OT: Olga's Kitchen files for Bankruptcy

Their orange shake drink is also quite good.

Gyro, fries and a drink for like $8. I like a good, greasy gyro too, but theirs wasn't heavy and almost felt healthy.

Hope they can pull out of it

be devastated.

Personally, I'm not a fan.  There are way too many good Greek places around town to be eating at a mediocre chain.

Seriously?!  That's terrible.  I mean, I haven't had Olga's in like 8 years because I live out of state, but man, that was one of my aboslute favorite places when I was growing up.  Especially liked the snackers, and the greek dressing, and those orange cream coolers were one of my childhood favorites.  Really sad.

Ah, the childhood memories from their location in the old Franklin Park (now Westfield) mall in Toledo.  Used to love a classic Olga with a lemonade after swim practice.

Haven't been to one in years but hate to see local businesses disappear.

 Bummer. My first date was Olga's and then roller skating. My mom drove us. 

Used to be on the corner of State and Washington across from North Quad, which to old timers was the Frieze building and to really old timers Ann Arbor High and the Public Library. At that time it was pretty different as there was not a Coney Island on every corner.

Remember having that smell on me and never went back (also agree with poster above noting the many better Greek options).  Olga herself was kindof a B.

There was an Olga's in a tiny little stand alone building right in the State and Washington area that I used to eat at about twice a week (early-mid 90's). It replaced an old A2 institution, Gino's Burgers.

The Olga's went out of business while I was still in school and was replaced by a bunch of places that never quite caught on.  I think B-Dubs is built on that spot now.  

Whenever I see (or think of) Olga's I think of that little one that I used to visit on my way to the Frieze Building (which was the old Ann Arbor high school).  North Quad is built there now.  

**edit*  I must have been writing this while Bringthewood was writing his.  Same memories!

Olga's bankruptcy needs to file for kitchen.

Olga bread is pretty easy to make.  One of the Detroit newspapers ran the recipe years ago, and it came out spot-on.  Which was great, because at the time I could not afford to eat at Olga's very often (cheap as it was).

A Google search turned up several sources for it, so if the main draw was their bread (it was for me), it's one of the relatively rare items you can replicate at home.

However, I have decided to open a new restaurant.  It will be called "Helga's".  It will feature a "Helga", which is a bit like a gyro, but better.  Also we will have orange smoothies and Helga bread.  I will keep you updated as to our locations.

Like was said above, way too many good Greek spots to ever find yourself at Olga's.

Damn, I loved Olgas.

The bread was awesome.  Couldn't afford to go to the one next to Frieze back in the day. Worked at the Olga's in Woodland Mall in GR for about 2.5 weeks.  They watched the leftover "mistakes" way to close for me to see the value in long-term employment there.

I use to LOVE going to the Parthenon, corner of Main & Liberty, and their gyros meat/sandwiches were out of this world - or as MGoBloggers would say the Alsion Brie of Gyros!  I would not eat gyros anywhere else, but since they closed, I was going thru serious gyros deprivation. 

I tried the Olgas for the first time in like 25 years, and it wasn't bad.  It did not make me forget Parthenon, but did the trick.  So if they shut down, for those of us who live in/around Ann Arbor, what are the good Greek restaurants still here - It is Greek to me?