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

This article was written by Campbell Mattinson, former chief editor of the Halliday Wine Companion book, former editor of Halliday magazine, former editor of Australian Sommelier Magazine and founder of the highly respected The Winefront site.

Mattinson has been a respected wine critic and photo-journalist since 1987. He’s the only Australian to have won the Australian Wine Communicator of the Year Award more than once. He’s a past winner of a Louis Roederer International Wine Media Award; is the author of the award-winning book The Wine Hunter; and is the author of the best-selling novel We Were Not Men. He’s also a winner of a St Kilda Film Festival Award (as writer-director) and is a former winner of the prized Best Australian Sports Writing Award.

Mattinson puts a score out of 100 on every wine that he reviews. But what he’d rather do, is tell you the wine’s story.

https://www.campbellmattinson.com
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