Louis & Sons

Fresh, white, new, friendly are just a few words I can use to describe this new Deli! A lovely man called Andy was manning the coffee machine lovingly describing his product to two new customers. SUCH a nice change seeing someone truly love what they are working with.
The beautiful set up was inviting, the deals were also quite reasonable. Over all a cool little place in the centre of Stone’s Corners’ coffee street. Very impressed.
Andy also made me aware of the courtyard being built within the next three months in which they will start hosting tastings of certain cheeses and wines, as well as having cool theme nights also. I’m so excited to see this business flourish.
A must see!

Louis & Sons opened today, at 11am. I was there at 1130am. It was clearly quite the anticipated opening as it was bustling with patrons upon arrival.
Seating is sparse, but they have set up an area specifically for children. I’m not sure on the menu (I went to browse the deli & stocked lines), but they serve Aromas coffee and Louis (the owner & patriarch of this family run business) assures me the «young-​fella» they brought in to man the coffee machine makes a very good coffee.
Very tidy set-​up for showcasing the non-​perishable items. The interior has quite an architectural feel to me — clean lines, subtle colours. I found the items stocked to be quite a nice mix of imported and Aussie-​made. There is no particular emphasis on any one type of cuisine /​ethnicity. I even found a product from back home (USA) that I’d been casually keeping an eye out for & hadn’t seen elsewhere. Prices are what you’d expect for a continental deli and in-​line with other suppliers around the city.
I think they may source some of their goods via Black Pearl Epicure, which suits me just fine as I am confident of the quality of goods from Black Pearl. Black Pearl was on –hand today assisting with cheese sampling. I was asked what my favourite cheese was (Ash Brie) and presented with an Ash Brie from Kingaroy. Nice support of QLD producers!
Based on my visit today, I’m certainly a fan and keen to see what the deli will become as they complete their vision. I spent some time speaking with Louis & he informed me it’s been a 2.5 year work of love so far and they have not yet finished building everything they envision. However, he wanted to get it open and get the foodlovers in to get feedback on the current set-​up and what people want to see in the future.
He spoke of opening a courtyard seating area and expanding into the neighboring tenancy to house a bakery and wine store. I’ve read elsewhere they also plan to offer a «high cheese», which is a take on the high tea. (Think: wine & cheese.) Count me in for some of that action!