CLEVELAND, Ohio - The doors are about to open on the first business in the much-anticipated Hub 55 complex on East 55th Street. Cafe 55, a 2,000-square-foot healthy-eats-oriented breakfast and lunch cafe, will open to the public on Monday, June 29.

The cafe will sell grab-and-go prepared foods for those in a hurry, with choices from Sterle's Country House next door and rotating venues such as Sushi 86. Their own menu will be simple and focused on healthful options such as breakfast scramblers with avocados and goat cheese, and "Build Your Own Healthy Lunch Bowls" with flat breads, spring greens, brown rice, marinated tofu and pulled chicken, plus an array of international toppings. They will be open 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Friday. More hours may be added later.

The cafe was originally supposed to open in April, but was delayed to due holdups with the occupancy permit, says Hub 55 developer Rick Semersky, who also owns Sterle's. All permits are now in hand.

"It took a lot longer than we expected, but this is just such a unique project," he says.

There will also be fresh juices and locally made sodas at the cafe, according to Jeff Jarrett, GM of Cafe 55, Sterle's and The Taproom at Goldhorn Brewery, the 10,000-square-foot brewery with a 100-seat tap room slated to open this fall at Hub 55. In further good news for Hub 55, the brewery building permits were also approved Thursday.

"We're excited we can get the brewing equipment set up in the next month," says Semersky, "and start brewing once we get the state agencies in."

More than just offering new eating choices to the neighborhood, which has been declared a food desert, Hub 55 is literally shining new light on the St. Clair-Superior area around East 55th Street. Gone are the glass block and ugly brick facades that once fronted the 42,000-square foot building at 1361 East 55th St. when it housed Semersky's VIP construction company. In their place are airy, almost floor-to-ceiling windows, rustic wood paneling, sleek shades and cleaned-up brick. From inside you can see the cars passing on the busy street, plus Sterle's to the left and the LakeShore Banking and Trust space across the street.

"This is about more than restaurants, it's about revitalizing a neighborhood," Jarrett told The Plain Dealer in March.