Comments on: The Grand Lady of St Kilda https://www.jwire.com.au/the-grand-lady-of-st-kilda/ Australia, NZ and worldwide Jewish news that matters Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:41:18 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Adrian Jackson https://www.jwire.com.au/the-grand-lady-of-st-kilda/#comment-272253 Fri, 10 Nov 2017 06:41:18 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=78488#comment-272253 A few years ago the huge newsagency at the southern end of Acland St closed and the shop sub divided into more of the same. It use to carry not only Melbourne papers but many foreign language papers too.

Acland Street is now mostly restaurants and cafes, tourist and novelty shops plus hair dressers and beauty shops.

The odd fish monger and butchers exists but not as many as in the past.

]]> By: Adrian Jackson https://www.jwire.com.au/the-grand-lady-of-st-kilda/#comment-271873 Wed, 08 Nov 2017 12:04:41 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=78488#comment-271873 When I moved to South Melbourne in 1980 many Acland St shops were closed on Saturday but open on Sunday. Not good for business, locals or tourism.

I use to drive their in the 1980’s/1990’s to buy take away from the Fairy Stork Chinese restaurant but it closed over a decade ago and has been replace with a “yuppy” place.

The current Coles development called “Acland Court” was once a huge secondhand furniture store. Crammed with stuff and a potential fire risk too.

This change in recent decades and the shops are all open 7 days now.

Unfortunately in 2016 the street is blocked off to cars at the southern end which is disaster for business and through traffic.

]]> By: Mary Krantzler https://www.jwire.com.au/the-grand-lady-of-st-kilda/#comment-271723 Tue, 07 Nov 2017 14:07:10 +0000 http://www.jwire.com.au/?p=78488#comment-271723 Regarding Acland Street.: I arrived in 1940 at the age of one with my parents,.
I remember at the age of 6-7 going shopping to Acland Street with my mother to Giller’s Delicatessen
We picked the pickles out of a huge barrel, they had the best shmaltz herring which my mother made even better. We bought a variety of lunch meats there, all kosher of course.
We bought butter and cheeses and farmers cheese, cream cheese. You name it, they had it. I remember
a restaurant owned by a man nicknamed “ Pipick”. I have forgotten his real name but his food was great and he was a lovable character. I don’t remember the places you have mentioned except for Sheherazard
And the Monarch cake shop. Those were wonderful memories and whenever I return from the U.S. to visit Melbourne. I make the pilgrimage to Acland Street.
I have been all over the world but have never found a street that compares to it.Tourists take pictures of the cakes in the windows. Yum!!!!
Mary Krantzler ( née Urbach )
Miami, Florida
USA

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