The Abbotsford Club

The Abbotsford Club

Coffee Supreme Roastery

Grosvenor Street

Abbotsford

Melbourne 3067

It has been a while since I have been in The Abbotsford Club at the Coffee Supreme roasting warehouse - gotta say - looking good! It is a masculine yet quirky space befitting the clientele (local workers) and it's 'showroom' function...

Padre Coffee, Victoria Market

Padre Coffee, Victoria Market
string bean alley
Victoria Market
Melbourne 3000

Popped into Victoria Market today to check out string bean alley. This is a recent addition to the markets following suit of SO:ME space at South Melbourne Market. We stopped at Padre Coffee for refreshments at the Peel St end of the Alley. Usually I find going to Vic Markets frankly claustrophobic - but this strip, being new and niche, had personal space aplenty. All the stalls were interesting to have a poke around in too.  As for Padre Coffee they are keeping to their usual fine recipe of good coffee, cold drinks a small selection of baked goodies.

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stickybeak

stickybeak cafe
1/40 green st
winsor
melbourne

I sat here for over three hours on this visit between coffee with a friend and working on my laptop . My two excellent coffees (Axil) were chased by a fresh juice (the green one with apple, spinach etc) by means of perhaps negating the caffeine... no? The staff were all super friendly, the interiors are far from copycat - look for the brass piping, green-pained pressed metal ceiling and the ornate brass counter. The theme is 'Steam Punk' (my loose interpretation would be: think 1880's mad-scientist time-traveller!)

CoffeeHead

CoffeeHead
8 Railway Parade
camberwell 3124

CoffeeHead is quite the coffee Mecca. Not only can you choose from any of six coffee roasts on offer when ordering your espresso you can then peruse the take home bags from anyone who's anyone in coffee in Melbourne (and beyond) from Supreme, to Gridlock to Proud Mary and many more.
There is plenty of seating within this bright and spacious cafe housed in an ex-warehouse moments from Camberwell train station.

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Prospect Espresso

Prospect Espresso
2a Prospect Hill Rd
Camberwell 
Melbourne 3124


Camberwell is pretty buzzy, high density, affluent... and yet there are not that many inspiring cafes in the area. (Or am I wrong??!)
This is one of the reasons that Matt and Mitch decided upon this suburb to establish a cafe. Off the main drag this smallish cafe is cosy, friendly and unique in design. The space (designed by newbie architects Alix Smith and Tim Brooks) includes a feature wall of bespoke, timber tiles fashioned from reclaimed off-cuts.

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