Retro cafe
I enjoyed an excellent coffee at the always reliable Retro cafe on Saturday afternoon while discussing the meaning of life and the virtues of a good scotch with a friend. I love their 1950s chrome and...
View Articlegirls and guns
One of the things I find most rewarding about wandering the streets and laneways is reading the commentary and seeing the revisioning of street art. In case the writing on the left breast is too small...
View ArticleFitzroy tiger
I’ve seen this tiger stencil before in North Fitzroy, but this example on Westgarth St near the corner of Napier St is better because it’s green. … This post was first published on Fitzroyalty. © Brian...
View ArticleEars and Phibs on Westgarth St
I’m not sure when this work was done, but it’s fairly recent. I haven’t seen it on Flickr so perhaps it’s only a week or two old? It’s on the corner of Westgarth and Napier streets. Perhaps done to to...
View Articledon’t call me stupid
Two recent pieces on Westgarth St. … This post was first published on Fitzroyalty. © Brian Ward.
View ArticleVessarios restaurant has closed
Vessarios Greek restaurant on Nicholson St has closed. I never tried it, partly because I kept forgetting it was there but mostly because of its reputation for slow service. Read Smells Like (2007) and...
View Articletribute to firefighters on Westgarth St wall
Around the corner from the Firefighters credit union building on Brunswick St, the same team of artists that worked on the Leicester St wall have also made Westgarth St more colourful. The artists were...
View Articleshopping in Fitzroy – Largo butcher on Brunswick St
Part of the appeal of living in Fitzroy is having everything I need within walking distance. I value having a great diversity of goods and services available in my immediate vicinity and like to...
View Articleat last, Fitzroy is promised a new public toilet
The City of Yarra is clueless when it comes to spending our money. It wastes thousands of dollars to pay business lobby groups and historical societies to build shit websites, but fails to meet its...
View Articlebuilding public toilets one slow painful step at a time
The City of Yarra’s pathetic dithering about the construction of a new public toilet in Fitzroy is giving me the shits. They are so fucking useless. The proposed toilet site on the corner of Westgarth...
View ArticleFitzroy history – from engineering works to unknown
I’m not entirely sure about the attribution I’m going to make in this post. The description says this building is located on the west side of Brunswick St and the north side of Westgarth St. There’s...
View ArticleMoz I presume?
Is this a stencil of Morrissey? By Nufevah on Westgarth St. … This post was first published on Fitzroyalty. © Brian Ward.
View Articleshow me the menu
A few people have asked me if I have eaten at Eat Drink Man Woman on Brunswick St and, if so, why I have not reviewed it. I have not been and am not planning to go until I can read the menu.… This post...
View Articledreaming
I can’t believe another restaurant has opened where L’Angolo Italiano closed last year and Vessarios before that in 2009. It’s a failed location. It has a complete vibe of failure. Why would anyone try...
View Articledon’t piss here
In the laneway off Westgarth St behind The Brix. … This post was first published on Fitzroyalty. © Brian Ward.
View ArticleThe Brix on Westgarth St has closed
I have been waiting for some time to publish this story wondering what has been happening to The Brix on Westgarth St just behind Brunswick St. It has closed for the second time, apparently...
View Articleoptimism: the business plan
What makes a business operator decide to open in a location that has housed numerous previous failures? In the case of 350 Nicholson Street Fitzroy, three businesses have failed there since 2009. The...
View Articleempanadas for lunch at La Dulcita on Brunswick St
After the closure of Juanita’s two years ago I was bereft, as I was deprived of south American treats. Sonido is great but doesn’t have the cakes that Juanita’s had. Now it seems there is a successor....
View ArticleLa Dulcita has closed
That was a surprise, and I’m not being sarcastic. I gave it a positive review. La Dulcita only opened two months ago in the front of the space that was Retro cafe, with Brother Burger along the...
View Articlea new cafe will open soon on Westgarth St
The overly ambitious and pretentious restaurant Brix on Westgarth St closed last year, and it has taken some time for a new business to make use of the space. A new cafe will open there soon. Hopefully...
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