23-09-2011, 07:18 PM
I just had a look and it seems we don't have a thread about Lygon Street, so I'm starting one.
Whenever we go to Melbourne we end up having at least one dinner and several lunches at some of the restaurants and cafes in Lygon Street. And there are other shops too.
Rather than write something of my own, here's a few quotes from Wikipedia:
Anybody have any comments they want to make about their favourite restaurant, cafe, delicatessen, gift shop or whatever in or around Lygon Street?
And it's not just Lygon Street - Brunetti's at 198 Faraday Street in Carlton (just off Lygon Street) is a must eat at place for us too....
Whenever we go to Melbourne we end up having at least one dinner and several lunches at some of the restaurants and cafes in Lygon Street. And there are other shops too.
Rather than write something of my own, here's a few quotes from Wikipedia:
Quote:Lygon Street is a street in inner northern Melbourne, Australia running through the suburbs of Carlton, Carlton North, Princes Hill and Brunswick East. Lygon Street's name has become synonymous with Italian restaurants and cafés located in the Carlton part of the street. It was a place of celebration when Italy won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Quote:Lygon Street runs north-south through the inner northern suburbs of Melbourne. At its southernmost end, it connects to Russell Street in the Hoddle Grid; it then proceeds northward, through Carlton, Carlton North, and Brunswick East, to its intersection with Albion Street. Although the roadway itself continues, it is re-named Holmes Street for the stretch between Albion Street and Moreland Road, and later renamed again to Nicholson Street for the stretch between Moreland Road and the street's terminus at Bell Street. (Note that this is not continuous with the Nicholson Street which runs through the Melbourne CBD, Fitzroy, Carlton and Brunswick East.) North of Park Street, the street numbers restart at 1.
Tram routes 1 and 8 run along Lygon Street between Elgin Street, Carlton, and Albion Street, Brunswick East.
Quote:The Italian restaurant synonymous with Lygon Street occupies the few blocks between Victoria Street and Elgin Street in Carlton. The area is heavily European in nature, and is the home of the yearly Lygon Street Festa, one of Australia's largest outdoor street festivals. The La Mama Theatre and Courthouse Theatre are also in this area, as is the heritage-listed neon sign at Borsari's Corner, named after Italian cyclist Nino Borsari, on the corner of Grattan Street. Toto's Pizza House, the first pizzeria established in Australia, has been located at the southern end of Lygon Street continuously since its opening in 1961.
Anybody have any comments they want to make about their favourite restaurant, cafe, delicatessen, gift shop or whatever in or around Lygon Street?
And it's not just Lygon Street - Brunetti's at 198 Faraday Street in Carlton (just off Lygon Street) is a must eat at place for us too....