You gotta love a good fruiterers. Frootz is a pretty good fruiterers, I wouldn't go so far as to say an amazing or even great fruiterers, but they do what they do and they do it with good style. They have great signage, give a little flash of colour to a slightly bland stretch of shops in Clifton Hill and occupy their corner with pride of place.
I used to love watching them set up in the mornings when I was on my way to work. Pre-dawn in the winter time, they'd unload their fresh market-bought produce from the back of a flat-bed truck, breath smoking in the dim morning light. It sounds a little poetic, even makes me a little nostalgic for those times, but y'know, we can't turn back time. Plus, they're still operating in the same fashion. Maybe I'll drive on by for old times sake. read more