Old Vintage Melbourne

Old Vintage Melbourne: A Culinary Chronicle

By Chris Macheras
Chris Macheras is a Melbourne-based historian and writer best known for documenting the city’s social and cultural history through archival research, photography, and oral storytelling.

This richly illustrated book charts Melbourne’s food culture through the restaurants, cafés, pubs, bars, and markets that shaped the city’s identity. Featuring around 120 venues, it blends historic photographs with carefully researched narratives and firsthand contributions from owners and families. From long-standing institutions to much-loved places that no longer exist, it captures how food and hospitality helped define Melbourne’s everyday life across generations.

Product Features:

• Hardback book, 144 pages
• Size: 263 × 297 mm
• ISBN: 9781761381966
• Publisher: Scribe Publications

Fun Fact: Pellegrini’s Espresso Bar, featured in the book, opened in Melbourne in 1954 and is widely credited with introducing espresso culture to the city.