The Olympia Milk Bar, Stanmore, Sydney — Eamon Donnelly
October 30, 2023. Music: The Newcastle Song, Bob Hudson. I was prompted to write this story in response to the recent death of Mr Nicolas Fotiou, a Greek immigrant and deeply enigmatic man who owned and ran the Olympia Milk Bar in Sydney's Stanmore for nearly six decades. He had become something of a local legend, keeping the doors of his.
The Olympia Milk Bar, Stanmore, Sydney — Eamon Donnelly
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.
Owner of Olympia Milk Bar in Sydney's inner west inundated with offers to help reopen it
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
The Olympia Milk Bar, Stanmore, Sydney — Eamon Donnelly
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".
The Long Life of the Olympia Milk Bar LaptrinhX / News
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
Olympia (2014) a short documentary I directed about the Olympia Milk Bar in Sydney's inner
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.
the Olympia in its heyday Australian icons, Historical photos, Abc
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.
Sydney's iconic Olympia Milk Bar owner moves out after 62 years Daily Mail Online
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.
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 brother John
End of an era Olympia milk bar boarded up as owner moves out after 60 years Greek Herald
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 MILK BAR (Stanmore) All You Need to Know BEFORE You Go
The site of the iconic Olympia Milk Bar in the inner west Sydney suburb of Stanmore has gone up for sale for the first time in over 60 years. The 214 square metre site at 190 Parramatta Road, Stanmore is being advertised by Raine & Horne Commercial as a prime "rebuild" and "redevelopment opportunity."
Sydney's iconic Olympia Milk Bar owner moves out after 62 years DAILY SUN EXPRESS
One of Australia's oldest milk bars has closed its doors after the local council ordered it to be shut pending vital repairs to its ceiling and façade. Now friends are rallying around the elderly Greek owner of the iconic Olympia Milk Bar, in the inner-west Sydney suburb of Stanmore, hoping to help him to save the building so he can start.
Olympia Milk Bar Stanmore, Australia Atlas Obscura
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.
Olympia Bus stop, Milk bar, Olympia
Boarded up: the old Olympia milk bar on Parramatta Road at Stanmore. Rhett Wyman He briefly opened the front doors last year - telling the Herald he wanted customers to come though it was not clear what he could serve them - but council quickly told him to close again.
End of an era for Olympia Milk Bar in Stanmore Neos Kosmos
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.