industry restaurants casual dining founded 1988 headquarters toronto ontario number of locations 25 10 mediterranean grill locations 14 express key people vijay a. talawry president & coo slogan because was meant to be enjoyed website http www.mrgreek.com mr. greek is a mediterranean restaurant chain with locations throughout ontario canada . there are two different franchise concepts used by mr. greek ; mediterranean grill and express . 1 it is one of the largest greek cuisine restaurant establishments in north america . 2 contents 1 history 2 menu 3 expansion plans 4 helios foundation 5 references 6 external links history edit mr. greek began in 1988 when george raios purchased a small restaurant on danforth avenue in the heart of toronto s greektown . following that the restaurant focused on eliminating msg and trans fats from its ingredients . helping the franchise grow early on were its below average prices and the fact that its first location continued to do well despite being on a street renowned for its many restaurants . 3 4 in 1992 the company decided to add a second location in the east end of the city in scarborough was risky at the time because up until that point the only location was in greek town . the success of the scarborough location was pivotal since it expanded the restaurant s customer base while also raising the confidence of management . in response to the growing popularity of mediterranean cuisine mr. greek began franchising in 1993 . the more hurried lifestyles of the 90 s led to the launching of mr. greek express a smaller version of the restaurants offering an abridged menu counter service and takeout using the slogan great food for the new generation on the go . menu edit the mediterranean diet is among the oldest and healthiest diets in the world . 5 the mediterranean diet which demands the use of fresh ingredients emphasizes the use of olive oil when food is fire grilled . doesn t contain msg or tenderizers and the oil used is trans fat free . mr. greek was voted toronto s best greek restaurant a number of times by the toronto sun . 6 mr.greek full service restaurant expansion plans edit mr. greek has plans to expand throughout the southern ontario region and has identified several areas of future development . brantford cambridge guelph hamilton kitchener waterloo barrie markham mississauga toronto downtown toronto west toronto east georgetown kingston london ottawa peterborough st. catharines stouffville wasaga beach windsor . helios foundation edit supports local community groups school and charities through donations and sponsorships . 7 helios supports various types of charities with an emphasis on children s charities . fundraising for helios occurs 365 days a year with at least three major initiatives annually . references edit ask mr. franchise george raios video . 2010 03 23 . mr. greek says opa to health . november 6 2006 . richmond hill restaurants . 2011 . metro food and drink the order of the day on diverse danforth . march 23 2010 . the world s healthiest cuisine . retrieved 2011 07 11 . mr.greek . 2009 11 26 . adopt a wish sponsor mr. greek pdf . 2009 08 07 . external links edit mr. greek restaurants retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title mr. greek & oldid 722044297 categories companies based in torontorestaurant chains in canadafranchisesfast food franchisesfast food chains of canada navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 25 may 2016 at 16 47 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view