Olympia Restaurant

  WELCOME TO THE OLYMPIA RESTAURANT, ESTABLISHED SINCE 1906.                         Welcome to the Olympia Restaurant The Olympia has been in the same location for over a century!  The Olympia originated in 1906 as the OLYMPIA CANDY WORKS by a Greek family and its patriarch, Tony Bakogeorge.   They made candies, chocolates and ice cream plus, a successful wholesale delivery business serving the area with another location in Orillia.   Their business was such a success that people from all over the county would saddle up to the marble-topped soda fountain and watched as soda jerks created ice cream fantasies. By the 1930's Tony Bakogeorge sold the operations to his manager, Chris Tozios and his wife.   They added a kitchen and named it THE OLYMPIA TEA ROOM.  A few years later, Mr. Tozios died, and his wife, affectionately known as Ma Tozios took over.  For almost 30 years she ran the place watching over the kids that came in to have cherry cokes and fries and listen to the music from the juke boxes. In 1956 Ma Tozios remodelled into the 50's motif of an upscale diner.   She later retired and the restaurant went through a series of short-lived owners and incarnations until local restaur...