Pappoules’ Avgolemono soup, a traditional Greek soup made with chicken, rice and lemon.
Rebecca Sasnett, Arizona Daily Star
Greeks like to refer to Avgolemono as chicken soup’s silky cousin, and at Pappoule’s in Foothills Mall, egg and lemon soup has been a hit since Michael and Bea Cotsones opened the restaurant in 2007.
“It’s a very traditional chicken rice soup and we add the Avgolemono sauce,” said the Cotsones’ son Chris, who has run the restaurant for five years.
Think of it as your easy chicken and rice soup in a chicken broth given a rich, silky kick with traditional Greek egg and lemon avgolemono.
“It’s the most popular dish in Greece and it’s popular here,” said Cotsones. “It’s warm, rich and makes you feel good when you eat it. You really taste that Greek love.”
Pappoules, which the Cotsones’ grandparents, John and Angeline Cotsones, launched at the Tucson Mall in 1982, serves its Avgolemono with flatbread.
Pappoules has endured a lifetime of incarnations at Foothills Mall, which in its latest revival aims to be more of an entertainment and dining destination. The restaurant gets a jump on those plans with plans of its own to expand into the adjacent space, adding 1,600 square feet to its 2,300-square-foot footprint. Cotsones said his father, who is almost retired, is overseeing the expansion, which will give them more kitchen space and additional dining capacity.
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