Milk bar

A milk bar in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North

In Australia, a milk bar is a suburban local general store which can include delicatessens or "delis" and corner shops or corner stores.[1] Similar, but not identical, establishments include tuck shops. Milk bars are traditionally a place where people buy newspapers, and fast-food items such as fish and chips, hamburgers, milkshakes, and snacks. They are essentially a smaller-scale suburban form of the convenience store but are more likely to be "mum and dad" small businesses rather than larger franchised operations. The term is also found in New Zealand, alongside the more local term dairy.

  1. ^ Rodell, Besha (June 7, 2018). "I Came Back to Australia, and the Milk Bars Were Gone". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-01-10. ...one part corner store, one part candy shop and sometimes a deli or news agent or neighborhood social club.