Popular Australian cafe is forced to close down for good Owners claim collapse due to cost-of-living crisis They added customers were no longer spending READ MORE: Hog's Breath Cafe location plunges into administration By Antoinette Milienos For Daily Mail Australia Published: 05:42, 1 October 2024 | Updated: 05:52, 1 October 2024 e-mail 1 View comments A popular Australian cafe has shut its doors after battling soaring expenses amid the country's crippling cost-of-living crisis. Dan's Coffee Haus Australia, in Blaxland - a town in the Blue Mountains of NSW about 65km west of Sydney , went into liquidation on Monday. In a video shared to the cafe's Instagram account, owners and best friends Daniel and Gabby revealed the cafe was closing for good after 15 years.
Daniel explained the pair did not picture the cafe 'coming to an end' when it first opened in 2009; however, it faced a perfect storm of challenges, including the cost-of-living crisis and cash-strapped customers. 'Basically, Gabs and I are at a stage where we have put a lot of thought into the future of this place, and we've decided that we're going to close the doors,' Daniel said. This is the hardest season hospitality has faced in the last two decades that I can remember.
'With the current situation with the cost-of-living crisis and people not having disposable income to spend on luxury things like hospitality services, it's made life more difficult and stressful than enjoyable. 'We have always enjoyed what we do,.