Our little cottage and garden is part of Sydney’s inner west, and also just happens to be nestled in amongst some of Newtown (and Sydney’s) premier cafes… fourteen of them within a 600m radius, to be exact. Unsurprisingly, Richard and I have become rather particular coffee and cafe connoisseurs, but not snobs: in fact, we are fully prepared to forego “excellent” coffee for “good coffee” if it means amazing cheesecake, and even “good” coffee for “okay” coffee if it means a comprehensive selection of tasty eats… thereby choosing one cafe for coffee and another for pie and another for croissants and another for cake and another for the space and another for the bacon… so on and so forth, depending on which way the wind is blowing that day. That’s not snobbery, right?!
Here are our options:
We’re surrounded!
We go to…
Luxe Bakery Cafe for bread and pastry, okay coffee, and a good space to get work done
Campos Coffee for takeaway excellent coffee and amazing pastry
Brewtown Newtown for eat-in excellent coffee and out-of-this-world cronuts
Shenkin Espresso for takeaway good coffee and Israeli baked goods
Rising Sun Workshop for amazing ramen, okay coffee and a good space to get work done
Gather on the Green for taking good food and coffee & eating outside on picnic rugs (fun!)
Store Espresso’s for good coffee and organic produce
212 Blu for excellent coffee and the fun food menu
Black Star Pastry for good pastry, their unbelievable watermelon & strawberry cake, and good coffee
Barmuda for their extensively tasty menu and okay coffee
Cafe C for their extensive menus, generous opening hours, and amazing Snickers or Mars Bar thickshakes
The Pie Tin for the most amazing pies ever and okay coffee
Satellite Espresso for the fun space, okay coffee
Vargabar Espresso for their excellent menu (the bacon and egg roll is so good!) and good coffee
If you’ve been to any or all of these, I’d love to hear your reasons for picking those cafes!!
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