The Olympia Café is a fictional greasy spoon that was featured in a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch. The staff, led by John Belushi as Pete Dionisopoulos, were Greeks.

Feb 24, 2025 · One of the most famous "Saturday Night Live" sketches is the Olympia Café, a recurring bit about a diner run, as so many are, by Greek immigrants.

Feb 14, 2025 · Watch SNL's "The Olympia Restaurant: Cheeseburger, Chips, and Pepsi" starring John Belushi, and learn about what inspired it.

Such rantings by the Billy Goat staff have gone on for almost 40 years and originated when Billy Goat Sianis and another Greek immigrant by the name of Bill Charuchas would entertain patrons by …

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Frustrated patrons are annoyed that they can only get cheeseburgers, chips and Pepsi at The Olympia Restaurant. A featured patron (Robert Klein) really wants eggs and argues with the staff...

Feb 18, 2025 · “Olympia Restaurant: Cheeseburger, Chips, and Pepsi” was the first of five sketches featuring the Olympia Café gang. It premiered on the January 28, 1978, episode with Host Robert …

Billy Goat Tavern is a restaurant that gained fame through a Saturday Night Live sketch: The Olympia Cafe was a fictional greasy spoon featured in a recurring Saturday Night Live sketch. The staff, led …

Mar 20, 2024 · SNL writer Don Novello, who wrote the first Olympia Café sketch, has long contended that it was based on the real-life Billy Goat Tavern on Lower North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, …

Oct 8, 2018 · [On the front window of the Olympia Restaurant are thewords: CLOSED – TAKE OUT ONLY. There is evidence of arecent fire: soot and smoke damage on the walls, thecash register, etc. …