An authentic family-run restaurant that "brought hummus" and "traditional Greek-Cypriot cuisine" to Liverpool is still thriving in the city centre almost half a century on.
One of Liverpool's oldest restaurants, Zorbas Restaurant on Leece Street first opened its doors back in 1974 and has seen the city change around it, as well as generations of customers pass through their doors. After visiting Liverpool in the early seventies, owner Haralambos Michael, known to many as Michael, decided to take his love of food and talent as a chef to transform his restaurant into the iconic business we know today.
Michael's wife, Louisa, 65, who is also originally from Cyprus, came to Liverpool a few years later and said after decades living here, the family call themselves "Greek Scousers." Louisa told the ECHO: "My husband came from Cyprus in 1972 and he went to Brighton and then he came up here to see his cousins.
