Tipo 00 team to open Figlia pizzeria and Grana deli in Brunswick East

The pasta masters at CBD favourite Tipo 00 are turning their hand to pizza, opening Figlia this autumn in Brunswick East.

"It's a natural progression for us to challenge ourselves, rather than doing another pasta place," says chef and co-owner Andreas Papadakis, also a partner in Osteria Ilaria in Little Bourke Street.

Papadakis is developing the dough and a menu that includes snacks, wood-grilled vegetables and larger plates, making Figlia more a wine bar that serves pizza than a pizzeria. Toppings, like the rest of the menu, will be seasonal.

The 70-seat Figlia will be joined by Grana, a deli selling cheese made by executive pastry chef-turned-cheesemaker Lucy Whitlow, who is already producing fresh, soft, hard and blue styles, working closely with Papadakis. Grana will also stock house-made salumi, fresh produce, sandwiches and more, and may play host to cooking classes in future.

The two businesses are moving into a 300-square-metre corner site on Lygon Street with an art deco-inspired facade and interiors by Ewert Leaf.

331-335 Lygon Street, Brunswick East