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Grossi Florentino, as it is now known, is one of Melbourne’s oldest restaurant.〔()〕 It evolved from the wine shop Café Denat to a restaurant in 1928. In 1999 it was bought by the Grossi family. == History == The history of ‘Grossi Florentino’ began when Samual Wynn ran the business as a wine shop.〔http://www.grossi.com.au〕 His family lived there, in a room now called the ‘Wynn Room’. By 1928 Samual was focusing on wine growing when he eventually moved on to salvage Coonawarra Estate vineyard.〔http://www.miettas.com.au〕 Samual established ‘Café Denat’ before leaving. Rinaldo Massoni purchased ‘Café Denat’ (in 1928), and changed the name to ‘Café Florentino’ and the style to Italian.〔 In 1935 the property adjoning ‘Café Florentino’ was purchased and the upstairs dining room was extended and re-opened in time for Australia’s 150th birthday celebration. The Mural Room contains murals, plasterwork created by Picton Hopkins, and Emilio Gavotto’s lamps on the walls over each table. A Chef from the Florentino made the first ever cassata in Australia. It turned out that the ingredients maraschino, alchermes and crème de menthe were illegal.〔 In 1941 Rinaldo Massoni died and his son Leon took over the restaurant,〔 with partner George Tsindos. In 1954 the license of the Florentino was changed from an Australian Wine license to a restaurant, so that the previously illegally sold imported sprits and wines could now be sold openly.〔http://www.agfg.com.au〕〔http://www.virginiahellierconsulting.com.au〕 George and Leon opened the ‘The Cellar’, more informal and serving the countertop meals. Three years later they opened the ‘Bistro Grill’ on the opposite side of the staircase. Leon Massoni sold his share of the restaurant to his partner George, and later owned restaurants including ‘Ristorante Massoni’ with his partner in business Pietro Grossi, the father of Guy who ran ‘Grossi Florentino'.〔 George Tsindos ended a 50-year era by selling the ‘Florentino’ to Branco Tocigl.〔http://www.virginiahellier.com.au〕 Failing in health, Branco Tocigl sold 'Florentino' to Floyd Podgornik in the late 1980s. Floyd updated and restored it, but committed suicide months after re-opening; his widow Lorraine took over through a difficult decade during which many of Melbourne’s grand restaurants closed.〔http://melbournearejournal.unimelb.edu.au 〕 In 1999 Lorraine sold the ‘Florentino’ to the Grossi family, who renamed it ‘Grossi Florentino’.〔http://melbournearejournal.edu.au 〕 In 2013, the Grossi family gave a fresh touch to the upstairs restaurant through a three-month renovation with the help of Architects Mills Gorman.〔http://www.goodfood.com.au/good-food/food-news/grossi-florentino-revamp-20130318-2ganx.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Grossi Florentino」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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