After suddenly closing its doors in March, North’s Perth beloved Italian deli and sandwich store Di Chiera Brothers has announced it will reopen later this year.

“The store is getting a long overdue makeover,” says Tom Di Chiera, son of co-founder Antonio Di Chiera and custodian of the 64-year-old family-owned business.

While the family has retained plenty of fixtures from the original store, Di Chiera Brothers 2.0 will also boast plenty of new features. Vintage chandeliers and metal-buckets-turned-lightshades hang from the ceiling while a new eating counter complete with phone-charging points is being built in the window facing Fitzgerald Street. The coffee machine is being moved from its former hiding place behind the meat and cheese counter and will enjoy pride of place at the front of the store.