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Fitzroy: Looking Up to Some History
Intrepidduck Says: Fitzroy being Melbourne's oldest suburb has alot of history to tell. This is especially so in some of it's buildings.
Intrepidduck Says: This is the main drag of Fitzroy, however the more traditional shopping main street is actually the inner suburban boundry with Collingwood of Smith Street.
Green Grocer: Definitely Melbourne
lesaandbill Says: A great place for brekkie...and a place which will give you an idea of what melbourne is all about. It is a never ending place for local restaurants and outdoor cafes. Everyone brings their dogs, their kids, their friends and their family to chill...eat...and drink coffee.
various cafes: Fitzroy's Cafe Culture
Intrepidduck Says: It is the coffee which originally brought me to Brunswick Street and kept me there. Since 1987, my first coffee related visit was to the "Black Cat Cafe", a visit which surely changed my life. I still remember those rays of light through the venitian blinds after I sipped...
Hibiscus: Hi class with no fuss
Damewah Says: A great place to go when you want a propper restaurant experience without the pomp and ceremony. 5 star food! Every dish I have tried was a winner
Mario's Café: no bookings, not even for Jerry Seinfeld
Damewah Says: This place is a Fitzroy institition. Come in and see if they have a table free (quite easy for two or three people). Marios is always busy and doesn't take bookings, just ask American comedian Jerry Seinfeld when he was down under on a short tour. "Mister Seinfeld would like...
The Morroccan Soup Bar: No menus - no prices!?!
Damewah Says: This resturant has no menusno pricesno Alchohol allowedBut people keep coming back and coming back for the food and the way the place is run with such care and passion. You know you are somewhere special when you walk in. The owner will take care of you in her own way. Oh...
The Afgan Gallery: Humble and happy
Damewah Says: The Afgan Gallery is a cosy and friendly place to eat. The Afgani food could be described as a mix between turkish and indian but you cannot really do it justice by saying that. It is just to give you a rough idea of the type of food. The setting is very exotic and you sit...
The Napier: Fitzroy back streets
millablake Says: This pub is an institution and is always packed with locals. It has a homestyle, cozy feel.Good selection of drinks and pub meals (including vegetarian). But you may be waiting a while for your food...There is a pool table.The Napier is a 20 minute walk from Melbourne CBD,...
Labour In Vain: Labour In Vain
millablake Says: This country style pub has its very own brew on tap: 'Fitzroy Amber'There is a rooftop garden open in summer months.Live music on Sunday nights.Star spotting: Melbourne boys Jet are locals. If you like that kind of thing.Open: Sun 1.30pm-11pm, Mon-Sat 1.30pm-1am, Closed:...
Larnie Says: Great on a wintery Sunday afternoon (especially after a footy game at Optus Oval), if you want to listen to some cool tunes, but be able to hear your friends without yelling at each other.If you're lucky the deli across the road will bring over some left over focaccia's and...
Milly Sleeping: Milly Sleeping
millablake Says: Young fashion designers, international and local. Cutting edge. Unique. Wonderful staff.The shop also has regular art exhibitions.
various: Fitzroy: Shop to you drop in "B" Street!
Intrepidduck Says: Over the past 25 years or so Brunswick Street has transgressed form a street of rag trade industries to that of a more fashionable shopping strip. Interestingly the old businesses of the so called rag trade, the last one closed it's doors in early 2003, were not necessarily...
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Being a part of Brunswick Street is what it's all about. Finding your place on this street is about discovering your self, and also finding others who are doing it also! Don't be just what you can buy on a boutique shelf, that's just too easy. So many people come to Brunswick Street to people watch, there isn't so much harm in that, but don't spent your whole life doing that when "you" could really be part of the scene your self. Some people try, some people don't need to they just fit into the vibe of the street.
Updated Feb 2, 2006
Intrepidduck Says: For 20 years I have observed the development of various styles and genres of graffiti art in Melbourne - imported and home grown styles.This outlawish nature of the graffiti artist has long been an interest of mine. Fitzroy is one place to find the works of Melbourne's...
Intrepidduck Says: North Fitzroy has gone from a kind of forgotten corner to quite a diversely pleasant place and very popular address in the past decade. It's hub is around a supermarket, but one which is independantly owned and has a good selection of imported beers! There is a kind of a...
Intrepidduck Says: Fitzroy and Collingwood's doors are something to look at. Many go straight onto the street and some appear in odd places, while others give clues to the inhabitants behind.
Intrepidduck Says: Nothing beats walking the back streets of this small inner city suburb. There are all sorts of surprises such as local pubs, although fast being discovered by those of further afield; small commercial and artist run galleries; the classic Australian corner store or better...
Old victorian style gardens with a real life
Damewah Says: The edinburough Gardens are a great place to spend a Sunday afternoon in north fitzroy. you can hang out in the dog area and watch all the pooches interact, watch the local skaters 'rip up' the skate bowl or have a BBQ with the free council electric BBQ. Sundays also host...
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Favorite thing: The architecture and general street scape has great appeal on Brunswick Street. There one finds countless relics from Melbourne's golden age of Neo-classical and Victorian era construction. One of the true gems of this age would have to be the Beswicke Building, located at the corner of Greeves and Brunswick Streets, Fitzroy.
Fondest memory: On the 1st October 1987 a friend of mine first took me to the "Black Cat Cafe", Fitzroy. As we were alighting the tram the first interesting feature which took my surprise, directly 3 levels above the cafe's entrance, was this "bell shaped tower" at the top corner of the c1888 Beswicke Building. This is a mysterious building, built by a little known architect who had built the 4th tallest building in the world in 1888 (12 levels) and now demolished. The so called "Beswicke Building" has a presence so strong while at the same time going unnoticed. The most parcular thing is that in the 10 years I sold my cards on Brunswick Street, many people who commented on my pictures of the building couldn't actually place where it was. Some asked if was in Prague, Paris or even India! My street stall was in a good place where I could conviently point up several hundred meters up the street to show them where it actually was. One of the most rediculous things I noticed from one apparent local artist was that one of his paintings of the Beswicke Building, sold as a postcard, had the "bell tower" missing as he had forgotten to include it!
Updated Jun 21, 2004
I am making this fitzroy section to encourage tourist out of the usual places. Melbourne is so much more than The arts Centre, penquins and St.Kilda. You can't judge a book by its cover, you need to...
Melbourne's Fitzroy and Collingwood
Brunswick Street is in Melbourne's oldest suburb of Fitzroy. It starts a short distance from the spire of St Patrick's Cathedral and runs beyond the obelisk like spire of the Hungarian Church, several...
Not strictly in Fitzroy, in carlton. They scratch, but only if you don't give them food.
Fitzroy is an inner suburb of Melbourne, quite close to the centre of the city. As my Melbourne travelogues are filling up, I decided to make this page to display the photos of a great party at a...
Build your own Fitzroy page
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