CRINITI ’ S
Impressive growth Although the expansion of Criniti ’ s was truly cemented in 2009 when the chain opened a second Sydney location , this time in the east , in Darling Harbour , the company ’ s impressive growth had begun to show some time beforehand . The original 70-seat restaurant in Parramatta was so popular that Criniti ’ s needed to purchase the adjacent patio to add another 150 seats .
Following on from that , 10 years after launching , Criniti ’ s made the step outside of its home city of Sydney , establishing a restaurant in the Melbourne suburb of Carlton . A smart choice , given Melbourne ’ s long Italian history , counting Milan as a sister city and even boasting a Little Italy cultural precinct in Carlton .
The Italian community of Melbourne is the second largest ethnic group in Greater Melbourne , second only to the Anglo-Celtic Australians ethnic group . The 2011 Census counted that of the 185,402 residents that were born in Italy who live in Australia ,
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