Another new restaurant is opening in Market Square.
My Big Fat Greek Gyro, a franchise of the Peters Township original, plans to be open in the former Mix-Stirs building at 431 Market Street by the end of this year.
Co-owner Kathleen Kamouyerou-Ference says Market Square is currently a thriving location, and was the motivating factor for choosing downtown for their newest location.
Michael Ference says the eatery will be semi-fast and semi-casual. Renovations to the building will including taking the existing windows down to floor level. Those windows will then be able to open to sidewalk seating during the warmer months.
“We’re really looking forward to the springtime and getting involved with the
Pittsburgh to Paris program and redoing the entire façade,” Ference says. “It’ll be very airy, very open…I want to give it a Mediterranean feel in Pittsburgh.”
Ference says the interior will have a nightclub theme, and will be different from the traditional “ma and pa gyro” store. The design will be unique to their Market Square location, including 70 inch flat-screen televisions for ordering and menus, WiFi, and color-changing LED bars and counters.
Indovina Associates Architects will design the façade renovations, along with Craig Cozza.
Sandwiches include gyros, grilled chicken, sirloan steak, and souvlaki (marinated pork shish kebob). The menu also features a variety of salads and soups; sides like spanikopita, tyropita, grape leaves; and homemade baklava, rice puddings, and other sweets.
My Big Fat Green Gyro has four other franchise locations, in White Oak, Wexford, Cranberry, and Mt Lebanon.
Writer: Andrew Moore
Source: Kathleen Kamouyerou-Ference, Micheal Ference