an advertisement . please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate external links and by adding encyclopedic content written from a neutral point of view . march 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message showmars is a charlotte north carolina based restaurant chain serving a mix of american and greek cuisines . it was founded by george couchell pronounced coo shell in 1982 . as of june 2006 showmars operates 25 locations and employs about 1 000 employees . contents 1 company history 1.1 founding 1.2 managing partners 2 present and future 3 see also 4 references 5 external links company history edit founding edit in 1982 first generation greek immigrant george couchell who graduated from duke university and was a naval officer opened his first showmars restaurant in monroe north carolina . the first showmars offered a vast selection of items on its menu . the restaurant served breakfast offered a hot bar a salad bar and everything else in between . in addition to the traditional american cuisines mr. c as he is widely known throughout the company citation needed added an ethnic touch to showmars menu by offering greek specialties such as gyros souvlaki and grecian roast chicken . over the years couchell pared down the once all inclusive menu to what it is today . managing partners edit as couchell expanded his company he brought partners on board to help administer showmars operations . his general partner is konstantine zitsos . couchell and zitsos are supported by a cast of several managing partners all of whom have an ownership stake in the company and are intimately involved in the company s operations and strategies . present and future edit in addition to the 18 stores that are located in charlotte the restaurant chain has branched out to serve neighboring cities such as fort mill gastonia huntersville mooresville monroe rock hill and matthews . according to the charlotte observer the partners goal is to open three restaurants a year in the carolinas . showmars has recently opened locations in shelby and denver . soon the partners hope to serve the waxhaw indian trail and tega cay communities . citation needed see also edit list of greek restaurants references edit dan l. morrill 2001 . historic charlotte . historical publishing network . pp. 148 149 . isbn 978 1 893619 20 3 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title showmars & oldid 741124882 categories restaurants in north carolinaregional restaurant chains in the united statesgreek american cuisinegreek restaurantscompanies based in charlotte north carolinarestaurants established in 19821982 establishments in north carolinahidden categories articles with a promotional tone from march 2012all articles with a promotional toneall articles with unsourced statementsarticles with unsourced statements from march 2012articles with unsourced statements from october 2013 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 september 2016 at 15 04 . 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