9,487
edits
Changes
no edit summary
{{Infobox Restaurant
|name=[[Image:SkopelosLogo.png|250px|center|Skopelos on the Bay logo]]at New World
|image=
|caption=
|cuisine=Greek-inspired seafood
|location=670 600 South [[Scenic HighwayPalafox Street]] ([[New World Landing]]|opened=[[1959]] (original)<br/>[[1987]] ([[Scenic Highway]])<br/>[[2016]] (current location)
|owner=[[Gus Silivos]]
|chef=[[Gus Silivos]]
|cheftitle=
|slogan=
|hours='''Tu-Sa''': 5:00 PM-<br/>'''Fr''': 11:30 AM-2:30 PM (lunch)<br/>'''Su''': 10:30 AM-2:00 PM (brunch)<br/>'''M''': Closed|phone=(850) 432-6565|website=[http://www.myskopelosSkopelosAtNewWorld.com/ MySkopelosSkopelosAtNewWorld.com]|mapcode=<googlemap version="0.9" lat="30.424031" lon="-87.180719" zoom="14" width="288" height="150">30.42553, -87.178445</googlemap>
}}
'''Skopelos on the Bayat New World''' is a restaurant located at 670 600 South [[Scenic HighwayPalafox Street]] owned and , inside [[New World Landing]]. It is operated by Chef [[Gus P. Silivos]], who also owns the nearby [[Scenic 90 Café]].
Founded in [[1959]] by [[Paul Silivos]] and [[Pete Geeker]], the restaurant was originally located on West [[Cervantes Street]] near [[Pace Boulevard|Pace]] in [[Brownsville]]. Paul's son Gus began working there at age 11 and later attended culinary school. In [[1987]] the father-and-son team moved to the current a new location at 670 [[Scenic Highway]] location overlooking [[Escambia Bay]], formerly the site of the [[Scenic Terrace]] and later [[Machinegun Kelly's]], where it was called '''Skopelos on the Bay'''. Paul continued to work at the restaurant until around 2001.
The cuisine at Skopelos includes a variety of Greek-inspired seafood and steak entrees. The signature dish is the '''Scamp Cervantes''', a sautéed scamp filet topped with jumbo lump crabmeat. which was served to then-President [[Wikipedia:George H. W. Bush|George H. W. Bush]] and First Lady [[Wikipedia:Barbara Bush|Barbara Bush]] when they visited the restaurant in [[1992]]. The president's Secret Service patrol inspected guests of a wedding dinner going on at the same time, for which President Bush apologized to the couple. "He was a sport," Silivos recalled. "He took pictures with the bride."<ref>"Skopelos creates 45 days of saving to mark restaurant's 45th birthday." ''Pensacola News Journal'', August 6, 2004.</ref>
Skopelos is named for the [[Wikipedia:Skopelos|Greek island of the same name]], where the Silivos family originates. It is often mistakenly pronounced with a long 'o' (as in the possessive form ''Skopelo's'').
==External links & references==
{{refbegin}}
*[http://www.myskopelosSkopelosAtNewWorld.com/ MySkopelosSkopelosAtNewWorld.com] – Official site
*"Founder of Skopelos loved to treat others to Greek island's flavor." ''Pensacola News Journal'', October 3, 2005.
{{refend}}
{{reflist}}