Balzac

Miscellaneous collection of items relating to Balzac restaurant. The restaurant operated between 1956 and 2001. It was started by George and Mirka Mora who sold it about five years later to John and Maria Kornyei. In the late 1970s it was sold to Leon Massoni. In 1958 it was gran...

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George Mora's application for liquor licence

File of correspondence pertaining to application for liquor licence for Balzac Restaurant. Sample menus. Plans for alterations necessary for licence. 1955-1959. Includes also Victorian Civic Association's draft submission for Improvement of the Liquor Licensing Laws.

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Ornamental Standard Saved From Scrap Heap

Newspaper article on the removal of cast iron standards from old bridge in Footscray prior to its demolition. One of the standards was bought by George Mora to convert to a fountain at his restaurant, Balzac in East Melbourne. A drawing of this became the restaurant's logo. The M...