Sydney Cafe

The Sydney Café was located at 10 Nicholas Street between Risson’s Produce and T. C. Beirne’s. 

The café was originally established by the Londy family and called the Australia Café, but was later sold to Constantinos Haniankis in approximately 1930.  He  was also the proprietor of  the Sydney Fruit Market which was located next to the Sydney Café. Haniankis operated the café with his sister and brother-in-law, with the establishment having originally been designed as two separate shops: a fish and chip eatery and a milk bar. The building was later altered with the separating wall being removed and a dining area created. After Con’s death in 1951 the café was leased to Harry and Christopher Tanos. Harry Tanos operated as the chef of the establishment during this time, serving large quantities of fish and chips. In the
50s the café had cubicles down both sides of the shop, seating sixty people. 

In 1961 the café building was in need of extensive renovations however the Tanos brothers could not afford such costly repairs and the building was sold to T.C Beirnes who incorporated the space into their store. T. C. Beirne's would eventually become Waltons. This building and others in this area were demolished as part of the revitalisation of the Ipswich CBD. This part of Nicholas Street would be incorporated in the Ipswich Mall.