‘Elegant yet playful’ new brunch spot
THE former owner of a popular Gold Coast cafe with a celebrity following is launching a new venue after a “scary decision” to start works in the midst of the pandemic.
Chloe Watts, the ex-owner of Burleigh’s Paddock Bakery – which counted Amber Heard and Elon Musk among its regulars when they were on the Gold Coast – wants you to say au revoir to overseas travel and g’day to her new overseas-inspired brunch spot.
When you walk into Burleigh’s Tarte Bakery and Cafe, you are instantly transported to France, Soho or San FranMay, cisco. The elegant yet playful venue is on track to open on Wednesday.
“The cafe you are standing in is a culmination of my incredible experiences and my favourite dishes I have eaten overseas,” she said.
“In 2015, I travelled to London to further my skills in food and hospitality to help me to open my own cafe one day.”
After arriving back on home soil in 2017, Ms Watts bought Paddock and after two years of hard work and reward, she sold the venue and started curating Tarte.
Renovations at the West St site – the former Vecchia Roma restaurant – started in
during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“It was a scary decision and a risk, but I am so glad we persisted and I can’t wait for everyone to see my dream cafe,” Ms Watts said.
The cafe seats 110 and features alfresco seating with a sleek interior of duck egg blue, brass and antique accents. The handles on the front door are from an 100year-old London pub, the timber counter used to live in a NSW movie cinema, the mid-century light fittings were imported from Amsterdam and brass features were handcrafted by Ms Watts’ dad Larry Watts.
The all-day breakfast menu includes SingleO coffee, Turkish eggs, freshly made Parisian and American-inspired pastry delights, bagels and artisan sourdough, tartines, vegan tarts, miso scrambled eggs, galettes and more.
Leftover food each day will be donated to the Women’s Sanctuary Refuge.