BN café, crows nest Di Lorenzo Coffee. its interior design packed with straight lines and muted colours, this is a place for the architectural crowd to enjoy. Galley-style, open kitchen, communal table, and a corporate feel. As it turns out, this place is also an architect’s office! Coffee is smooth, and a good temperature, reminiscent …
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Macro wholefoods café, Concord
Macro wholefoods café, concord Allpress organic coffee. Next to the organic food store is a café with the kind of gluten free menu you’d expect. Surprisingly, there are a couple of organic meat options – it’s not all vegetarian and vegan. The soundscape is mostly the sound of coins hitting the till. The table numbers …
Pronto bar, Sydney (Pitt St)
Pronto bar, sydney (pitt st) Pronto coffee. 72 pitt st sydney. Narrow, galley style café with a bench and a couple of chairs. The espresso machine advertises the trouble that the staff went to to find the perfect blend for its customers, and the barista – friendly to the regulars – indeed grinds the beans …
Fitzy’s cafe, Sydney
Fitzy’s cafe, sydney Pablo & Rusty’s premium espresso. Adjacent to the maritime union building, this café has the ambience of a YHA cafe; sunlight, open space, young-style furniture. Staff are efficient, and not unfriendly. Prices are a little high, but not unreasonable. Coffee is ready fast, it’s a good temperature and easy to drink. Not …
Café Zink, Cronulla
Café zink, cronulla Grinders (giancarlo) coffee. Opposite rydges, closer to the beach.lots of natural light, tiles floor, casual furniture with blue and white the dominant colours, with a broad mix of ages from 5-50. Licenced: not sure what the mood would be here at night, but in the morning, there’s some triple-j music playing just …
Chrysler café, Pitt St mall, Sydney
Chrysler café, pitt st mall, sydney Chrysler coffee. The logo here caught my attention: very 1950’s american, and the interior, apart from the overwhelming scents of modern australian cooking, holds onto this. Two baristas, two coffee machines, lots of seating outside in the lane-way. Staff are a bit indifferent to newcomers, but friendly to regulars, …
Sandwich Scene, Burwood Plaza, Burwood
Sandwich scene, burwood plaza, burwood Santos coffee. Helpful staff, but not as inexpensive as i’d hoped. Mostly a sandwich bar,adjacent to a food court, this place nonetheless has its own seating. The plaza is probably in need of some interior redesign, being the poor cousin to Westfield on the other side of the tracks. Table …
Oh what a bite, North Sydney
Oh what a bite, north sydney Grinders coffee. 62 West St, North Sydney. Hidden in the back of North Sydney library, this kiosk-style venue has coffees, sandwiches, and wraps. It’s a rainy day, so not the best environment to test the mood of a place, but the staff are cheery, and familiar with their regulars’ …
Vanilla bean and lime café, Padstow.
Vanilla bean and lime café, padstow. Karmee coffee. Opposite the train station. Lots of green in the décor inside:a slight breeze drifts through the shaded outdoor area, and a couple of fans do their best to create some airflow inside. Seating for about 40 people overall. Tomorrow’s classic rock music is piped in quite loudly, …
Mecca espresso bar, Sydney
Mecca espresso bar Mecca espresso, roasted in Adelaide by Rio. 67 King St, Sydney. This café is quite famous in the Sydney coffee scene, but there’s no signage to draw attention to that fact. Standard tiled floor, indoor and outdoor seating for around 20. The skim latte is merely very good, but the macchiato is …