History of Greek Americans in Metro Detroit

[4] In the beginning of the year 1900 the city's first Greek coffeeshop opened on 40 Macomb Street.

[2] In 1914 a wave of immigration from Greece came because Henry Ford offered his $5 per day jobs.

Frangos wrote that "While no other reliable statistics are available, certainly Greeks from the three islands of Chios, Crete, and Cyprus have always made up a sizeable element of the community.

"[2] The National Centre of Social Research in Athens, by 1972, estimated that the State of Michigan had ethnic 100,000 Greeks.

Suburbs with Greek Americans include Lincoln Park and St. Clair Shores.

rented middle school classrooms and church rooms to conduct Greek language classes.