased the former
Golden Nugget Restaurant, on the corner of Lincoln and Wellington in the
Lakeview neighborhood,
and renamed it the Golden Apple. When George graduated from Loyola University
four years
later with a desire to enter the restaurant industry, Odysseas bought out his
partners and brought
his son into the family business. His wife, Christina, also became involved,
contributing her
management and bookkeeping skills. Under this team, the Golden Apple became a
success,
known throughout Chicago for its quality cuisine and service. The key to this
success was the
family’s personal commitment. Each day, Odysseas and Christina would work the
morning shift,
with George covering the night shift.
In 1995, George decided the time was right to expand the restaurant business.
The family
purchased a corner lot at North and Ashland and established the popular
Hollywood Grill.
On opening night, the restaurant threw wide its doors to lines that stretched
around the corner.
The Hollywood Grill was soon so successful that the Liakopoulos family sold the
Golden Apple
in 1998 to devote more time to their new enterprise.
George went on to purchase and expand the historic White Palace Grill at Canal
and Roosevelt
in 2002. Established in 1939, the restaurant is a Chicago landmark, famous for
its service,
as well as its diverse and faithful clientele. A veritable melting pot of city
residents and tourists,
the White Palace Grill caters around the clock to politicians and poets, civil
servants and
cabbies, and a full range of white- and blue-collar workers, many of whom have
been eating
there since the 1950s, 1940s or even 1939.
In 2005, the Liakopoulos family discovered an opportunity for growth they
couldn’t pass up
and purchased the old Binyon’s Restaurant at 327 S. Plymouth Court on the first
of September.
For this venture, Odysseas and Christina, their daughter, Patty, and her
husband, Bill, all came
aboard to launch the new Plymouth Restaurant & Bar. September 1, 2005, also saw
the
expansion of the family itself, when George’s wife, Lenia, gave birth to a baby
girl,
named Odyssey in honor of her grandfather.
After all these years, Odysseas claims he is not retired. He still works in the
family business seven
days a week, spending his free time with his grandchildren. His legacy of hard
work and the
proud heritage of our family shine through at each of our fine restaurants. So,
once again, we’d
like to welcome you to the Plymouth Restaurant & Bar. We hope your meal here
will be an
enjoyable and memorable one!