Some would say its soft opening...I would say it's a stealth opening! Especially when it comes to this understated roaster. Undercover ha...

What does International Coffee Day mean to you? How much do you value your coffee? Enough to care about the rights of farmers picking the...

If you’ve ever been to Fitzroy Market (or Fitzroy generally), you would know Grace Café. It’s been there long enough! Eight years to be p...

Four years on, and this Carnegie hotspot is still going strong. Left Field was always going to be that neighbour hub. It’s set in the bac...

My first meeting with Lee Eman was when he was head barista at The Merchant's Guild in Bentleigh. Since then I’ve watched him pave the wa...

Time for a Pique Nique! This corner spot has recently undergone a second facelift, after its original conversion from a neighbourhood mil...

Small Graces, Big Love. Footscray is one of Melbourne’s most diverse and multicultural suburbs, famed for its Cheap Eats, Market, and Fr...

I’m old enough to remember when The Pet Shop Boys released ‘Go West’. I’ve actually been doing a lot of that lately, and it’s led me to d...

Brighton is famed for its beach boxes, bayside bike trail, and health-conscious residents. So, it would come as no surprise that a café ...

I recently discovered Norwood, a cafe housed in the sustainability driven 'Burwood Brickworks', on Middleborough Road. What I love about ...

Melbourne’s latest café is brought to us by Only Hospitality, who also have MOB Camberwell, Stanley, and Bentwood Fitzroy to name just a ...

Established almost 5 years ago by husband and wife duo, Dean and Petra Parker, Mr Hoffman sits on the edge of a little shopping strip on ...

The Mala family began their journey in Melbourne’s coffee scene five years ago, when they opened Bean + Gone Espresso. It’s an appropriat...

One by one….. I’m working through Melbourne’s best cafes. My latest adventure has brought me to Keilor, a suburb north-west of the city....

Yes, I’m old enough to remember Pentridge Prison. It was finally closed in 1997, after spending almost 150 years as Melbourne’s main gaol...

I always love a café with a pun in its name. It’s indicative of the owner’s playful approach to hospitality. Who doesn’t look at food and...

Gesha Coffee is exactly as its name implies. A café dedicated to the Gesha varietal of coffee, which originated in Ethiopia. The Gesha v...

I’ve heard it so many times before… “I left the corporate world because I needed a change”… and it’s really amazing how many times I hear...

For a hospitality group that loves idioms, the name of their 9th café seems most fitting. ‘Nine Yards’ is brought to us by Steve Rowley,...

Now in its third month of operation, this Hampton Street resident is proving its worth in the Bayside suburb of Hampton. It’s the brainch...