Tag: brunswick
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In a Room Full of Ostentatious Furniture, Melbourne Icon Franco Cozzo Still Looms Largest
“Megalo, megalo, megalo!” It’s the slogan Italian-Australian Franco Cozzo used to spruik his Baroque-style furniture in low-budget ’80s TV ads. But “megalo”, meaning “large” in Greek, is just as true of the 85-year-old’s charismatic personality. The furniture mogul, who came from Sicily to “Foot-is-cray” in 1956, commands the (show)room with his tongue-in-cheek humour, unmistakable thick accent and […]
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Now Open: A Brunswick Gelateria Specialising in Tartufo
Tartufo is a traditional, spherical ice-cream dessert that originated in the small seaside town of Pizzo in southern Italy. Pizzo is a 30-minute drive from Acquaro, the hometown of Gelateria Bico co-owner Domenico Gaglioti. “Whenever we go back to Italy, we like to go to Pizzo just to indulge in a tartufo,” says Gaglioti’s son […]
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First Look: Harper & Blohm Opens in Brunswick
Written for Broadsheet Cheesemonger Olivia Sutton grew up surrounded by cheese. Her family owned a farm on Tasmania’s King Island, and she’d return from family holidays there with a three-kilogram wheel of brie to share with her boarding-school friends, which they’d quickly put to use making fancy toasties. Sutton’s first move into the cheese industry […]
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The East Brunswick Hotel Returns
Written for Broadsheet Scott Didier spent most of his childhood in Brunswick. His grandfather used to drink at the East Brunswick Hotel (formerly the East Brunswick Club) back in the day. So, when the pub went on the market in 2017 he saw it as the perfect excuse to get the whole family involved. “We […]
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Sparkly Bear Cinemas is Coming to Brunswick
Written for Broadsheet A new 10-screen cinema and dining precinct will arrive in Weston Street, Brunswick by 2020. Sparkly Bear – adopted from the locals’ nickname for the nearby Barkly Square shopping centre – will be the fourth cinema from the team behind the Classic, Lido and Cameo Cinemas in Elsternwick, Hawthorn and Belgrave respectively. […]
Stephanie Vigilante 