Gertrude St florist Mr Lincoln closed recently. Their 5 year lease must have concluded. There’s no sign yet of a new business opening in its place.
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Archive for the category: Gertrude St
lunch at Karavan on Gertrude St
The former Frederick Gugenberg men’s fashion shop on the corner of Gertrude and Smith streets closed over a year ago and, in 2012, became the venue for some pop-up shops. It has recently reopened as Karavan, a Mediterranean / middle eastern cafe.
Although many new restaurants have opened in Fitzroy in the past few months, I am not inspired by the American diner trend and there are only so many burgers I want to eat.…
lunch at the Builders Arms bistro on Gertrude St
What can you do to amuse yourself on a rare day off work on a Monday (in this case the day between the weekend and the Melbourne Cup horses running in circles thing? Go somewhere nice for lunch of course, and with limited options for enticing places that open on Mondays, the bistro at the newly refurbished Builders Arms seemed the place to be.
The girlfriend and I started with some of the entrees: whipped cod roe, olive toasts with anchovies and crudité with smoked curd and pomegranate molasses (further below).…
Smart Alex moves to Gertrude St
Like Trippy Taco, Smart Alex hatters has relocated from Smith St to Gertrude St. It’s taken over half of the space of Books for Cooks, which has shrunk into a single street frontage.
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eyeless on Gertrude St
This photo was taken last weekend. Perhaps a precursor to Halloween?
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Adnate
Two examples of Adnate’s recent Aboriginal child portraits in Fitzroy. The first is on the south side of Gertrude St between Brunswick and Nicholson streets, and the second is on Fitzroy St just south of the corner with Johnston St. There are more images on Adnate’s blog.
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shopping on Gertrude St in 1875
These advertisements are from the Mercury newspaper (which was published in Fitzroy between 1875 – 1877) on 7 August 1875, p. 1.
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Francis Antiques on Gertrude St is closing
Expect another fancy bar / restaurant in this space in the west end of Gertrude St?
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Gertrude St Projection Festival
The opening night of the 2012 Gertrude St Projection Festival will be held tonight at the Workers Club, on the corner of Gertrude and Brunswick streets from 6.00pm. The festival runs 20-29 July. For more information see The Gertrude Association.
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