ANNEE’S OPENS IN CBD
FROM a small coffee stall at a night market to a fiercely loved and successful brand, Annee Nguyen says her dreams have come true.
The owner of Annee’s Caphe Sua Da was elated at the opening of her newest Vietnamese coffee store at Flinders Lane on Wednesday, which saw customers start lining up around the block more than an hour before the doors opened.
“It’s all a blur at the moment, it’s like a dream, I am so flattered to see how much support we have,” Ms Nguyen said.
The trademark iced coffee started in Cairns in 2014, and has since grown to four bustling stores across North Queensland.
The new shop in the CBD is the first tenant in developer Martin Locke’s Flinders Lane, opposite City Lane.
Mr Locke said they had big plans to make the retail area a long-term success.
“When you plan with the right reasons, and the right ‘why’, it won’t fail,” he said.
Mr Locke said he was more than happy to wait for the right tenants and build around Annee’s.
The following of Annee’s brand was evident in the 100m line of customers who waited happily and patiently to get their caffeine hit on Wednesday morning.
Ms Nguyen was anything but nervous about the new venture, saying it was their personable attitude and care for their customers that kept people coming back again and again.