After more than two decades, siblings Elizabeth and George Iglesias have not grown weary of eating at George’s Italian Restaurant, which they opened on 72nd Street near the North Beach Bandshell in 2000.
“We still eat here five times a week,” Elizabeth Iglesias says, laughing. “We’re not tired of it. Our families eat here. Our kids eat here. It’s home for us.”
Their devoted customers aren’t sick of it, either. Talk to diners at the restaurant, which is celebrating its 25th anniversary, a not insignificant marker of success, and they’ll echo the same sentiments: George’s is a restaurant that feels like home…