tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.comments2023-12-16T15:26:03.334-08:00The Blue Bird for Good Books and CoffeeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-46759955456769688602016-02-17T21:08:55.222-08:002016-02-17T21:08:55.222-08:00Great history. So nice that it is still operating ...Great history. So nice that it is still operating with many of the features still on show Allannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-22323488765403874752015-12-21T16:37:26.603-08:002015-12-21T16:37:26.603-08:00It was great to re-visit this café in September 20...It was great to re-visit this café in September 2015 after we had an evening meal there about 35 years ago! Fred & ElizabethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-51526843624847096072015-12-18T05:09:50.623-08:002015-12-18T05:09:50.623-08:00Hello Louise.
Hope all is going well for yourself...Hello Louise.<br /><br />Hope all is going well for yourself and Roger.<br /><br />Thank you for the cushion, it is very cute. It's a nice piece to have on display.<br /><br />Hope you both have a great Christmas and New Year.<br /><br />Take care, and God bless you both,<br />- Adam.Adam Shttp://www.thetimeredeem.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-69977983771335775882015-04-14T06:25:54.373-07:002015-04-14T06:25:54.373-07:00I really love reading and following your post as I...I really love reading and following your post as I find them extremely informative and interesting. This post is equally informative as well as interesting . Thank you for information you been putting on making your site such an interesting.<br /><br />Now you should know, that there are plenty of coffee shop drinks out there that aren't loaded with calories. Here are just a few of the most popular coffee shops and some low calorie coffee drinks that you can enjoy guilt-free!<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://kicklabs.co/" rel="nofollow">Kicks Lab</a>rhs raselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243075723073675390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-73288128118747489002015-04-14T00:50:43.658-07:002015-04-14T00:50:43.658-07:00Kicks Lab
Caribou Coffee is one of my personal fa...<a href="http://kicklabs.co/" rel="nofollow">Kicks Lab</a><br /><br />Caribou Coffee is one of my personal favorites when it comes to coffee shops. The nice thing is, they also offer ground blends to take home and brew as well. In the meantime, if you're looking to pop in and order a gourmet coffee drink at Caribou (besides black coffee), here are some low cal choices.rhs raselhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10243075723073675390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-40757926783314973742015-04-10T23:00:00.535-07:002015-04-10T23:00:00.535-07:00We visited you during last year and loved your caf...We visited you during last year and loved your cafe. I remember that you collected/used the orange coffee cups/mugs in your shop - just saw these on our local buy swap sell. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=256931547833701&set=oa.644597308981742&type=1&theater and thought you might be interested. JoanneAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-51264165140570924052015-02-13T18:27:16.912-08:002015-02-13T18:27:16.912-08:00Love the Juicer....the booths look good...Love the Juicer....the booths look good...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11830393377980820439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-35957036253326533992014-10-27T14:02:39.102-07:002014-10-27T14:02:39.102-07:00It might tick boxes on being egg-free and low-fat ...It might tick boxes on being egg-free and low-fat but I doubt that there is a chocolate cake that can claim to be completely healthy. This one contains golden syrup so it is not one for the diabetics.<br /><br />We worked hard to get the booths in for Spirit of the Land this year so we had many people coming in just for a look. Not everyone could fit in at the same time and preference needed to be given to paying customers. Saturday was very hot and lots of people wanted somewhere free to sit in the shade. It is always a challenge for the local businesses unused to managing large crowds and it took us a while this time to get into a workable flow. We don't like to disappoint customers but there will always be those who expect us to be operating as usual and therefore displeased that in managing the extra numbers safely and calmly, we have to alter our approach. We advocate for a different way of presenting the sculptural festival. It is an important part of Lockhart's identity but maybe a longer exhibition trail with businesses and public buildings hosting individual works for a period of time would be easier to manage and would spread the visitors out across a month. After all, anyone who can't make it to Lockhart for the 'Spirit' weekend (and there are many other events happening at the same time) misses out. And our observation is that business is quiet for the next three or four weeks afterwards, possibly because people have made their annual trip to Lockhart for Spirit of the Land. The festival is amazing but it is a tricky balancing act to manage successfully and it takes an enormous amount of energy to organise. It would be lovely to spread it out and be able to enjoy the event ourselves. We don't get the opportunity ourselves to see the sculptures because we are working so hard during the time they are open.L. Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279793035620140239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-64390674740697974302014-10-23T20:13:55.961-07:002014-10-23T20:13:55.961-07:00Hi Louise , wondered where you had gone. Place loo...Hi Louise , wondered where you had gone. Place looks great, might get over there one day.<br />You take care. From Nige Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-55716516259999760912014-10-17T23:15:35.003-07:002014-10-17T23:15:35.003-07:00Egg-free and low-fat chocolate cake - I wouldn'...Egg-free and low-fat chocolate cake - I wouldn't have thought such a thing was possible, and<br />that it could look that amazing. Looks wonderful.<br /><br />How was the 'Spirit of the Land' festival?<br />I can imagine you would have been kept pretty busy..!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-48187069111655940472014-09-18T16:08:55.408-07:002014-09-18T16:08:55.408-07:00Wow! Congratulations!
That's really exciting :...Wow! Congratulations!<br />That's really exciting :)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-43907648806972064842014-09-18T04:14:11.416-07:002014-09-18T04:14:11.416-07:00Thanks for your support, it has paid off.Thanks for your support, it has paid off.L. Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279793035620140239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-64627633639998825692014-09-14T20:46:41.597-07:002014-09-14T20:46:41.597-07:00All the best for the pie competition.
It certainly...All the best for the pie competition.<br />It certainly sounds like a very nice pie :)<br /><br />I'm confident the care and time you put into your creations will be evident to those adjudicating.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-17946594862101375252014-09-10T22:13:57.806-07:002014-09-10T22:13:57.806-07:00Very impressed with the dedication you have to the...Very impressed with the dedication you have to the Blue Bird. I will be visiting soon, the place means a lot to me. I love your blog as well by the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-74745470353830536662014-07-05T00:29:33.612-07:002014-07-05T00:29:33.612-07:00Congratulations Roger and Louise, your hard work a...Congratulations Roger and Louise, your hard work and dedication to making your dream come true has been recognised and rewarded!<br />I wish you the best of luck with the award<br />regards<br />Louise McPherson<br />(daughter of Peter and Barbara Veneris)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05254089370935958864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-3928024203329749622014-04-30T14:51:30.807-07:002014-04-30T14:51:30.807-07:00Much of theBlue Bird's history has already bee...Much of theBlue Bird's history has already been preserved. The Blue Bird Cafe, Lockhart, NSW, and/or the Veneris brothers are published in:<br />Janiszewski, L. and Alexakis E., Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe, Macquarie University, Sydney, 1st edition 2013, 2nd edition 2014. <br />Janiszewski, L. and Alexakis, E., "Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe", in Shop Till You Drop: Essays on Consuming and Dying in Australia, Gregory, S. (ed.), Southern Highlands Publishers, Sydney, 2008, pp. 36-57.<br />Janiszewski, L. and Alexakis, E., "California Dreaming: the 'Greek Cafe' and its role in the Americanisation of Australian Eating and social habits', Modern Greek Studies of Australia & New Zealand, Vol. 11-12, 20093/2004, pp.177-197.<br />Janiszewski, L. and Alexakis, E., "The 'Greek Cafe': the future of Australia's past", Greek-Australians in the 21st Century: A National Forum, Globa Institute, RMIT University, 2-4 April 2004, Melbourne. http://www.agc.au/index.php?sectionID=9&page!D=7<br />Janiszewski, L. and Alexakis, E., "'American Beauties' at the Niagara: the marriage of American food catering ideas to British Australian tastes and the birth, life and demise of the classic Australian 'Greek cafe'" – Keynote Address, Out There? Rural and Regional Conference, National Trust of Australia (NSW), 10 March 2003, pp. 1-11.<br /><br />The cafe and the Veneris' are also featured in the nationally touring exhibition: "Selling an American Dream: Australia's Greek Cafe", curated by the authors of the above articles. It initially opened at the National Museum of Australia in 2008.<br /><br />Search the web under Leonard Janiszewski and Effy Alexakis, Greek cafes and milk bars to see their other research on this food catering phenomenon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-2790080248401977842014-04-27T21:50:23.355-07:002014-04-27T21:50:23.355-07:00Wish those buns had been out of the oven when we w...Wish those buns had been out of the oven when we were there Louise.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02568572565128937657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-66172613769613745512014-04-26T20:27:15.288-07:002014-04-26T20:27:15.288-07:00Let me know when the booths are back - I'll co...Let me know when the booths are back - I'll come all the way from Queensland just to slurp a malted in one of them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02568572565128937657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-39699132375469141532014-04-26T20:22:43.096-07:002014-04-26T20:22:43.096-07:00It was great to meet Louise and Roger recently, wh...It was great to meet Louise and Roger recently, when I made the trip to Lockhart purely to sit and eat in one of Australia's few remaining Greek cafes. The food was great, and the new owners have plans they hope will ensure the future of this iconic shop. The Blue Bird Cafe was there before any of us, and the decisions our generation makes will determine whether or not it remains to tell the story of the Greek cafe for generations to come. <br />So, if you're out that way, make a detour and have lunch at the Blue Bird. I heartily recommend Louise's sausage rolls - they're big and flaky and delicious, the stuff of memory. <br />Thanks for a delightful morning, Roger and Louise, and all the best in an endeavour that will prove, I am sure, to be the adventure of a lifetime.<br />Dr Toni Risson (author: Aphrodite and the Mixed Grill: Greek Cafes in Twentieth-Century Australia)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02568572565128937657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-21820423073343963172014-04-26T20:04:08.818-07:002014-04-26T20:04:08.818-07:00Last week I had the absolute delight of enjoying s...Last week I had the absolute delight of enjoying some of Louise's baking; her sausage rolls alone are almost worth the trip to Lockhart in central New South Wales. <br />Several years ago I wrote Aphrodite and the Mixed Grill, the first book dedicated to the story of the Greek café, and I am now so obsessed with this uniquely Australian phenomenon that I scan country towns for remnants of what were once the social hubs of rural and urban communities. <br />The encounter with the sausage roll-from-Heaven took place during a recent milkshake crawl through Temora (where the White Rose Café is in almost original condition), Canowindra (where the Garden of Roses façade is as gorgeous as ever), Warialda (where the Central Café is now a gift shop), Yenda and Barellan (where only derelict buildings remain), and Lockhart, where the Blue Bird Café is in good hands. <br />It’s a tricky business – ensuring the future of a relic; Louise and Roger face the challenge of retaining the essence of this Art Deco masterpiece while at the same time being relevant enough to make a living in a millennium that is vastly different from the one that gave birth to the iconic Greek café. I wish them all the best, and can’t wait for my next visit. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02568572565128937657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-85465709407130221182014-01-16T12:20:53.541-08:002014-01-16T12:20:53.541-08:00What a fantastic story... How blessed to have had ...What a fantastic story... How blessed to have had the chance to speak the past owner... how blessed is he to know that you people are doing the place justice, he would have died a very proud man! Salute!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01253882883001284312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-14780797789583466962013-11-24T23:22:07.998-08:002013-11-24T23:22:07.998-08:00Hi Barb,
Sorry, I didn't realise you were a G...Hi Barb,<br /><br />Sorry, I didn't realise you were a GF diner and I guess that being with the dog, you were on a whistlestop. Next time you are at the Blue Bird please let me know and I will go through our new GF options with you. I can whip up a GF pasta or we now have GF chicken schnitzel and GF fish. Sadly we have discovered that most commercial chips are actually wheat flour enhanced (as is most commercially battered and crumbed fish) but the hash browns we serve are a GF alternative. I look forward to meeting you properly next time.L. Alexandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03279793035620140239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-28501555459574180782013-11-19T23:31:07.672-08:002013-11-19T23:31:07.672-08:00Called into Lockhart at the end of October and vis...Called into Lockhart at the end of October and visited the Cafe. If only I had known about your Gluten Free products :C I was talking to you about the cafe and my following your progress on the net. you told me about a lady who was a local history buff - but I didn't get her contact details. My hubby and I sat out the front with our dog. If I had known about your gluten free goods I would have had lunch. Never mind. Will remember that for our next visit to Lockhart.Barb Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14691701080737674474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-34747555279752892222013-11-09T23:02:30.398-08:002013-11-09T23:02:30.398-08:00How wonderful that you were able to not only make ...How wonderful that you were able to not only make contact with the previous owners, but also that you allowed them to be a part of the new Blue Bird Cafe as it was taking shape. I'm sure your cafe will have a wonderful sense of history about it because of what is now an essentially shared history - that between the new owners and the old.Trisha Fieldinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00625704556130592521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4273394225421158690.post-83531227285324818872013-04-27T21:03:07.316-07:002013-04-27T21:03:07.316-07:00Your history of your cafe is fabulous.I just felt ...Your history of your cafe is fabulous.I just felt the need to add a detail.The Monterey Cafe was owned by greek owners Jim and Maria Camba from 1968 to 1978 when they moved to Greece!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Thanks,<br /> Pamela Camba(Cacamboura)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com