TAMPA - The name Louis Pappas is synonymous with delicious Greek food, spectacular service and traditional dishes created from old world recipes here in the Tampa Bay Area. The patriarch started the original restaurant, the Riverside Café, in Tarpon Springs back in 1925. That started the Tampa Bay area love affair with the Mediterranean menu that all the Louis Pappas locations offer today.

What they're saying:

"What we're known for, famous for, is our Greek salad with potato salad," said Joshua Varon. He is the operating partner of the Louis Pappas restaurant in South Tampa.

"It started all back when Louis's grandfather, Louis Pappas, was a chef over in World War I. When, due to resource constraints, he added the potato salad with the Greek salad in order to fill up all the troops. An

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