"Pellegrini's is Melbourne's Colosseum"

It has been almost a year since tragedy struck the capital of Victoria. On November 9, 2018 Sisto Malaspina was fatally stabbed in the Bourke Street terror attack.

Source: Wikimedia Commons/Nick-D/CC BY-SA 3.0

We stopped by Pellegrini's Bar where we met Nino Pangrazio, Sisto's business partner for 45 years, who retired on the 31st of October.

We also spoke with Nick, the bartender of Melbourne's most iconic bar, and Lucia, the historic chef of the small restaurant and among the organizers of a memorial dinner in honor of Sisto, which will be hosted at the Calabria Club in Bulla, in Melbourne's north west, on Saturday, 9 November.

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