Question: What do a much-missed Greek restaurant, a historic hamburger stand and a local breakfast mini-chain have in common?
Answer: Dimitri Syros, a 32-year-old lawyer-turned-restaurateur with longtime roots in the community and a passion for the local food scene.
Syros, who opened his first Breakfast Company restaurant in Bradenton 2020, is leading the charge to reopen El Greco and The Hob Nob. Syros’ grandfather, George Soublis, moved to the United States from Kalamata, Greece, in 1965 and opened El Greco on the corner of Main Street and Orange Avenue in downtown Sarasota in 1990. Soublis was known for rushing out of the kitchen and exclaiming, “My friend!” when diners entered the restaurant…