Your recent story on Shirley and Peter
Moutsatsos retiring from Gus's Restaurant brought back a flood
of memories about living in the West End of Sudbury during the
1950s and 1960s.
Gus's Restaurant was where all the Greek
relatives from Uncle Gus Lagges' hometown in Greece began their
restaurant careers in Sudbury.
Gus's Restaurant was the original Tim Hortons
where you would buy a coffee or a soft drink, smoke cigarettes
(my first pack of 20s cost 33 cents), and proceed to live in
one of the booths for the next three or four hours with five of
your buddies.
It was where Big Daddy George Moutsatsos gave
me my first wedgie when I was smart mouthing with him. He
proceeded to lift me by the seat of my trousers and deposited
me in heavy traffic.
Gus's Restaurant was where Uncle Gus with his
famously huge Havana cigar in hand would say "Bobby my boy, can
I borrow the table for a couple of hours, we have some paying
customers."
Gus's restaurant was where St. Charles
College students would hang out.
Gus's Restaurant was where I had lunch with
my clients in my more mature years and proceeded to become
friends and appreciate the friendship I had
with Shirley and Peter Moustatos and their
two kids, Faye and Stevie.
Roberto Armiento
Sudbury