Sep 1, 2026 · 50 min · 13 segments
Angelo and Alfie Mercuri join The Food Guys to tell the story behind one of Lygon Street's most recognisable restaurants and how their family has continued evolving it through decades of change. From…
Alfie MercuriGuest
Nectorious PapiHost
Dub Eats EverythingHost
Angelo MercuriGuest
And what was that one thing that brought the, like, to this day, like I said, there's always people lining up.
What was that one menu item, or was it a video of some sort on social media? Like, what was it? It was pre-social media.
it the parma? The Palmer, but again, you can't, it's all these little things coming together.
I even remember us installing a sound audio system, right, and just being able to have a nicer ambience just by playing some nice music and it's sort of like the place just felt alive all of a sudden.
You know, just these little things coming together and then, yeah, it just went from there.
in a restaurant like all you you know i feel like yeah yeah like you'll hear like the kitchen and stuff right and also like people are sitting there like oh like i feel like wait time would feel longer did you did your dad still work as when you took it over like was he still yeah so he was there for a
um Well, everyone always says, like, don't work with your parents, right? Like, they always.
And what was that one thing that brought the, like, to this day, like I said, there's always people lining up.
What was that one menu item, or was it a video of some sort on social media? Like, what was it? It was pre-social media.
it the parma? The Palmer, but again, you can't, it's all these little things coming together.
I even remember us installing a sound audio system, right, and just being able to have a nicer ambience just by playing some nice music and it's sort of like the place just felt alive all of a sudden.
You know, just these little things coming together and then, yeah, it just went from there.
in a restaurant like all you you know i feel like yeah yeah like you'll hear like the kitchen and stuff right and also like people are sitting there like oh like i feel like wait time would feel longer did you did your dad still work as when you took it over like was he still yeah so he was there for a
um Well, everyone always says, like, don't work with your parents, right? Like, they always.
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Why Lygon Street Changed
Lygon Street changed when its customers did
Quality Over Easy Profits
Quality-first businesses refuse to compromise for expansion
Service Makes The Difference
Service may matter more than exceptional gelato
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