A new wave of young Italians are moving to Melbourne, joining established second- and third-generation communities for a taste of la dolce vita
. Two preppy, 30-something Romans are chatting visas, doctorates and the maddening weather over Campari sodas. Across Lygon Street at cafe Brunetti Classico, gluttons devour dolci
Mauro Sanna, owner of Preston cafe Pausa Pranzo, had a similar first impression. “I knew that a lot of Italians had migrated to Melbourne but there was thisimage in my mind: old men in tracksuit pants and coppola hats hanging out in malls. What I found felt more authentically Italian.” You need only to look at restaurant menus to see how second- and third-generation Italian-Australians and more recent Italian arrivals are shaping the city. Cream-doused carbonara is out;, Emilian gnocco fritto and Italo-Oz dishes – like Al Dente’s saffron spaghetti with Moreton Bay bugs and warrigal greens – are in.
“From the outside, people tend to see Melbourne’s Italian community more uniformly, but we’re actually a very diverse lot.”
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