George’s Greek Cafe, a cherished local restaurant in Downtown Long Beach, closed on Sunday after its owner was evicted for failing to pay rent since last summer.
The full-service restaurant and bar served on Pine Avenue for decades after being opened — and later sold — by the Loizides family, who still run George’s Greek Cafe in Belmont Shore.
Court records show that a company operated by a Beverly Hills man named Behnam Ghasseminejad bought the Pine Avenue restaurant in 2023 but stopped paying rent last July, racking up more than $70,000 in past due payments…