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Arpaia and Psilakis Announce Gastropub in Old Kefi Space

Photo: Melissa Hom

Diner’s Journal reports that Donatella Arpaia and Michael Psilakis are less than two months away from opening a restaurant, Gus & Gabriel’s Gastropub, in the original Kefi space: “Gus is the name of Mr. Psilakis’s father, who died recently. Gabriel is Mr. Psilakis’s three-year-old son. And the chef is using those two names together because he intends the restaurant’s cooking to appeal to the kid in every adult.” Anthos executive chef Kostas Kalandris will helm a kitchen preparing classic comfort food under $16 (mainly soups and sandwiches; menu items include “a French dip sandwich and a hot dog; a pulled-pork sloppy Joe; smoked Turkey wings; beef barley soup; beef sliders; pork riblets; chili; BLT tea sandwiches; fried chicken; and fish & chips”).

Arpaia and Psilakis Announce a Gastropub for the Kid in You [Diner’s Journal/NYT]

Arpaia and Psilakis Announce Gastropub in Old Kefi Space