It is now nine months since my paesano and Footscray stalwart Charlie Morabito died. His pizzeria in Droop Street near the Ballarat Road corner has been a Footscray institution since 1974 and I was worried that it was going to close forever.
Good news! One branch of the family has taken over management of it and reopened the shop on 21 October.
My brother, who was a regular customer there late night, is quite pleased and has already resumed dining there, although the new owners are not as chatty as Charlie was.
There is not much left of the old businesses of the Footscray of my childhood, and I am relieved that this one relic of that era will survive, for a few more years at least.
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