Patricia
Patricia has simplified the coffee experience – no need to sit down, mess around and confuse your palate with breakfast stuffs.
Mr Close
Tucked under an office building in the city, and opening onto an arcade, Mr Close is easy to miss, but well worth seeking out.
Rowena Parade Corner Store
It’s unbecoming to gush, but if Rowena Parade Corner Store isn’t the cutest café you’ve ever seen I’ll eat one of their delightful retro table settings.
Miss Jackson
Climbing the stairs to Miss Jackson, tucked around the corner on Grey Street, you’d swear you weren’t in St Kilda at all.
Etto
Some days you don’t want to sit in a café. You want to grab your carbs, hot foot it back to your desk or bed, and imbibe them in your…
Axil Coffee Roasters
What’s better than ginger bread French toast with carmelised figs and macadamia honey mascarpone? All that with a side of bacon. Indulgent? Yes. Frowned upon? Certainly not; in fact the…
Little Henri
It’s hard to get a seat in many of Thornbury’s lovely little cafes, so it’s a relief that Little Henri joined the fray last year.
Bayte
In no-man’s-land on the Collingwood side of Johnson Street is a secret treasure in Bayte. The middle-eastern eatery offers up home-style Lebanese fare.
Friends of Mine
At the other end of Swan Street in Richmond in a corner building with charming yellow shades you’ll find a counter with take-away treats and a barista pumping out take-away…
Back Street Eating
Off the main drag in Fitzroy, under an apartment block, you’ll find Back Street Eating.
Self Preservation
You’d be forgiven for whizzing past Self Preservation, at the top end of Bourke Street.


