CBD and Surrounds

Fandango

Some days are just unexpectedly delightful. Other days, however, are those days where you want to throw yourself down the escalators at a shopping cen...

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The Roller Door

The Roller Door is a quaint little cafe quietly tucked away on a street I didn't even know existed until I accidentally drove down it. And maybe that'...

Carlton

Animal Orchestra

I have often wondered what it would be like to live in a photo collage. Luckily, with one wall being home to a cluster of retro photography and anothe...

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Issus

One of the lovely aspects of Melbourne is that almost every corner of the earth is represented somewhere in some way. Even the gross corners. But some...

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Mr Tulk

I was a pretty average student in school. Even in university I was rubbish. I would study around 30 hours a week and still wouldn’t remember what room...

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Urban Deli

I knew I was in for a treat* when 50% of the clientele at Urban Café were bike short wearing professionals ordering a double mocha skinny latte on the...

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The European

Ok, so let’s get it out of our systems. The European is da bomb. Everyone loves it, it can do no wrong, it’s the bee knees of cafes in Melbourne. Now ...

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Bluebird Espresso

It was a beautiful summer’s day in Melbourne, so to escape the torrential rain I headed for Bluebird Espresso in Collingwood, a recommendation from on...

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Affogato Espresso Bar

Hardware Lane. You know it. It’s where you take out of towners to try and impress them with Melbourne’s multiculturalism (‘look everyone! We have past...

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Gas Eatery

In Spanish, gas means ‘you’re a dickhead’. Jokes! That’s a lie. I don’t think ‘gas’ means anything in Spanish, which is why I’m still confused as to w...

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Bella Cosi

I love Italy. I want to live in Italy, whimsically run through Italian vineyards with a hot Italian guy (sorry to my partner. You’re hot too, of cours...

Carlton

Seven Seeds

I wanted to feel groovy and young, so I wandered up to Seven Seeds in the hopes that some of the super groovy kids from the uni nearby would inappropr...

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Seraphim

One morning I woke up in a haze of depression and decided that life was almost not worth living. So to celebrate I went and ate breakfast at a cafe th...