Andrew Millas was a proud first-generation Greek American, World War II veteran and well-known metro-east restaurateur and nightclub owner.
Monday would have been his 100th birthday, according to an obituary published in the Belleville News-Democrat in 2009. It also was the day the building that once housed his best-known enterprise, Millas’ Steak House, burned to the ground.
Firefighters from 10 metro-east departments responded to a call at 240 S. 88th St. at about 3:15 a.m. By the time they arrived, the building was fully engulfed in flames…