Sydney's iconic Olympia Milk Bar owner moves out after 62 years Daily Mail Online
Olympia Milk Bar on Parramatta Road in Stanmore on Sydney's inner west is a neighbourhood legend Greek immigrant owner Nicholas Fotiou, 91, ran the store since buying it in 1959 with his.
The Olympia Milk Bar, Stanmore, Sydney — Eamon Donnelly
Located on 190 Paramatta Road in Stanmore, Sydney, Olympia Milk Bar was taken over by Mr Fotiou and his brother John in 1959 and remained open for more than 50 years. It closed its doors in 2017. Olympia Milk Bar was open six to seven days a week. Photo: Effy Alexakis.
The Olympia Milk Bar, Stanmore, Sydney — Eamon Donnelly
This is the Olympia Milk Bar standing at 190 Parramatta Road. It is an iconic shop particularly for locals as it has remained relatively unchanged since it's opening in 1939. Before becoming the Olympia, the building was a billiard room (1912) which complemented the skating rink next door.
Sydney's iconic Olympia Milk Bar owner moves out after 62 years DAILY SUN EXPRESS
Sydney The real story behind a Sydney icon user October 6, 2023 They spent time in country NSW learning the milk bar trade - immigration records suggest he was sponsored by owners of a Greek cafe in Wagga - before buying the Olympia in the late 1950s. The younger Fotiou was naturalised in 1968. Loading
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The legendary Olympia Milkbar on Parramatta Rd at Annandale which is being closed down by the local council after it declared the building to be derelict. Pic: Olympia Milkbar Facebook page "The Olympia Milk Bar has retained its name and fabric from 1939.
the Olympia in its heyday Australian icons, Historical photos, Abc
Olympia Milk Bar on Parramatta Road in Stanmore on Sydney's inner west is a neighbourhood legend Greek immigrant owner Nicholas Fotiou, 91, ran the store since buying it in 1959 with his brother John
Olympia Milk Bar Inner West community left in dark about Parramatta Rd store’s future Daily
7 April 2021 1:06pm The boards have finally gone up on a fading Sydney landmark , the Olympia Milk Bar on Paramatta Road, Stanmore. The owner, Nick Fotiou, who is in his 90s, has finally shut.
Olympia Milk Bar Stanmore, Australia Atlas Obscura
The Secret Unveiled: The Story Behind the Iconic Milk Bar. As Sydney embraced modernity, the old Greek milk bar remained frozen in time. Fotiou died in a Belmore nursing home, over two years after being forcibly removed from the milk bar due to safety concerns. Glen says Fotiou was 13 years old when he left Repanidi, a village north of the.
Owner of Olympia Milk Bar in Sydney's inner west inundated with offers to help reopen it
Two decades earlier, an artisan of the art deco era had laid the coloured terrazzo that says "Olympia"; the milk bar opened to service patrons of the adjacent Olympia De-Luxe Theatre in 1939, the year of Gone With the Wind and The Wizard of Oz.
Sydney's iconic Olympia Milk Bar owner moves out after 62 years Daily Mail Online
The old Olympia milk bar - a landmark on Parramatta Road at Stanmore - has kept sadly declining since it closed late last year. The sign out front is full of gaps: "SNACK_, SMOKES, S_E_ _S," it reads. The window is partly boarded up. The awning is black with dirt. The rundown exterior of the Olympia milk bar. Jessica Hromas
The Olympia Milk Bar Stanmore, was produced as part of the ‘Cherish your Inner West’ series
72 Want to Visit? 219 Olympia Milk Bar interior Newtown Graffiti (Creative Commons) Sometimes known as "The Haunted Milk Bar," this shopfront retaining much of its original 1939 interior,.
The Long Life of the Olympia Milk Bar LaptrinhX / News
Over the decades, The Olympia Milk Bar, situated at 190 Parramatta Rd, Stanmore, has built up a cult following since it first opened in 1939. But after years of falling into disrepair, the owner.
Travel through time at the Olympia Milk Bar History of Sydney
Olympia milk bar Stanmore: The real story behind a Sydney icon National NSW City life For decades, passersby would peer into Nicolas' shop. Nobody knew the real story behind the iconic milk bar Jordan Baker and Garry Maddox October 7, 2023 — 5.00am Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size
Olympia (2014) a short documentary I directed about the Olympia Milk Bar in Sydney's inner
03/04/2021 Category News Australia The Olympia milk bar has remained shut for the past four years, after falling into disrepair in 2017, yet the Greek locals of Stanmore kept hope that the iconic milk bar would return.
End of an era Olympia milk bar boarded up as owner moves out after 60 years Greek Herald
Olympia Milk Bar on Parramatta Road Parramatta Road is notorious in Sydney for being the clogged artery that connects the Western suburbs to the heart of the city, a transitional space of car washes and dealerships and fast food restaurants, but for six years I called a part of it home.
Sydney's iconic Olympia Milk Bar owner moves out after 62 years Daily Mail Online
One of Sydney's oldest milk bars, Olympic Milk Bar, has been forced to close its doors. The Inner West Council told Broadsheet the store, located at 190 Parramatta Road in Stanmore, was ordered to shut because of "serious safety concerns and structural concerns".