This traditional cafe that still makes its own ice cream has been run by the Coia family from Filignano (Isernia) since 1973. Giambattista (Johnny) Coia and his wife, Gemma (ms Capaldi) took over from the previous ‘Fusco’ owner. It is believed that the first cafe on the site was established in the 1920s.

When they arrived in Scotland in 1962  the Coia’s first business was the  Bluebird Cafe in Govanhill.

Johnny and Gemma had six children. Their son Giuseppe (Joe) and his wife run the Newlands Cafe, and his sister, Mirella, and her husband, Dino Iafrate, the Bluebird.