Last night, a Saturday night, which was a good Kastro bar night, Yiannis “ZORO” Rafaelidis died. Yiannis was ill for a while. He was buried this Sunday afternoon.
He would take it easy, get his pension and start fishing more and he would start organizing parties again and talk and talk because that is what Yiannis liked, talk to people, get to know them. That was his thing and that is why the famous Kastro bar that he owned was so successful.
Zoro was a great plumber and his sons Thodoris and Stelios followed in his footsteps and took over the business. Yiannis was thankful for that and he started making his plans. He wanted a website about Kastro bar. The beginning is there. John Gill set it up for him and loaded up many photos of that wonderful time between the end of 1970’s and the middle 1990’s. The history of the bar is there. The link is here; Kastro bar
Zoro will be missed by many many people.
I’ll miss him at lot. Terma la musica old friend. Καλό Ταξίδι.
Sorry to hear about Zoros death
Ruth
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We had a brilliant evening with both Zoro and John Gill last year. And yes, he talked and talked and we left the taverna at 2 a.m. but he was interesting. How times change.
Lynn & Keith
We were both very sad this morning to see this news. Zoro was a really colourful character and we will miss seeing him on the Island, he was also a great plumber and always there to lend a hand when you needed him. May you R.I.P Zorro. x
So sad to have this news. Condolences to family and friends. Liz and Hilary