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Wednesday, May 30, 2012

RIP Vlad “Vlado's” Gregurek



Vlado's Restaurant
61 Bridge Road

Richmond VIC 3121

+61 3 9428 5833

http://www.vlados.com.au


It was with some sadness I learnt of the demise of Vlado Gregurek today – first from a nun named Sister Mary, then from ‘the Age’ in an email (all the best recommendations as to his character).


His restaurant, Vlados, is a Melbourne institution. Vlados serve meat – steak to be precise. No pommes frites. No veg… aside from a bowl of sauerkraut. No chicken. No fish. Just meat.

I was taken there when I was ten years old, wearing a maroon rugby jumper with a sky blue skivvy underneath. That night left a deep impression on me.


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