Ode To A Grecian Coffee Cup

Reminders about this year's Summer Olympics will grace Greek coffee cups. The iconic and beloved blue, white and tan/gold cups (the design is called Anthora) will get NBC-Olympic-coverage branded, which is the first change to the design since 1963 according to the Daily News. New Yorkers are split on the new cup (the "We Are Happy To Serve You" will stay), with a Greek hot dog vendor, Demetres Petridis, telling the DN, "If it's only during the Olympics, I guess it's okay. But why change the cup at all?" Well, Demetres, NBC says it's always looking for "off-channel initiatives to connect the Olympics to the viewers" and sparked to the "ubiquitous Greek-American icon." Gothamist thinks that their time would better be spent at the wishing well with many pennies, because construction on the Olympic stadiums and facilities is still lagging. But we must say that this NBC branded cup is better than the ugly North Fork coffee cups we've been getting from the coffee guy on our corner; Gothamist expects to be using the NBC Olympics 2004 cups until the 2008 Olympics.

Admiration for the Greek coffee cup from NY Trash. And the Solo Cup Company gets orders for cups from production companies that want to give their set-in-NY movies or TV shows authenticity. [Updated:] Yes, there are even Greek coffee cup t-shirts and clocks at Tasty Inc.

Contact the author of this article or email tips@gothamist.com with further questions, comments or tips.

By Jen Chung in News on July 8, 2004 1:36 PM

Comments [rss]

Danny

can you update this....the TIMES obit was FIB

I found the smoking gun...sigh....I KNEW IT......Mr Buck, RIP, great

man, but he did not design the anthora Cup of Inspiration

http://northwardho.blogspot.com/2010/05/leslie-buck-holocaust-survivor-and.html

Question on NY Times website 1995....

. What OR WHO inspired the Greek design on so many takeout coffee cups?

ANSWER

You're not talking about just any cup. That's the legendary Anthora,

perhaps the most successful cup in history.

Thirty years ago, the Sherri Cup Company of Kensington, Conn., in the

1960s, 1963 in fact, had just started and was trying to break into New

York, the caffeine capital of the East Coast. "New York City was the

theater we were playing," said Frank Fonteyn, marketing manager for

the company.

****The design TEAM **** came up with Anthora, a cup aimed at

Greek-Americans who ran many diners and delis in the city: Greek

lettering, Greek bordering, Greek vase and the colors of the Greek

flag -- blue and white. IT WAS NOT SINGLEHANDEDLY DESIGNED BY LESLIE

BUCK AS HIS FAMILY CLAIMS.....

Danny

can you update this....the TIMES obit was FIB

I found the smoking gun...sigh....I KNEW IT......Mr Buck, RIP, great

man, but he did not design the anthora Cup of Inspiration

http://northwardho.blogspot.com/2010/05/leslie-buck-holocaust-survivor-and.html

Question on NY Times website 1995....

. What OR WHO inspired the Greek design on so many takeout coffee cups?

ANSWER

You're not talking about just any cup. That's the legendary Anthora,

perhaps the most successful cup in history.

Thirty years ago, the Sherri Cup Company of Kensington, Conn., in the

1960s, 1963 in fact, had just started and was trying to break into New

York, the caffeine capital of the East Coast. "New York City was the

theater we were playing," said Frank Fonteyn, marketing manager for

the company.

****The design TEAM **** came up with Anthora, a cup aimed at

Greek-Americans who ran many diners and delis in the city: Greek

lettering, Greek bordering, Greek vase and the colors of the Greek

flag -- blue and white. IT WAS NOT SINGLEHANDEDLY DESIGNED BY LESLIE

BUCK AS HIS FAMILY CLAIMS.....

Bob

Solo doesnt make the Anthora cups,

Sherri Cup Company does...

David

Y'know, the Beastie Boys did this years ago.

http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1425455/19981113/story.jhtml

cb/cityrag

on the buy-products tip - adding the very cool Lucky Beggars Purse...

http://wishingfish.com/luckybeggar.html

http://www.thelibraryshop.org/coffeecuppurse.html

http://www.alphabetsnyc.com/