End of an era: Cork's Quay Co-op restaurant to close after 44 years — with My Goodness moving in

The establishment will be taken over by vegan enterprise My Goodness Food

Arthur Leahy in the foreground with new custodians Donal O’Gara, Virginia O’Gara and Wayne Dunlea of My Goodness outside the Quay Co-Op on Sullivan’s Quay. Picture: Chani Anderson.

Cork’s legendary Quay Co-Op vegetarian restaurant is shutting up shop for good after 44 years, ending one of the longest-running stories in Irish hospitality.

The iconic location has also served as HQ for multiple social justice campaigns over the decades and will be taken over by Cork-based My Goodness Food.