Franco Cozzo building, Footscray, prior to the renovation

There were Franco Cozzo stores in North Melbourne, Brunswick and Footscray. All were famous, but the Footscray store in Hopkins Street, courtesy of Franco’s beautiful re-naming of it as Foot-is-cray, is the Franco legend’s spiritual home. It’s just been redeveloped into a (pretty good by the looks) brewery. This photograph, taken in 2023, is after Franco’s time, and prior to the start of the renovation. Not quite a last-chance-to-see moment, but something like it. Anyway, I like it as a pic, and love the building. Megalo, Megalo, Megalo!

Campbell Mattinson writes for The Winefront.

Franco Cozzo building in Hopkins Street, Footscray prior to the renovation.
Picture copyright Campbell Mattinson 2023.

Campbell Mattinson

Campbell Mattinson has been an independent journalist, wine critic and photographer for forty years. He founded The Winefront, is a former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion (and former editor of Halliday magazine), and is the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He is 100% independent, and tastes between 5,000 and 10,000 wines each year, blind and in comparative brackets as often as is practicable.

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Mattinson is also the founder of the Mattinson Photography business.

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