Camelon chip shop changes hands

Lemetti’s in the village’s Main Street has a new owner after Vettraino Dylan and Hannah Ironside decided to concentrate on their business in Airdrie.

In a Facebook message Hannah said that they had handed over the keys to the popular chippy on July 1 to new owner Massimo.

She wrote: “We have worked so hard to restore Lemetti’s to the amazing chippy it is today.

“We have been so blessed over the past four years for everything Lemetti’s has brought us and the people it has brought us to know and for that we will be forever grateful. We have been surrounded by so many good people who have helped us on this journey including our amazing staff, delivery drivers and families who have supported us all the way.

“From the bottom of both myself and Dylan’s hearts thank you to you all for how amazing you have been with us and for accepting us into your community, through the good and the bad you have always been there to pick us up and make us into one of the busiest chippies in Falkirk. We hope you continue to do so for Massimo.

She added that they could now be found in their chippy in Airdrie called Roberto’s.

The couple and their staff battled hard to get their business back up and running when a bad fire in October last year almost destroyed the building. However, they worked round-the-clock to restore it and were open again for business one week later.

In 2016 the took the accolade The Falkirk Herald Chip Shop of the Year with the result voted for by readers.

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