After 45 years Quality Fish Bar in Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, decided to call it a day on Saturday February 27th 2021..For 45 years it was the pride and joy of Finsbury Park.
Not only was it serving the locals but football fans going to the home Arsenal matches were there week after week for their famous fish and Chips. People returning home from the concerts at the local Rainbow concert venue and bingo at the local bingo Hall enjoyed their English traditional chippy.
Famous Arsenal football pundit Claude was regularly there giving it large with his football banter. Also Johnathan Pearce a football commentator for the BBC and BT Sport was also seen there.
Famous singer Leona Lewis has been going there from a baby in a pram. Singer and TV personality Stacey Solomon is another fan of their fish chips .
Another of their fish and chips lovers was actress Sue Pollard famous for her role in the BAFTA-winning sitcom Hi-de-Hi! and singer Ingrid Mansfield Allman
It was in 1976 when George Harmanda after working for Archway Sheet Metal Works took the opportunity of opening the fish and Chip shop with his wife Loukia who were from the villages of Acheritou and Styllous in Cyprus respectively.They namely called it Quality Fish Bar and the family lived in the upper part and worked day and night to succeed with the help of their two older Children Maroulla and Chris, the two younger Children Tony and Eva were still at School but to later join the family business as did the son in law Maroula’s husband Kyriaco Hadjitheodosiou.The Father George retired in 1991.
Georges children Maroulla, Tony and Eva and son in law Kyriacos continued to run the fish and chip shop till now.
The wife and mother Loukia sadly passed away in 1981, the family continued to trade and at one time also served kebabs as there was a large local UK Cypriot population in the seventies and nineties living in Finsbury Park.
It was during this time when the son Chris became a co founder of London Greek Radio that today still gives Greek music to our community. Chris sadly passed away in 2018
