Nick's Restaurant has been at 1377 Greene Avenue for  almost 90 years.  Nick Alevisatos came to Montreal from Greece in 1920 and bought Maryland Sweets (as it was first called) two years later from his uncle.  He married Florence, his Canadian-born employee, and together they operated the restaurant, encouraging their five children to help as soon as they were old enough.  Nick also bought the building at 1345 Greene Avenue, one of a series built around 1910, where the family lived for 45 years.  all of the children learned the restaurant business while growing up but only Tom, George & Maria have continued. 

Until his death in 1977 at the age of 73, "Mr. Nick" as everyone called him, was a familiar father figure to two generations of Westmount families.  His wife Florence (or Mrs. Nick), the matriarch of the restaurant family and a wonderful cook, lived until 1990.  She passed away at age 74.  In 1970, George, their eldest son, started a delicatessen-catering business called Catering By George! just down the street from Nick's in the building that his father owned at 1343 Greene Avenue.  In 1970, Tom took over the management of Nick's and continued to operate the ever-popular restaurant until 1998, when he sold it to a longtime friend, Robert Callard.