After pandemic-related delays, Melbourne-based restaurant and coffee shop Proud Mary Cafe is much closer to opening an Austin location. The daytime restaurant will take over the restaurant space at 2043 South Lamar Boulevard — which was formerly a even-more-casual location of Lucy’s Fried Chicken and upscale comfort food restaurant Olivia — and aims to open in late summer 2021. “We try to excite customers, make a difference, and share stories,” says co-owner Nolan Hirte said of Proud Mary Cafe. “I love using this restaurant format, where someone is comfortable, sitting down, having a nice meal, table service, and then offering different things that might elevate that experience.”