Ithaki Estiatorio is a contemporary Greek seafood restaurant opening in Chicago's Greektown with the goal of reviving the historic corridor. Kosti Demos, founder and partner at Forte Hospitality, has family ties to Greektown through the former Costa's restaurant destroyed by fire in 2010. Executive chef Konstantinos Ntalianis, relocated from Greece, leads the kitchen alongside culinary director Saul Ramos, blending traditional Greek flavors with Japanese influences. Whole fish will be flown weekly from Greece and Spain and can be selected from a seafood display before roasting over a wood-fired hearth and grill. Menu highlights include octopus, pork souvlaki, lamb chops, pasticcio, lobster, branzino, flaming saganaki, and a Sunday whole lamb spit-roast. The restaurant occupies the former Parthenon space, tying to Greektown culinary history.
The contemporary Greek seafood restaurant is more than just another opening for founder and partner Kosti Demos. His family once operated Costa's, a beloved Greektown mainstay that was destroyed by a fire in 2010. Watching the neighborhood's businesses slowly disappear has been sad for Demos, but he's thrilled for the opportunity to bring back some of the lost energy and honor his family's legacy.
To capture the spirit, the team has brought in executive chef Konstantinos Ntalianis, who has relocated from Greece to lead the kitchen alongside Forte Hospitality culinary director Saul Ramos. Ntalianis, a former MasterChef Greece contestant, blends traditional Greek flavors with Japanese influences. Whole fish will be flown in weekly from Greece and Spain, and diners have the chance to select their catch from a seafood display before it's roasted over the kitchen's wood-fired hearth and grill.
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