After immigrating to Canada and marrying in Montreal, Demetre and Pota sponsored Demetre’s little brother George’s immigration to Canada. In the early 1960’s Demetre (Jim) & George Kouyas were both working in Montreal at different Restaurants and one of their bosses, Nikos Geroulakos, had a sister and brother-in-law in New Glasgow, NS named Katina and Nick Manos (who later became Angela “Kouyas” Bonvie’s God-parents). This connection with Nick Manos is what brought the brothers to Pictou County. Their sister Alice helped finance the purchase of the Washington St. grocery store that would one day become Alice’s Pizza.

The family lived and worked at that location, operating as a neighborhood Grocery store for five years. The two brothers eventually bought the Foord St. location. Demetre (Jim) and George worked together on a basic tomato sauce for their pizza but soon their friend Nikos Geroulakos came to visit the brothers. During his visit Nikos showed Demetre (Jim) and George how to add certain spices (the secrets) and “TIE” the sauce which gave the sauce it’s famous brown (it’s actually a reddish brown) color. Soon after the success of Sam’s restaurant their sister Alice converted the grocery store to  Alices Pizza with her husband Bob.

Over the years the business and family continued to grow. Another brother, Stavros (Stevie) and his son Andre, joined the team and later went on to open their own location in Westville which is now known as Acropole Pizza. Although Stavros has passed his son Andre and family continues to operate the Acropole Pizza.