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Awarded eatery closes its doors

PROVIDORE was voted the best breakfast restaurant on the Gold Coast for three years running. On Tuesday it went into liquidation.

The closure of the Marina Mirage restaurant follows the recent liquidation of other Gold Coast businesses Nature Pacific, FSG and Travel and Cruise Centre Runaway Bay.

PROVIDORE was voted the best breakfast restaurant on the Gold Coast for three years running. On Tuesday it went into liquidation.

The fancy restaurant at Marina Mirage was boarded up a couple of weeks ago.

On Tuesday, the businesses which owned Providore Marina Mirage and Urban Providore at Bulimba went into liquidation.

Australian Securities and Investments Commission documents reveal Mortons Solvency Accountants were appointed as the liquidators.

It’s a big fall from grace for the business after it won the Gold Coast Bulletin’s Best Breakfast gong in 2015, 2016 and 2017.

The restaurant did not rank in the top 10 this year.

Company documents reveal director Dawn Eileen Turner bought the business on November 21 from Elizabeth Jane Austin.

The Gold Coast Bulletin spoke to liquidator Emma Best, who could not give any details on what happened to the business as she had just been appointed.

The news follows the liquidation of other Gold Coast businesses Nature Pacific, FSG and Travel and Cruise Centre Runaway Bay.

A Gold Coast insolvency expert said the reports of the city’s companies going under or struggling reinforced the need for vigilance by business owners.

“The Gold Coast already has the highest rate of business collapses in Queensland,” said Duane Williams, Partner at MBA Lawyers.

Mr Williams said uncertainty over the legacy of the Commonwealth Games, softer tourism numbers from May to September, and recent predictions that more than 500 Coast businesses may fold within a year, all had ramifications for small to medium-sized firms.