Transformation

AUBURN - The sign outside Kosta's on Grant Avenue may suggest it's still a family restaurant, but several changes inside the building have transformed it into a bar and grill.

The most immediately noticeable change is the bar itself, which was installed where the restaurant's breakfast counter was once stationed. The renovation took four months to finish, but Kosta's owner John Gotsis is pleased by the results.

“The response has been really good and positive,” said Gotsis, whose brothers, Tom and Sam, own the Port Byron Diner and Zorba's Pizzeria in Liverpool, respectively.