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It’s united generations of Angelenos who’ve flocked to the edge of Pico-Union for specialty goods and Greek feasts from three generations of the Chrys family.

“It finally came to a point where we decided we’re gonna go on our terms,” said Mark Yordon, the cousin of owner Chrys Chrys, and a member of the family business for roughly 40 years.

Yordon declined to confirm that rent increases influenced the decision to close, but Chrys told LAist that rising rent was the culprit.

Sam Chrys founded what would become Papa Cristo’s as C&K Importing Co. in 1948.

In 1968, Chrys Chrys purchased the business from his father, and eventually took over an adjacent burger stand to transform it into Papa Cristo’s Taverna.