The demise of coffee in Melbourne
by Aaron on Jan.12, 2010, under Cafe Culture, living it up, melbourne
As most of you know – Melbourne has some damn good coffee. It has some crap coffee and a lot of average coffee, but yes, some damn good coffee. The problem is – you find a good place and then some toss* like Matt Preston writes a review and voila – busy as hell. Two of my favourite places have slowly declined in quality that much that I don’t even want to go there anymore.
Liar Liar in hawthorn, just hasn’t been the same since the owner sold it and moved on. The new staff just can’t cut it and I have actually had bad coffees from there. The vibe is just all wrong aswell.
Chimmy’s in Richmond – again just can’t cut it with the crowds lately. Cold meals, massive waits and then the coffee is more often average than not lately. Very disappointing based on how good it has been in the past. They have all their fresh-baked goodness though.
A lot of places are just dishing out mediocre coffees as they can’t handle the amount of people anymore… I blame the write-ups for all the extra people. It certainly can’t be the global financial crisis.
Anyway there is hope. The dancing Goat in the city. St Ali in sth Melbourne. Artichoke and Whitebait @ Monash. Jones @ Chadstone. Ilios at Richmond. The new merlo place in degraves. Di Bella in nth melbourne or at the vic markets. The green room @ Brunwsick. BBB also in the city and lat but not least, BBB’s sister – Seven Seeds at Carlton. There are plenty of other Gems around but Seven seeds takes the cake.
Definitely my pick of the cafes in melbourne at the moment.
One day soon I will do up a list of all the good cafes/coffee places to visit.
January 13th, 2010 on 6:11 pm
good stuff Aaron, keep up the good work and keep on caffeining on, Steve Agi here, the caffiend. Would love to send you a complimentary copy of the Cafe Guide 2010 to help you in your hunt and your crusade
Address to post to?
cheers
Steve
February 13th, 2010 on 8:52 am
another great cafe for your list
65 degrees
309 exhibition st
melbourne
champion barista, world latte art champion, their own award winning coffee blend – gridlock coffee.
great for breakfast and lunch – fantastic coffee