The Greek café did not introduce Greek dishes. Catering to the established tastes of their overwhelmingly British-Australian clientele was essential in a racially and culturally limited 'White Australia'. But steak and eggs or a mixed grill could be purchased with an 'American Beauty' fancy sundae for dessert, and a spider soda drink or flavoured milkshake to wash it all down. The union proved commercially successful, and to a degree, the Greek café was a Trojan horse for the Americanisation of Australian eating habits well before the 1950s.

Apparently outfitted during the 1930s by Greek shopfitter, Stephen C Varvaressos, the California Café's very early Art Deco stylistic elegance was commissioned by its owner, Jack Vanges (Vangis) [on right behind counter], who had settled in the New South Wales western rural township of Nyngan in the late 1920s. Later, Vanges became the town's mayor. The California was one of three Greek-run cafés in Nyngan. All espoused American names. The others were the Niagara and the Golden Gate. America had well and truly arrived in country Australia.