Yia Yia Nikki’s grand opening.New Greek restaurant opens in downtown Pullman on Jan. 18 Anteia McCollum01.20.2021(Updated: 01.27.2021) 0 Comments Life, Multimedia business feature, Multimedia, restaurant A finishing touch of sauce is added to a pita filled with veggies and chicken shawarma. Chicken Shawarma cooks on a grill alongside some warming pita.A chef uses a pan with the side cut off to gather meat off the grill.An employee gathers together a finished order stacked neatly in to go boxes.Vacuum tubes reveal the building which is now Yia Yia Nikki was previously a bank.Tina Desouky takes an order from a caller, writing it down as she listens.A patron waits in their car under what was once the drive through of a bank.Ori Desouky can be seen through the drive through window as customers wait for their orders.A batch of falafel waits in a sheet pan to be deep-fried.Monir Desouky uses the speakers installed in the vacuum tube system to take a customer’s order.Moe Desouky cooks on the grill while gyro meat, seasoned lamb and beef, rotates on a rotisserie.Tina Desouky makes her eighth batch of falafel, which she says is a lot, on Monday.A customer waits for his food to be delivered across the counter.The line of traffic around 5 p.m. Monday wrapped around the building and only continued to grow after rush hour. Be the first to know more about Yia Yia Nikki’s by tuning in to the upcoming article about the new restaurant.