The true story of an iconic street as told by the men and women who made it Narrated by Anthony LaPaglia After the disaster of World War II a wave of Italian immigrants found their way to Melbourne a strange place suspicious of outsiders and completely devoid of a good cup of espresso Congregating in a then rundown stretch of Carlton known as Lygon Street these irrepressible restaurateurs entrepreneurs and sometime mafiosi would come to define not only a street but an entire country Lygon Street Si parla Italiano brings to life the people places and of course pastas that have made up one of Australias most remarkable communities