"After 38 years, Greek mainstay Periyali has closed. “This decision was not made lightly, and it is with a heavy heart that we say goodbye,” the restaurant wrote on its website. The place that “honored Greek cuisine with a fine-dining setting” was “a revelation” wrote Eater critic Robert Sietsema. William Grimes in Appetite City: A Culinary History of New York cited the restaurant as the first to introduce octopus to mainstream American restaurants." - Melissa McCart
