The Good Place Cleveland to open at former The Coffee Club

When a favourite Coffee Club shut its doors after two decades a bayside idyll hoped for quick replacement, yet it has taken a near year for an exciting newcomer to come along.

A prominent southeast Queensland business location where a bustling Coffee Club once traded for 23 years, has finally attracted a replacement business after standing still for 10 months.

Felled by a combination of pandemic pressure and a lease disagreement, The Coffee Club Cleveland at Cleveland Central Shopping Centre closed its doors for the last time on June 7.

Enjoying a commanding corner location at 91 Middle St the shop is adjacent to an entrance to the centre and benefits from foot traffic flowing from a pedestrian crossing.

In its heyday packed tables buzzed with customers’ conversation.

And yet tables and chairs have remained unused and stacked in the same position for nearly a year at the shuttered shop.

It comes as Cleveland still struggles to maintain businesses with lease signs glaring after months of inaction throughout the hub.

But it is due to change when an exciting newcomer opens its doors.

A statement by The Good Place Cleveland promises an imminent opening and an introduction to “a holistic health offering, ticking all of the boxes in sustainability, low sugar, grain free and 100 per cent gluten free, with vegan options”.

Part of a chain The Good Place specialises in “sustainable and ethically raised or treated” product aimed at a wholistic health offering.

A quick scroll of their website induces a mouth-watering response.

The Good Place is a new restaurant offering uncomplicated, accessible healthy food. Picture: Supplied

Menu items include all the standard fare and then some fresh takes on classics:

There is the Chilli Scrambled Eggs – scrambled egg with rocket, tomato relish, fresh chilli, avocado on gluten free bread.

Or the Breakky Bowl – nitrate free bacon, beef sausage, fennel sauerkraut, pickled cucumber and chilli, baby spinach, avocado, poach egg, with TGP paleo bread.

Classy offerings from the newcomer. Picture: Supplied

And for lunch:

Coconut Satay Chicken Bowl – grilled free range chicken, brown rice, broccoli, baby radish, cherry tomato, avocado, boiled egg, carrot, edamame beans with cashew coconut satay sauce.

An indication of what the new restaurant may look like. A former NSW location pictured. Picture: Supplied

Or the Lamb Cutlets – organic lamb cutlets with mixed vegetables, potatoes and red wine jus.

According to their website The Good Place Cleveland will be open every day for breakfast and lunch, and diners will be able to enjoy an evening meal from Thursday through to Saturday.