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

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.

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