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Lil Miss Collins.After settling down in Bella Vista, Lil Miss Collins hasmoved yet again and popped up in the heart of Parramattaas our new local favourite – a rustic farmhouse café withan outdoor courtyard and some real country charm. Gone isthe historic farm, but the wandering chickens, the freshfood, and smooth coffee are a constant.Starting a pop up café from scratch is never easy butTony Moussa, founder of Lil Miss Collins, discoveredthat he had to do that over and over again with each newlocation. ECX just had to chat with him to hear what hehas to say.
How did this begin? I started Lil Miss Collins becauseI wanted a change in my life. I’ve always beeninterested in coffee, food, the whole lot. I cooked a lotat home already, so I bought myself a coffee machineand started practicing at home. I’ve always had thispassion. I knew I wanted to open up a coffee shop but Ididn’t have a clue about how to start.The start was definitely hard. I asked a lot of questions,sought guidance from many people and spent mostof my time practising at home through constant trialand error. At that stage, there was a couple of pop upeateries around but there were no pop up cafés. Therewas that gap in the market, so I knew I could create acafé that would be the first of its kind.I started working with a few people, brainstormingsuggestions with the team, and came up with theidea to have a transportable cafe. We looked at afew options, like getting a shipping container andconverting that to a coffee shop. At the same time, Iwanted to also follow a rustic theme. So 95% of thebuilding materials we used are recyclable material,from the tin roofing to the timber renovation and theshipping container. That’s the journey for me, seeing LilMiss Collins grow from that shipping container to therusty farmhouse café it is now.Why did you want a change in your life? I would sayI’m blessed in a sense. Having a background of faith,I believe everything just fell in place. I was previouslyrunning bars and nightclubs, but I knew I wasn’tgetting any younger. The fact that everything seemedto come together right when I needed change was thedriving force behind my desire to succeed.What makes Lil Miss Collins unique? First thingsfirst, it’s the portable nature of a pop-up café. Takingour passion, our food and coffee, around Sydney is sospecial to us and also for the people in the area wherewe decide to settle in. The second factor that sets usapart is the most important thing: quality produce.We roast our own coffee beans, and the backgroundof these beans are really important to us so we makesure they’re carefully selected. Same with the produce.It’s not just fresh but we work with our local farmersso that we can put something unique on the plate. Alot of cafés or restaurants don’t focus on fresh produceor on working with local farmers. Here, you get freshproduce and you can really taste the difference. We getit all the time when people come in and say that thisis the best food they’ve ever had. It’s not about makingthings complicated, it’s about making sure things arefresh. We have a good balance.029
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