In Australia, a milk bar is a suburban local general store which can include delicatessens or "delis" and corner shops or corner stores. 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.
A milk bar in the Melbourne suburb of Fitzroy North
Central railway station, Sydney milk bar, 1946
Milk bar film-set from Strictly Ballroom at former Darling Island Junction rail yard, Pyrmont
Traditionally, a delicatessen or deli is a grocery that sells a selection of fine, exotic, or foreign prepared foods. Delicatessens originated in Germany during the 18th century and spread to the United States in the mid-19th century. European immigrants to the United States, especially Ashkenazi Jews, popularized the delicatessen in U.S. culture beginning in the late 19th century. Today, many large retail stores like supermarkets have deli sections.
An array of meats and cheeses at an Italian delicatessen in Rome
French delicacies sold in delicatessens: foie gras and Sauternes
An Italian-style delicatessen in Five Dock, Sydney
Various delicatessen foods in Vila-seca, Catalonia