“I sure would like to be starting my day with a poached egg and some sort of Spritz” I thought, reading the cocktail menu on the wall while begrudgingly awaiting my coffee and BB. What a rare form of torture it is to be so spoilt.The coffee was pretty good, and the BB was a large, zestily spiced and fluffy […]
Garcon Spritz Bar, Tramsheds
Rolling Penny, Newtown
Hello, authentic Newtown cafe. Their minimalist, post-industrial style fitout could have been 3 or 30 years old. The service was a little bit too cool for school, but I would’ve expected nothing less. Excellent coffee. Thank you, Rolling Penny, I rarely get coffees this good. The banana bread was a very alternative, homemade thing, covered in various seeds: sesame, linseed, […]
Patisserie Petunia, Newtown
Like its neighbour, Miss Lilly’s, Patisserie Petunia is also primarily a bakery. Humble and simply styled but with an impressive range of baked goods. I’m not sure if they baked it all in house, but they certainly had the kitchen to do it and it all looked really good. The coffee was fine – not bad, but not amazing. The […]
Lillipad, Glebe
Taking pride of place on a hugely busy Glebe Point Rd intersection, Lillipad is a hub of urban Indigenous culture. Casual, comfortable and eclectically decorated, the barista made you feel at home and the other customers were just like a group of friends and family. Because Lillipad is so unpretentious, I wasn’t expecting such a fantastic coffee! These rich, chocolatey […]
Miss Lilly’s, Newtown
Miss Lilly’s looks like it might have been a cafe at some point in the early 00s, with distressed-style cracked render and exposed brick down one side and some funky hand-painted inspirational message on the other, but the counter has since been brought right forward to the front door with drinks fridges and cakes cabinets covering it all up. The […]
Le Gourmand, Newtown
I’ve hit up a lot of vegan places this week. I’m starting to get used to almond milk, or at least fine-tune my assessment of what makes a good almond FW. My coffee from Le Gourmand today was as seamless as my “forgot it wasn’t real milk” experience at Buddha Bowl – absolutely delicious. They didn’t have BB, but my […]
Butcher & The Farmer, Tramsheds
Butcher & The Farmer is not really the place to come for your takeaway coffee and BB. They do serve takeaway coffee, but there are no bakery items, so it was just coffee for me today! Fortunately I have been here for a Sunday lunch and can confirm they do have a very nice menu with very nice wine options, […]
Comeco Foods, Newtown
I’ve been trying for a little while to make it to Comeco, a Japanese, vegan and gluten-free cafe/casual restuarant. I really love the allergen and additive-free ethos going on here. With only vegan options, I picked almond again for my coffee and was suitably impressed. The almond milk was relatively neutral and I could actually taste the (fairly average, ssh) […]
Dispensary 1908, Glebe
First impressions: “Wow, look at this cool vintage place!” But then the very next thing you see is a tacked-on sign over the doorway saying “Licensed Venue” in an incongruent style, partially obscuring the authentic restored signage. Weird. Are you that desperate to appeal to Glebe’s spectrum of functional alcoholics? Don’t get me wrong, I love a cafe-turned-bar (like my […]
Khamsa, Erskineville
Khamsa is a bright, open air, vegan middle eastern cafe that opens up onto a little laneway courtyard just off King St. On a sunny summer’s day, it’s positively beachy. There was a beautiful array of vegan baked goods and middle eastern pastries on offer and I was keen to try, well, everything. The banana bread was a little loaf […]