Advertisement When Bill Tsigos heard that a woman wanted to convert his old Alphington butcher shop into a pavlova outlet, he was a little puzzled. Pavlova was not a dish he knew. As a butcher, T-bone steaks, mince, and his famous sausages were more his domain. Pleased to meat you: Nerida McPherson sells pavlovas out of Bill Tsigos’s former Alphington butcher shop. Credit:Scott McNaughton But Mr Tsigos, 86, a much-loved figure in this north-eastern Melbourne suburb - in 2018 The Age named his shop as one of the “six reasons to visit Alphington” - is now happy to see his Wingrove Street premises buzzing with customers, since the Pav Queen cafe opened last Wednesday.