Australia’s Greek Cafés & Milk Bars: Shaken & Stirred on SBS and SBS on Demand – Before the golden arches, before the coffee chains, before Australia embraced the world on a plate, there was the Greek café and milk bar.
These shops were scattered across every suburb and country town and didn’t just serve milkshakes and mixed grills. They revolutionised what Australians ate, where they gathered and how they understood community.
Australia’s Greek Cafés & Milk Bars tells the remarkable story of migrants who left Greece to escape war and poverty in search of a better life, arriving in Australia with little more than determination and a willingness to work all hours.
They joined the gold rushes of Victoria, NSW and Western Australia. Some with an entrepreneurial eye saw a gap in the food business.
With an added dollop of modern American culture – Hollywood and hamburgers – in just a few years, thousands of cafés and milk bars had popped up across the nation becoming “a curious symbol of the Australian country town.”
Australia’s Greek Cafés & Milk Bars: Shaken & Stirred on SBS and SBS on Demand – Premiere / Monday 20 April at 7.30pm
TV Central SBS content HERE
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