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The Island Blues: Santorini Grill

MOST OF THE MEQUON MARKET vendors represent expansions of existing local restaurants. Santorini Grill is the only completely new food vendor, inspired by owner Spiro Asimakopolos’ early childhood in Greece and fondness for Santorini, a palatial island along the Aegean. His space is inspired by the deep blue water and stone structures overlooking the sea. Even the flooring replicates the surface that native islanders have walked on for years.


Santorini, the restaurant, is like visiting your own little island. The menu is a tipping-off point and offers specialties such as souvlaki (chicken and pork shish kebab, $16), citrusy, lightly charred octopus ($13), Greek salad tossed with good briny feta ($10) and saganaki ($9) – the warm, dense square of fried, firm cheese is set aflame before it’s served and is topped with lemon juice. Fold hunks of the cheese inside triangles of warm pita bread. It makes a rich, salty and chewy appetizer.


Also try a bowl of avgolemono soup ($4), a thick egg, rice and lemon soup that has the same comfort of chicken soup. Follow it with one of the combination plates, like chicken souvlaki with a beeflamb gyro and a square of flaky spinach pie ($14). Add a side of Greek roasted oven potatoes ($3), dressed liberally with olive oil, salt and fresh lemon. Finish with a piece of the sticky, nutty phyllo pastry baklava ($3).

Talking Shop With Santorini’s Spiro


A Q&A Spiro Asimakopolos


What was the most challenging part of opening a restaurant that isn’t a stand-alone but part of a large development?

The kitchen! It’s only 200 square feet. So although we couldn’t do a full menu, it still allows us to do grilled octopus, lamb chops and Greek potatoes, really traditional things. At the same time, we’re able to get the food out fresh and hot in 10 minutes.


Tell me about your octopus. What’s the key to making it so tender?

We get 8-ounce pieces of beautiful octopus, saute with olive oil, lemon and garlic salt, and finish up on the char-grill. Then we cut the larger pieces into half-inch slices and pour all the sauce on top. Simple and perfect.


MEQUON NEWS:

The Owner of Crave Bar and Food will bring Greek cuisine to the Mequon Public Market

When looking for restaurants to fill the Mequon Public Market, developer Cindy Shaffer thought of Crave Bar & Food, one of her favorite Mequon restaurants.


When Shaffer reached out to Crave owner Spiro Asimakopolous about the idea, he saw an opportunity to offer something new: authentic Greek cuisine.


The food hall will feature a variety of cuisine from eight other restaurants, including Mexican food from Cafe Corazon and sushi from Screaming Tuna. To Asimakopolous, it only seemed natural that he, a Greek-American born in Milwaukee, offer a taste from the Mediterranean.


"We grew up with this food," he said. "There really aren't many places in the North Shore area where you can find it."


Whereas Crave offers West Coast-inspired burgers, sandwiches and salads, his new restaurant, called Santorini Grill, will feature gyros, shish kebab, lamb, pastitsio (Greek lasagna), and other Greek favorites.


Similar to Crave, Asimakopolous will run the new restaurant with his fiancée, Angela Pagoulatos, and daughter Vicki Asimakopolous. 


The Mequon Public Market is expected to open in June, part of the Spur 16 development off Mequon Road. The market will feature 10 vendors, including Beans and Barley, Bavette La Boucherie, Bowls, Happy Dough Lucky donuts and Purple Door Ice Cream.


The public market is next to St. Paul Seafood Co., also part of Spur 16, which will feature a fish market, oyster bar and sit-down restaurant. 


Spur 16 will also include a wellness center featuring Yama Yoga True North and Yoga Pilates.


Asimakopolous was also one of the first to reserve one of the 146 apartments in the Spur 16 development. The three, three-story apartment buildings will be completed June 1. The 10 townhomes along Buntrock Avenue are ready for occupancy.

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