Cafes, Shops & Cinemas

Gunnedah, NSW. 1940's. Theothosios Koroneos - Theo Corones - was sponsored to Australia, as a youth, by his maternal uncle George, and aunty Georgia, later of Beverley Hills. He lost a leg to an infection in his late twe...

Shown in this photo is Main Street in Salinas, CA in the early 1930's. The sign for the Hotel Cominos can be seen in the upper right corner. See also: Hotel Cominos-Salinas, CA – 1919-1960’s Cominos Family with NY Kytho...

George and Mike Cominos, 2 of 8 of the children of Sophia Georgopoulos and Nicholas Cominos, immigrated to California from the island of Kythera. They owned and operated several restaurants before settling in Salinas, Ca...

My Grandparents Con and Ralia Comino built and operated this General Store in Charleville in the 1930s before moving to Maroochydore after the Second World War.

My Grandparents Manuel and Gregoria Raisis operated a cafe in Gordonvale, Qld in the 1930s and 1940s before moving to Brisbane in the 1950s.

My Grandparents Con and Ralia Comino moved to Maroochydore from Charleville about 1946 and operated the Star Theatre, Maroochydore until the 1970s. This picture features Con and Ralia Comino working behind the Theatre Ca...

This Photo Taken from the roof of monterey cafe Narrabri taken by myself. Anzac day

I worked from 1954 till 1958 For Peter & Loula Zantiotis

George Minas Kallinicos came to Australia in 1935 at the age of 16. He came from the village of Fratsia. George was ‘apprenticed’ in cafés in Mitchell and Toowoomba before he and his cousin, Kosmas Kallinicos, converted...

...before a large audience at the Greek Cafes function at the Ipswich Art Gallery on Tuesday. 11th September, 2007. Greek cafes era recalled An Ipswich book brought more than 100 people together on Tuesday for a trip dow...

A major photographic social history exhibition Selling an American Dream: Australian’s Greek Café, will open in Chicago in 2007, and travel to Washington, D.C., and New York before touring Australia. The exhibition chall...

Australian Broadcasting Corporation Broadcast: 18/06/2007 Reporter: Peter McCutcheon Australia in the mid-20th century was a boom time for a type of business that has all but disappeared. With names like the Paragon, the...

A strawberry sundae. One of the nostalgic delights from the Bell's Milk Bar Remember those delicious icy-cold milkshakes of your youth? You know the ones... the froth and bubbles spilled over the top of the metal milk­sh...

Of the type owned by numerous Kytherians. Loaction to be notified.

The pressed tin ceiling may well be the original roof from 1928(?). 17th April, 2007. As Peter Makarthis has pointed out: "The premises was buit by Angelo Crithary at Warialda NSW in 1928. The premises are largely intact...

The original Central Cafe sign is still extant. 17th April, 2007. As Peter Makarthis has pointed out: "The premises was buit by Angelo Crithary at Warialda NSW in 1928. The premises are largely intact and the Central Caf...

Manuel Aroney, Archie Kalokerinos & George Poulos, standing on the footpath. 17th April, 2007. As Peter Makarthis has pointed out: "The premises was buit by Angelo Crithary at Warialda NSW in 1928. The premises are large...

16th April, 2007. The plaques acknowledge the Kytherian founders of the building. The array is made up of: Photo's left to right, then proceeding clockwise: Left: Peter Feros Katsehamos (left) and George Psaltis Katsavia...

Pictured behind the 1930's glamorous art-deco counter, designed by Stephen Varvaressos are [left to right] Manni and Loula Zantiotis, Wayne and Toni Faint & their son Nathan. It was the end of an era in Gunnedah at the w...

Author: Toni Risson When Published: 2007 Publisher: Toni Risson Description: Large A4 book. 240 pages. TO ORDER: Phone: (07) 3281 1525 or 0439 664 291 Enquiries: Contact Toni Risson by email here Or, send, name, address...