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Aside from a year's leave to help start Buffalo's first cafeteria, The Presto, Peter Gust Economou continued to establish a reputation for service. In 1923, at age 28, he became the maitre d'hotel of the Hotel Stater, the highest position in the service sector, equal to the chef, second only to the hotel's manager.
Jun 21, 2024 · Peter Gust Economou, 98, Buffalo's best-known restaurateur and host, died today (Aug. 10, 1993). His nearly 80-year restaurant and food service career won him an array of local, national and...
Feb 15, 2013 · Peter Gust Economou, the “czar of the dining service, the host of hosts, responsible for the service of food and beverages and the maintenance of the dining room,” agreed to operate the new Park Lane restaurant at Gates Circle when it opened in 1925. Join us in our historic chapel as Marla Bujnicki...
Peter Gust Economou. Birth. 19 Oct 1895. Death. 10 Aug 1993 (aged 97) Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA. Burial. Forest Lawn. Buffalo, Erie County, New York, USA Add to Map.
Peter Gust Economou, an internationally known restaurateur and owner of the legendary Park Lane restaurant died on this date in 1993. Born in Greece, in 1895, Peter was the third of what would be 12 children. He emigrated to the U.S. at the age of 14.
In 1968, with annual income of $1 million dollars, the restaurant and the apartments were sold to a Buffalo group that included Peter Gust Economou, Neil and Seymour Goodman, and Leonard Pleskow for $1.5 million dollars.
I also had my hand kissed for the first time at the Park Lane. By a wonderfully tall gentleman who was of course Peter Gust Economou. My mother couldn't get me to wash that hand for the better part of a day. And then there was the very first Christmas that I can recall.
