A place like home was the kind of climate fostered by Tom Bonduris in 1907 and kept alive today by the Koikos brothers and their descendantsBills wife. Anastasia. and children. Helen. Jimmy. and Nicholas. As immigrants. Tom Bonduris and Bill and Peter Koikos knew little of the English language and had few possessions when they arrived in this country. but they worked hard and learned to please their customers. By establishing the Bright Star restaurant as a place of "philotimo"-a place of hospitality from the heartthe Koikos and Bonduris families drew upon the culture and traditions of their ancestors. striking a resounding chord of acceptance with the public which has never faded.
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