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Chicago’s Greektown. credit: Greek Reporter Chicago’s Greektown, the dining and nightlife district on the city’s Near West Side, is the undisputed cultural hub for the third-largest population of Greeks living in the USA. Greektown’s bars and restaurants, serving some of the best Greek food in the country, lie roughly between Van Buren and Madison Streets, […]
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The History of Greektown in Chicago from the 1840s to Now
July 24th, 2021 
Awake Goy Greektown, Chicago, before the coronavirus pandemic. Credit: Thomas Sly San Francisco/CC BY-SA 2.0 As with many cities throughout North America, the creation of Greektown in Chicago came about after Greek ship captains arrived in the city in the 1840s from New Orleans by way of the Mississippi River. They came to America with dreams of […]
Astoria: The Ever-Changing Greektown of New York
July 7th, 2021 Awake Goy Broadway station on the Astoria Line, Queens, New York City. Credit: MTAPhotos/CC BY 2.0 Located in the northwestern corner of the New York City borough of Queens, Astoria was the place to be for Greeks who moved from their homeland to the United States around the turn of the last century. Of course, the city […]
