Just Because It Means Something To Me
December 31st, 2009 at 11:22 am by BrianSadly, a local icon passed away yesterday afternoon. Doris Demos of the world-renowned, if not Mid-TN renowned, Demos’ restaurant chain died in Murfreesboro:
“She was the heart and soul of Demos’, and she made the heart and soul the way she did with her kids, which was with discipline of the staff — and she did it with 100 percent love,” he said.Peter explained that his mother had been in good health her entire life, but suffered a massive stroke Tuesday night that caused hemorrhaging next to her brain stem. She died on Wednesday afternoon.
I started going to Demos’ shortly after they opened when I attended MTSU. Mrs. Demos was an omnipresent fixture. Everything was always outstanding – the food, the staff – everything. Especially the price.
One night, and this is my only Doris Demos story, I ordered a steak that might have been a little too rare and did not feel so well afterwards. In what was sure to be a sign of things to come, I left a negative comment card on the table.
Bright and early the very next morning, I got a personal phone call from Mrs. Demos inviting me to come back and that she would take care of everything. And she did. That’s been over 15 years ago as much as it pains me to say and to this day I still go there for a bowl of baked chicken and rice soup whenever I start feel a cold coming on.
Godspeed, Mrs. D and condolences to the family. You are already missed.











