🏢 Dining · Kew, Melbourne
From light snacks through breakfasts for champions, breads and pastries baked fresh on the premises
Research Phase
Before writing a single line of code, our research agent studied Via Verona Caffe — their current website, social presence, reviews, team, and services. Here's what stood out.
Located at 193 High Street, Kew — positioned on one of Melbourne's busiest inner-east shopping strips, the cafe bakes breads and pastries fresh on premises daily, which is highlighted across both the AGFG listing and the business's own positioning
Rated 4.4 stars on Google and 3.9 on TripAdvisor (from 50 reviews), with a menu spanning Italian-inspired breakfast through to pizza, cannoli, and cheesecake — a broader offering than typical Melbourne cafes, reflecting genuine Italian cafe culture
Open 7 days (7am–4:30pm weekdays, 8am–4pm Sundays) and described by AGFG as a meeting place for both private and professional catch-ups — functioning as Kew's de facto community gathering spot on the High Street strip
Design Phase
Every design decision was intentional — informed by the research, not pulled from a template library.
Visual Direction
A 9-component, 6-page build featuring a bespoke Daily Specials component — reflecting the cafe's fresh-baked daily rotation. The site separates drinks into their own page alongside the main menu, and includes a catering page to capture the corporate lunch trade that the AGFG listing specifically mentions. A testimonial carousel and image gallery round out the visual storytelling.
Design Rationale
Via Verona's identity is built on being Kew's neighbourhood meeting place with genuine Italian cafe character — fresh-baked pastries, cannoli, pizza alongside standard brunch fare. The Daily Specials component directly serves a bakery-cafe that rotates products daily. The separate drinks page and catering page acknowledge the business's dual audience: casual walk-in locals and corporate professionals looking for group lunch options.
Build Phase
Site Architecture
// Next.js App Router
Methodology
Spark (research agent) scraped Via Verona Caffe's current website, Google reviews, social media, and business listings. Every piece of real data — team names, service pricing, business hours, unique details — was extracted into a structured profile.
Based on the research, a bespoke design direction was created specifically for Via Verona Caffe. No templates — the typography, color palette, layout patterns, and visual effects were all chosen to match this business's personality and industry.
Pixel (design agent) built the entire 6-page Next.js application from scratch — 9 custom components, real content from the research phase, App Router with proper routing, and production-grade code.
Sentinel (QA agent) verified the build compiles cleanly, checked for placeholder content, validated all routes render correctly, and confirmed the design is unique (not recycled from another demo).
Additional Notes
Research drew from 8 sources including Restaurant Guru (address, hours, ratings, menu items), Yelp Australia (hours, amenities, photos), TripAdvisor via Yahoo Search (3.9 rating from 50 reviews), and the Australian Good Food Guide (AGFG) for the brand story and positioning. No official website exists. Data completeness rated medium with menu items confirmed across multiple platforms.
More from the experiment
This case study is part of the AI Web Lab — a 30-day experiment where AI agents build bespoke websites for real Melbourne businesses. Every site is researched, designed, and built from scratch by a team of five specialist AI agents. The full methodology, code, and results are documented transparently.
This study is being prepared for publication as part of a research paper on AI-assisted web development at scale.
We built Via Verona Caffe's site in 8 minutes. Same process, same quality — a custom website built for you, not a template.