Can This Reinvented Businessman Help Revitalize Avondale Estates?
After several years in the real estate business, a former buyer's agent finds new success in another industry. His next venture - an eatery in Avondale Estates.
Succes in business means adapting. It means change. And sometimes it means reinventing yourself. That's what led Johnny Gianoulidis to open the Parkgrounds Café in Reynoldstown, a coffee, breakfast and sandwich shop that caters to java lovers and their dogs. Gianoulidis is also preparing to open Palookaville, a 1950s-themed restaurant in Avondale Estates. Gianoulidis, 48, spent five years in the real estate business, three of which were great. But the last two years weren't. A buyer's agent, meaning he represented those looking to purchase homes, he saw business trickle as the Great Recession, which began in 2007, wreaked its havoc on the economy. A native New Englander, he could have gone into the lucrative side of real estate and …
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