About Nicholas Lambrinides
Lived 1879 – 1962 (aged 82–83). Nicholas Lambrinides was an American restaurateur.
Nicholas Lambrinides (1879–1962) was a Greek-American entrepreneur who built the Skyline Chili chain of chili restaurants based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Early life Lambrinides was born a Greek in Kastoria, then part of the Ottoman Empire, now in Greece. He emigrated to the US in 1912 at age 33.
Restaurant owner In 1949, Lambrinides and his three sons opened a small restaurant in the Cincinnati area now known as Price Hill. They named the restaurant Skyline Chili because of its panoramic view of downtown Cincinnati.
Personal life Lambrinides and his wife had five sons.
He died in 1962.
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American restaurateur
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Nicholas Lambrinides was born in 1879 in Kastoria.
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Nicholas Lambrinides died in 1962 in Cincinnati.
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Nicholas Lambrinides was a restaurateur.
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