{"id":41313,"date":"2026-10-17T13:31:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:31:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/41313\/"},"modified":"2026-10-17T13:31:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-17T13:31:11","slug":"peter-vouras-to-celebrate-10-years-of-freskos-restaurant-on-greek-national-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/41313\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Vouras to Celebrate 10 Years of Freskos Restaurant on Greek National Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAMDEN, CT \u2013 As one of the most significant days in Greece\u2019s history quickly approaches \u2014 Greek Independence Day, March 25, Peter Vouras of Freskos Greek Restaurant is hosting a celebration of his own: the 10th anniversary of his award-winning restaurant \u2013 and you\u2019re invited.<\/p>\n

Peter Vouras\u2019 award-winning restaurant, which he opened back in 2016, is located at 2323 Whitney Avenue, Hamden, CT.<\/p>\n

It is most known as a fast-casual Greek eatery, best known for its made-to-order fresh food. Here, you\u2019ll find things like authentic gyros, souvlakia, salads, traditional Greek dips, dolmades, burgers, avgolemono, and more.<\/p>\n

They even serve delicious Greek desserts including loukoumades, kataifi, kourabiethes, baklava and portokalopita, as well as a variety of Greek coffees.
In honor of Freskos Greek Restaurant turning 10, Peter Vouras will be throwing a big party coinciding with one of the most important days in Greece\u2019s history, Greek Independence Day on Wednesday, March 25.<\/p>\n

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The general lunch crowd at Freskos. Photo: Courtesy of Peter Vouras, Freskos Greek Restaurant<\/p>\n

The special event, honoring his beloved restaurant, will include live music, with a bouzouki and guitar player, dancing, delicious food, drinks \u2013 and 10% off for all customers throughout the whole day.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve already got the mayor committed to coming to town too, as well as\u00a0 several local politicians, so we\u2019re just going to have a fun, festive atmosphere \u2013 like an open house,\u201dVouras shared.
\u201cWe\u2019ll have some mezethes going around as well.\u201d
In an interview with The National Herald, the Greek restaurant owner revealed how he felt to see his business celebrate its 10-year anniversary.
\u201cWell, considering that most restaurants really don\u2019t last that long, I\u2019m very grateful that we\u2019ve been able to maintain and have a thriving business after all these years,\u201d Vouras told TNH. \u201cIt seems like time just flew by.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vouras explained how some of his greatest achievements over the years include winning Best Greek Restaurant in Connecticut statewide this year, in Connecticut Magazine\u2019s readers poll, as well as winning Best Greek Restaurant in New Haven County for the last three years.<\/p>\n

Described as a restaurant that loves to give back to its community, Vouras shared how \u2018filoxenia\u2019 \u2013 hospitality \u2013 is at the heart of everything he and his team do at Freskos.
\u201cOver the years, we have done numerous benefits \u2013 we did one for Ukraine, we did one for the fires in Evia, we did one for the hurricane in Puerto Rico, and we like to give back,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe like paying it forward.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Peter Vouras\u2019 mom Dena and sister, Lisa. Photo: Courtesy of Peter Vouras, Freskos Greek Restaurant<\/p>\n

Discussing what initially inspired Vouras to open Freskos Greek Restaurant 10 years ago, he shared how he was (and still is) an actor, and \u201cwhen you\u2019re acting, you work in restaurants.\u201d
\u201cSo, I worked in restaurants in Manhattan and I lived in New York City, and I would often go on different auditions while also doing catering,\u201d he explained.
\u201cI then moved to Los Angeles, I did acting there\u2026 and I basically learned the ropes and I learned what you do and what not to do [in the hospitality industry], and what I want and what I don\u2019t want.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026Then later on, I started a family, and it\u2019s very difficult as an actor, unless you\u2019re like, an A-list actor, to maintain that lifestyle and that whole auditioning process, so it was time to make a decision \u2013 and I made the decision that I really didn\u2019t want to work for anybody else, and I had the idea of opening Freskos.\u201d
As \u201ceverybody loves Greek food,\u201d Vouras said he drew inspiration from places he loved visiting while in Greece, and created Freskos to be like a \u201clittle souvlaki shop\u201d in Athens.
When asked what makes Freskos unique, he noted how \u201ceverything is made to order here.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s nothing sitting under a heat lamp, so you may have to wait. We have a saying: we don\u2019t make fast food, we make Greek food as fast as we can, and so people may have to wait a little bit, but what they\u2019re getting is an amazing sandwich or salad or whatever they get,\u201d Vouras said.<\/p>\n

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Peter Vouras and Raj Narayanan. Photo: Courtesy of Peter Vouras, Freskos Greek Restaurant<\/p>\n

As a restaurant owner and an actor, Vouras shared how he wanted to give a \u201cbig \u2018efharisto\u2019\u201d to all of his loyal supporters over the years. \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for them [his customers], we wouldn\u2019t be around this long,\u201d he reflected.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been very grateful and very lucky, and it\u2019s one of those things where every day I get up and I come into work with a smile on my face, and I tell my employees, imagine you\u2019re serving your mother \u2013 that\u2019s what I always say to them.\u201d<\/p>\n

To learn more about Freskos Greek Restaurant in Hamden, Connecticut, visit www.freskosgreek.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HAMDEN, CT \u2013 As one of the most significant days in Greece\u2019s history quickly approaches \u2014 Greek Independence Day, March 25, Peter Vouras of Freskos Greek Restaurant is hosting a celebration of his own: the 10th anniversary of his award-winning restaurant \u2013 and you\u2019re invited. Peter Vouras\u2019 award-winning restaurant, which he opened back in 2016,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41314,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[271],"tags":[586,587,584,585],"class_list":["post-41313","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-greek-tavernas","tag-greek-restaurant","tag-greek-restaurants","tag-greek-taverna","tag-greek-tavernas"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/vive.im\/@dnc\/117456497810788957","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41313","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41313"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41313\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41314"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.diningandcooking.com\/restaurants\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}