www.parkluncheonette.com

In 1931 (during the depression) Gus Kachulis and his brother Louis, opened Park Luncheonette in the working class community and catered to the needs of the factory workers that surrounded the area. When McCarren Park Pool opened in 1936 the clientele changed to the thousands of people who would come from all over the city to go to the pool every day. Thus, the Park Luncheonette egg cream became famous all over the city. In 1950 their nephew Chris Kachulis arrived from Greece with his young bride Helen and within a couple of years they started running the Luncheonette as the brothers returned to Greece to retire. As Chris and Helen retired in (2002) their son Demetri took over Park Luncheonette in order to continue the family tradition of serving the neighborhood where he and his three sisters grew up. With the Pool closed for more than twenty five years he knew that Park Luncheonette also had to change to survive. In 2005 with the help of his wife Dina and chef Gary Kuschnereit he turned the Luncheonette into a full service restaurant with the premise of providing very high quality dishes by using the best quality ingredients, like organic eggs.