About
Marinos Dafnas was born in Greece and came to Canada in 1992. He launched Messini’s as a sit-down restaurant with table service in 2003, using a gyro recipe his restaurateur uncle created in 1969. He saw an opportunity for such a spot after checking out the Danforth where everyone was serving souvlaki — but no one was serving real gyros. Our trick was to put French fries in these marvelous creations, a recipe from back home that dates back at least 30 years.