Tag Archives: Italian restaurant

Maria’s Trattoria

This is a story of a working collaboration between two women that spans more than a quarter of a century.  Together, they are Maria’s Trattoria.  One works front of house and the other back of house.  They have been providing hearty Italian meals and a warm welcome to Melburnians for more than 25 years.  This [...]

Giuseppe Arnaldo & Sons

The essence of Melbourne can be distilled from places such as the restaurant Giuseppe Arnaldo & Sons.  It is a story of family, migration, Australian farming produce, a creative vision and bloody hard work.  The restaurant is named after the fathers of the two owners.  From the moment you step inside the dimly lit restaurant, [...]

Il Cantuccio

Some Melburnians believe that the Italian restaurants in Lygon Street are best left for the tourists.  I am not one of them.  Whilst there is an entire strip I avoid (where the waiters are not waiting but on the pavement approaching passersby), there is still some hearty authentic Italian food to be had in Lygon [...]