Past Lives

Armenian Restaurant Owner Serves a 'Holy' Dish

The owner of the latest restaurant in downtown Skokie has one unique background.

Downtown Skokie's latest edition adds another ethnic restaurant to an already robust pallet of choices in the downtown area.   Siunik Armenian Grill, 4839 Oakton St., opened its doors in January, but the man behind the grill took an interesting path to becoming his own boss. Originally a deacon for St. James Church in Evanston, owner Levon Kirakosyan, 30, made the move from man of God to chef after friends encouraged him to open his own restaurant, he said. "I worked at St. James for six years. I was basically a pastor, with exception, I couldn't do Sacrament," Kirakosyan said. "When I was doing my duties as a pastor, people would sometimes come to my home to talk to me. Everyone would taste my mom's food and say how good and healthy it is…

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