Emma Sheahan ( Lumen People, Fitzroy) - Illuminating Lumen

About this episode

Emma Sheahan discusses the journey of Lumen People, a cafe and wine bar, after its reopening in Fitzroy.

We return to a favourite series on Dirty Linen: Illuminating Lumen. In this occasional catch-up, we enter the world of Lumen People, a cafe and wine bar that launched in North Melbourne in 2023, closed in 2025 and reopened in Fitzroy. Six months after landing in the second site, owner Emma Sheahan tells us how it’s going. https://www.instagram.com/lumenpeople/ SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER FOR EXCLUSIVE ARTICLES, NEWS, GIVEAWAYS AND BEHIND THE SCENES https://deepintheweeds.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=d33e307cf7100cf947e2e6973&id=d17d8213f5 Follow Dirty Linen on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dirtylinenpodcast Follow Dani Valent https://www.instagram.com/danivalent Follow Rob Locke (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/foodwinedine/ Follow Huck (Executive Producer) https://www.instagram.com/huckstergram/ LISTEN TO OUR OTHER FOOD PODCASTS https://linktr.ee/DeepintheWeedsNetwork Dirty Linen is a food podcast hosted by Australian journalist Dani Valent. A respected restaurant critic and food industry reporter in her home town of Melbourne, Dani is a keen, compassionate observer of restaurants and the people who bring them into being. Whether it’s owners, waiters…

People in this episode

Host: Dani Valent

Guest: Emma Sheahan

Topics covered

• cafe
• wine bar
• restaurant industry
• business journey
• Melbourne food scene

Keywords

• Lumen People
• Emma Sheahan
• Fitzroy
• North Melbourne
• cafe
• wine bar
• restaurant industry

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Lumen People, Deep in the Weeds Production

Places: Fitzroy, North Melbourne

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