We speak to Carlo Coia on the famous faces who have walked through his family’s Italian East End restaurant.
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00:00A lot of Ford Cairning. A lot of my father and Ford, they grew up on the same street.
00:06So, a lot of funny stories about when they were kids as well, you know, and how they used to,
00:13because when they were all younger, you know, they all went to school, you know,
00:18around the corner and stuff like that, in very local parts.
00:22So, they all, you know, the stories, they were all rascals when they were younger, weren't they?
00:27So, hearing all those kinds of stories about how they used to run into the shop
00:30and how they used to get served and all these kinds of things, it's great fun.
00:33But, you know, I think when you, we've always welcomed, had a lot of celebrities coming in, you know,
00:40but I think as well you'll see there's a lot of famous faces that come from this end of the city as well.
00:45So, again, they come in because they've got a connection with the place,
00:48they've got, you know, they feel as though they've got a wee attachment to their childhood
00:53or that brings them back down to where they came from, you know.