March 8, 2021 5.38 pm This story is over 36 months old

New family-owned Greek takeaway opening in Lincoln this spring

From village takeaway to city business
Greek2Me's new takeaway is located in between Pronto Pizza and The New Capital at the Birchwood Shopping Centre.

A local family business is preparing to open another Greek takeaway after leasing a new premises in Birchwood.

The Papadopoulos family moved to Lincoln around 10 years ago before purchasing The Plough pub in Nettleham in 2015, from where they serve food including Greek cuisine.

They also own the Greek2Me takeaway next door and the family will open a second in a unit formerly occupied by an Indian takeaway at the Birchwood Shopping Centre by the end of April. It will serve Lincoln, Skellingthorpe and other surrounding villages.

Greek2Me has taken over a premises formerly occupied by an Indian takeaway at the Birchwood Shopping Centre.

The Greek2Me business was born after the family from Rhodes moved to Lincoln.

Christos and Joanne Papadopoulos had worked as servers at Carluccio’s in Lincoln and wanted to bring their own authentic Greek food to the city.

Spryos Papadopoulos, who manages the Nettleham takeaway, started working in the food industry around two years ago and has been helping his parents alongside his brother George.

They also previously owned a premises at Burton Waters, although this is still in the family and owned by another relative and now called Greek House.

Inside Greek2Me’s new premises in Birchwood.

Spryos told The Lincolnite: “We’ve had a lot of people asking us if can deliver around the North Hykeham and Birchwood area and the new takeaway will hopefully open us up to the rest of Lincoln.

“In the future we are also hoping to open other takeaways elsewhere in the county or even away from Lincolnshire.

“It feels amazing that we will be opening a new takeaway and we’ve had really good feedback from people on Facebook.

“We will be bringing good quality food to make people happy and give them a new experience.”

The new takeaway will initially create 2-3 new jobs, with a scope for more in the future.