The AGE Review

In sparkling new premises just a few doors down from the shop where they served loyal Brunswick customers for more than 30 years, the new Nino's and Joe's is big enough to cater to half the suburb, and on Saturday mornings they often do.

While the old shop offered visceral pleasure to those who enjoyed the theatre of knives flashing as staff diced, minced and filleted right in front of their eyes, customers can take comfort from the fact that the ancient scarred chopping tables from up the road are still in use, even if the new counter tops hide some of the action. The store will also be offering some new lines over the coming months, but the butcher's famous pork sausages and West Australian capocollo (a dried beef similar to prosciutto) won't be going anywhere. "No one makes pork sausages like we do," Negri says with pride. --