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The Golden Gate Milk Bar, 1940
Many Greek immigrants established catering businesses such as restaurants, grill rooms and fish-and-chip shops. The Golden Gate Milk Bar in Courtenay Place, owned by Peter Bares, was only the second milk bar to open in Wellington.
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