Burger Town
John Ginakes (proprietor of Winnipeg restaurants including Thunderbird and Johnny G’s) and Demitris Scouras (Red Top) give us a glimpse into the community business networks established by post-WWII Greek immigrants that created some of Winnipeg's beloved burger joints.
EPISODE TRANSCRIPT
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EPISODE CREDITS
Written and narrated by Zachary Hamilton
Interview participants: John Ginakes and Demitris Scouras
Produced by Kent Davies
Episode image by Kimberley Moore
Theme music by Robert Kenning
INTERVIEWS
John Ginakes and Demitris Scouras, interviewed by Zachary Hamilton, December 15, 2017 in Winnipeg, MB. Digital Audio Recording. Manitoba Food History Project, “Winnipeg Interviews," Oral History Centre Archive, University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg, MB.
MUSIC
Blue Dot Sessions – “BurrowBurrow”
The Rosen Sisters – “Vari Hasapiko”
Marika Papagika – “Kremetai I Kapota Kalamantiano”
U.S. Army Blues – “Kellis Number”
SOURCES
Agyeman, Julian, Caitlin Matthews, and Hannah Strobel. Food Trucks, Cultural Identity, and Social Justice: From Loncheras to Lobsta Love. Cambridge MA: MIT Press, 2017.
Gvion, Liora and Naomi Trostler. “From Spaghetti and Meatballs through Hawaiian Pizza to Sushi: The Changing Nature of Ethnicity in American Restaurants.” The Journal of Popular Culture 41, no. 6 (December 2008): 950-974.
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Lovell-Troy, Lawrence A. “Ethnic Occupational Structures: Greeks in the Pizza Business.” Ethnicity 8 no. 1 (1981): 82-95.
Nash, Alan. “From Spaghetti to Sushi: An Investigation of the Growth of Ethnic Restaurants in Montreal, 1951-2001.” Food, Culture & Society 12, no. 1 (2009): 5-24.
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Ray, Krishnendu. The Ethnic Restaurateur. London: Bloomsbury, 2016.