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Meet Tim Lymberopoulos of Fooducopia in Washington Park

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Today we’d like to introduce you to Tim Lymberopoulos.

Tim, before we jump into specific questions about the business, why don’t you give us some details about you and your story.
I opened Fooducopia because of one simple reason—I fell in love with good honest food. It truly changed my life. I discovered real food comes from small food producers. They put their heart and soul into their products and you can taste the difference. Combining these ingredients with Executive Chef Richard Glover’s culinary skills results in food that makes me pause, close my eyes, and say, “Wow, that was really good!” I opened Fooducopia so other people can discover this experience of eating good honest food. Once you try it, you’ll know what I mean when I say it will change your life.

We’re always bombarded by how great it is to pursue your passion, etc – but we’ve spoken with enough people to know that it’s not always easy. Overall, would you say things have been easy for you?
Good healthy food is expensive and takes time. The difficult part is incorporating this into a cost-conscious consumer. Over the last several decades in this country, we have been bombarded with marketing campaigns telling us cheaper, faster, and easier food is better. This movement has created a lot of inertia and it is challenging to sway the consumer back to quality instead of price and speed. Chef Richard and I were just discussing why people are willing to spend $6 on a fancy coffee drink and balk at a dozen pasture-raised eggs for the same price. Trust me, the eggs we get from Joe and Amish Acres Farm far exceed in flavor and nutrition any mass-produced eggs.

So let’s switch gears a bit and go into the Fooducopia story. Tell us more about the business.
Our restaurant is all about good honest food with friendly service. We source directly from several small food producers. Combine that with Chef Richard’s culinary skill and the food is fantastic. Our servers love to get to know the guests. It creates a community feels I think people are starving for.

Has luck played a meaningful role in your life and business?
Arnold Palmer said the more I practice, the luckier I get. I agree. The team works extremely hard and I think that leads to fortunate results.

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