“In 2013, Seattle\u2019s U District neighborhood lost one of its most cherished businesses. The Continental Greek Restaurant and Pastry Shop sat on University Way, two blocks from the University of Washington\u2019s Seattle campus, for nearly 40 years before closing its doors that June. News of the closure was met with testimonials from customers, many of whom first started patronizing the business as students, faculty or staff and returned year after year.<\/p>\n
“The restaurant was owned and operated by the family of Taso Lagos, a lecturer at the University of Washington\u2019s Jackson School of International Studies. He\u2019s now looking back on his family\u2019s business \u2014 as well as sharing recipes \u2014 in his memoir \u201cCooking Greek, Becoming American: Forty Years at Seattle\u2019s Continental Restaurant,\u201d due to be published this fall by McFarland.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“In 2013, Seattle\u2019s U District neighborhood lost one of its most cherished businesses. The Continental Greek Restaurant and Pastry Shop sat on University Way, two blocks from the University of Washington\u2019s Seattle campus, for nearly 40 years before closing its doors that June. News of the closure was met with testimonials from customers, many of<\/p>\n