At the Grand Opening of Olympia Refrigeration’s new factory in Marrickville in 1978. Yiannis Benetos (left) serves yeeros to the then Premier of NSW, Neville Wran, and his wife Jill. Between the Premier and his wife is Olympia Refrigeration’s Chris Skoufis. While Benetos opened the first yeeros shop in Sydney, Olympia Refrigeration made the upright rotisserie for his yeeros shop. Photo:Chris Skoufis
10 May 2021 1:53pm
This time last year, Sydney historian, Vasilis Vasilas, would have officially launched “Little Athens: Marrickville” under the auspices of the 38th Greek Festival of Sydney; with the outbreak of COVID- 19 and its subsequent restrictions, the launch – like so many other Festival events – was postponed.