Melbourne native Leon Unglik started Little Collins in 2013 as a joint venture with the owners of Peter's, taking over the Lexington Avenue site of Peter's East Side. It is named for a narrow alley in Melbourne's central business district. That 2013 shop at 667 Lexington Avenue poured Counter Culture coffee through ModBar systems, and the menu now lists Counter Culture and Onyx Coffee Lab.
The shop at 708 Third Avenue is one counter-service room under a mirror-polished steel ceiling. A curved counter faced in white tile stands at the back, and a long high table runs along a wall of three arched niches.
