Sunshine Grille

Owners Bill and Effie Marvelis are a husband-wife team with over twenty-five years experience in all facets of the restaurant business. The Sunshine Grille is not their first venture, as Bill and Effie each owned their own restaurants when they first met over fifteen years ago.Effie was part-owner of Sandwich King, a beer and breakfast joint in the Lexington Market. The menu appealed to those working the graveyard shift at the University of Maryland and other twenty-four hour facilities in Baltimore. Nearing six in the morning, lines would start to form with tired and hungry customers waiting to scarf down pancakes, waffles, eggs or breakfast sandwiches. All these breakfast items were washed down with a cold draught beer.Bill was the owner of Andy’s, a veritable cheese steak factory also located in the Lexington Market. Two six-foot grills powered this amazing place: one for cooking and the other for serving. Huge mounds of tender, perfectly seasoned beef were stuffed into a sub rolls and dressed to the customers’ liking. At this time, Bill was also running Mount Olympus, a Greek and vegetarian stall located right next to Andy’s.