Simon Mumford
26 August 2025, 9:01 PM
Woodlark Street could soon be getting another cafe if a development application (DA) is approved by Lismore City Council.
The building is the old Southern Cross Credit Union, next to Toyworld.
Workmen are in the process of creating a hole-in-the-wall type cafe, which will have Lark & Bean on the right-hand window with a bird standing on a coffee bean.
The signage on the building will be called Lark Collective, and the cafe will be a very small offering on the front right-hand side of the building, with it's own entrance.
The DA says the space leading to the raised area where the credit union counters were will be retail. There are no further details as to what type of retail.
The Lark & Bean cafe will have a roller door, an espresso machine, two coffee grinders and a cold display cabinet facing Woodlark Street, with a contact toaster, microwave oven and wash basin at the back.
Essentially, it will be a takeaway food and drink hole-in-the-wall cafe.
Meanwhile, Lara and Seth Bell at Silt Studio on Bridge Street, North Lismore, are looking to expand their offering to the community by completing their 'creative industry'.
The pottery workshop and boutique function space offers clay classes, studio memberships and private group events. The studio hosts a range of workshops such as clay & sip evenings, kids after-school and holiday classes, NDIS programs and short ceramics courses.
The DA proposal is for an ancillary food and drink premises, bar and retail component which serves the dominant use of the land for a creative industry.