Shots Cafe & Gallery, Glebe

Shots is a funny little place. From the front, it looks a bit like a photography shop, except there’s a coffee machine and it doesn’t sell cameras or photography supplies. There are photo prints for sale, but they adorn the walls and shelves as if they just belong in the shop. And there are little pot plants around the place […]

Chim Cham Cafe, Camperdown

I had a bad experience here a couple of years ago where I was waiting an unreasonably long time for a sub-par takeaway coffee, so my expectations today were not high. They could badly do with an interior refurbishment: there was a broken oven sitting on some stools right next to the customer side of the counter, peeling stickers in […]

Chill Cafe, Newtown

Walking to the park this morning was like being on holiday – temperature well on its way to 30 plus, tropical humidity, and the smell of Moreton bay figs and bacon and eggs wafting through the air like an island resort’s breakfast buffet. I wanted nothing more than to be sitting down with an omelet and an OJ. Instead, I […]