For more than 30 years, Kosta Vretas was a staple of Brandon's restaurant scene. ...more

February 25, 2009

The family clad in Pittsburgh Steelers jerseys watched Nicholas Toth walk by. In his calloused hands, he held a diving helmet he had made from scratch, a 38-pound brass and copper tribute to his grandfather. ...more

February 8, 2009

When you just have to get away but can't afford a real vacation, try a tasty "fake-cation." ...more

January 19, 2009

Greek immigrants have been sponge diving here for more than a century, but Taso Karistinos doesn't come from that tradition. ...more

May 24, 2008

If you live in Florida, visits from long-distance relatives are just part of the lifestyle. Yesterday, the city completed a combined 12-day family get-together of sorts, entertaining delegates from their Greek sister city Kalymnos and formally adopting another Greek sister city, Halki. ...more

January 12, 2008