Georgie Porgies Miranda cafe owner George Mikhail joins new Cronulla cafe-bar

The manager and barista is George Mikhail, who owned Georgie Porgies cafe at Westfield Miranda for nine years before its closure in early March.

Mr Mikhail said it was "a very difficult decision to close Georgie Porgies, but it just wasn't worth being there any more".

"We weren't getting enough people in," he said.

"I decided to get out before I lost everything."

In a case of "when one door closes, another opens", Zac Sweeney dropped into Georgie Porgies while checking out the cafe scene ahead of opening Waters Edge.

The two men started talking and Mr Mikhail accepted an offer to join the new Cronulla cafe-bar, and his chef came aboard too.

Mr Mikhail said he was enjoying the change.

"It's always more fun to have your own place to run, but there are also a lot of headaches," he said.

"Zac is a good person, and I am very happy."

The business is operating as a cafe at this stage while an application for a liquor licence is processed.

Mr Sweeney said the cafe offered "a simple menu with reasonable prices and great service".

"I think a lot of places over complicate it," he said.

Mr Sweeney, a diesel mechanic by trade, moved to Sutherland Shire last year "and fell in love with it".

"I love the lifestyle at Cronulla, and now I am lucky to be working in it as well," he said.