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Saganaki, lit on fire, at the Parthenon Restaurant in Greektown, Chicago. In many Greek restaurants in the United States and Canada, after the saganaki cheese is fried, it is flambéed at table (often with a shout of "opa!" [4]), after which the flames usually are extinguished with a squeeze of lemon juice.
You read that right, the longstanding tradition and highly anticipated Greek Festival in Cheyenne is returning for another year, thanks to Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Christian Church.
Opa (Greek: ώπα) is a common Mediterranean, Eastern European, Middle Eastern, North African, South Asian, Latin American, and Hebrew emotional expression. It is frequently used during celebrations such as weddings or traditional dancing. [1] In Greek culture, the expression sometimes accompanies the act of plate smashing. [2]
Greek cuisine is the cuisine of Greece and the Greek diaspora. [1] In common with many other cuisines of the Mediterranean , it is founded on the triad of wheat , olive oil , and wine . [ 2 ] It uses vegetables , olive oil , grains, fish , and meat , including pork , poultry , veal and beef , lamb , rabbit , and goat .
OPA! is a fast food chain that started with a single food court location in Calgary's Market Mall, where they served Greek dishes. Since 2001, OPA! has grown from a single restaurant to a chain with over 100 locations across Canada, including three university locations; the University of Calgary, the University of Alberta, and MacEwan's SAMU ...
Greek Americans have contributed a lot to American cuisine and many of its recipes. For example, Greek immigrants invented the Coney Island hot dog. The first and most notable Coney Island hot dog restaurant, the American Coney Island, was founded in 1917 by Greek immigrant Constantine "Gust" Keros.
Jimmy the Greek is a quick service restaurant franchise serving Greek and Mediterranean cuisine. [2] In 1963, Jim Antonopoulos from Nafplio , Greece, arrived in Toronto, Ontario , Canada. He started the Epikourion, Exquisite Greek Restaurant & Bar in First Canadian Place of the busy Bay Street district of Toronto. [ 3 ]
Opa (Swedish band), a pop/folk band formed in 2012; Opa (Uruguayan band), a 1969-1977 US-based jazz fusion group "Opa" (song), by Giorgos Alkaios, representing Greece at Eurovision 2010 "Opa Opa", a 1992 song by Notis Sfakianakis; covered by Antique (1999) and Despina Vandi (2004) Opa Opa, or Mera Me Ti Mera, by Antique, 1999