Two years after opening the Acropolis, the Katsamas family of Windham can count their Greek restaurant in a Portland success. However, it’s the business they’re opening in Westbrook next month that they dreamed of when they moved to Maine.

Just off Route 302, in the former flea market on Elmwood Avenue, Zoe and Niko Katsamas are putting the finishing touches on the restaurant and banquet hall, also called Acropolis, that they hope to open by the first week in September.

Though they still have tables to set up, staff to hire and bands to book, their vision of a restaurant where families can spend hours enjoying food, drinks and live entertainment has been a solidified in their minds for years.

“We don’t want to flip your table, take your money and leave,” said Zoe Katsamas. “We want to keep you here when you get here.”

Getting to know their customers is what the Katsamases like best about their work – and what has made their location on Forest Avenue in Portland so successful. They said they’re always at the restaurant, talking to customers and sitting at their tables. They said they have many regulars who they have come to count as friends and hope the same thing happens in Westbrook.

“People want to see us, and we want to see them, too,” Niko Katsamas said about being a presence in his restaurants.

The Katsamases want the new restaurant to be comfortable, so that customers can relax just like they would in their own living room. Though the menu won’t be as extensive as the one for the Portland restaurant, they imagine groups sitting down on the couches in the lounge area with a bottle of wine, sharing a variety of Greek appetizers, like calamari, fried zucchini and stuffed grape leaves, while enjoying the entertainment of the evening – and maybe even getting up and dancing themselves. Later on, they can order from a selection of grilled items for a main meal.

The restaurant will be open for dinner Wednesday through Saturday, though they will book functions, like baptisms or wedding receptions, on the other days of the week. Every night, at least two acts will take the stage. They plan to have dinner music and belly dancers earlier in the night, followed by different kinds of entertainment, from traditional Greek musicians to comedians, until 1 a.m.

The business hours have caused some concern for neighbors about late night noise.

John and Judy Fallon, who live nearby on Wildwood Circle, said they were disappointed that they city didn’t notify them that restaurant was moving in next door, so that they could voice their opinion. According to Code Enforcement Officer Rick Gouzie, the city was not required to notify residents because the restaurant is a permitted use in the zone.

“I don’t want a barroom next door,” said John Fallon. “This is a residential neighborhood.”

Despite the late hours, the Katsamases said their restaurant will be a far cry from a watering hole for twenty-somethings. In fact, they wanted to open it as a place for older people to get away from the bar scene in the Old Port and even downtown Westbrook.

“It’s going to be a completely family atmosphere,” Zoe Katsamas said. “We wanted some place for people like us.”

Adding to the family feel, among the evening entertainers will be the Katsamases children, Mano, 13, Joseph, 12, and Litsa, 8, who play traditional Greek music – and were practicing last week as their parents ran around trying to get the restaurant in order.

Zoe Katsamas said the children will frequently get up and perform in between other acts, “just not on school nights.”

The children get their musical talent from their father, who was a singer before becoming a restaurant owner. Originally from Crete, Niko Katsamas met his wife in Boston while on tour of the United States with his band.

Though Zoe Katsamas grew up mostly in Massachusetts, she was born in Greece, on the island of Lesbos, and after the couple married, they returned to their home country, where they raised their children and owned a restaurant that they said was very similar to what they have planned for Westbrook.

After running two successful restaurants in both countries, the Katsamases said they’re not nervous that their Westbrook location won’t take off as well, especially considering the support they have gotten from the city and their Portland customers.

“We just want to get it opened,” said Zoe Katsamas. “We’re almost there.”

From left, Mano,13, Litsa,8, and Joseph Katsamas, 12, all of Windham, practice playing and singing at their family restaurant and banquet hall, Acropolis, which is scheduled to open the first week of September. The restaurant is the second opened by their parents,