When Richard Phillips, Sandy Rodrigues and Tom Steinhoff first opened the business they envisioned more of a hybrid coffee shop and bar. “Nobody really wanted to get up to open at 7am when we had only just closed at 3am,” Mr Steinhoff said. Front Yard cofounders Richard Phillips and Sandy Rodrigues (Photograph supplied)Because Richard and Sandy Phillips ran Generosa’s Cuisine food truck before partnering with Mr Steinhoff, the business was initially called Generosa’s at The Front Yard. “Technically, it is still Generosa’s at The Front Yard but everyone had just shortened it to Front Yard,” Mr Gibbons explained. “The Front Yard is no longer the new kid on the block,” Mr Gibbons said.