Interviews After narrowing down the Atlas concept a bit, it was necessary to conduct one on one interviews with the community to be able to asses if indeed the community felt the same way as me about this cultural issue on Long Island. Leona knew she needed to ask people who identified as Greek- Americans as well as people who were other nationalities. After all, a restaurant should service all people. Her first step was to come up with a list of questions to help guide her interviewees quickly through the interview. She hoped to be able to ask as many important and relevant questions as possible. The questions needed to be open ended to help create a fluid flow of natural and candid answers. Some of the questions where: “Have you ever had Greek food? If so where and how was your experience?” Or “Have you ever experienced a Greek restaurant that left you upset either by service of by the authenticity of food.” Another was “ Do you wish that there was more of an authentic presence of cultures like the Greek culture here on Long Island rather than in the city?” These questions raised more questions which kept the interviews fluid and informative. The list for people who did not identify as Greek- Americans was a bit different than that of Greek- Americans because certain questions did not pertain to one another. For example, the Greek- American interviewees were asked some questions based off of the authenticity of the Greek food here on Long Island. If the others answered that they have never been to Greece for one of Leona’s questions then a different set of questions were asked instead. 49
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