The Tomato team trawled Melbourne for great coffee, or at least great places to drink coffee. Add your comments and the places you like below.Las Chicas 203 Carlisle Street Balaclava (03) 9531 3699Hip but with a local feel. Put together by the people behind Leroy and Espresso Bar.The Coffee Company 260 Carlisle Street Balaclava (03) 9534 6604Been in the biz for more than 30 years. A selection of 42 different types of beans are on offer. Good selection of espresso machines on sale too.Wall Two 80 280 Carlisle St Balaclava (03) 9593 8280A busy local icon with its hole in the wall coffees for hung-over commuters. Great coffee, great vibe.Baker D Chirico 149 Fitzroy St (03) 9534 3777You may have to queue and space is tight but the wait is worth it for the baker’s artisan buns and pastries. Might find annoying people with complicated orders delaying the queue.Il Formaio 2 Acland St St Kilda (03) 9534 2922No more queueing! The latest innovation here is table service. Grinders coffee and frighteningly, but we like it that way, unhealthy donuts.Leroy Expresso 191 Acland St St Kilda (03) 9525 5166St Kilda’s hatch in the wall coffee stop for hung-over commuters. Or relax outside this institution – if you can get a seat. Changed hands twice in the past couple of years.Caffe e Cucina 581 Chapel St South Yarra (03) 9827 4139Strictly a restaurant but worth an espresso. Brown and dark this place has received more awards for excellence than you can poke an Amaretto biscuit at. Damned fine espresso made by baristas who know their stuff.The European 161 Spring Street Melbourne (03) 9654 0811Classy and, er, European. The baristas are serious like they should be. Full of businesspeople doing business over lunch and espresso during the week.Pellegrini’s 66 Bourke Street Melbourne (03) 9662 1885An icon. If coffee had a heart in Australia this would be it… or at least the aorta.Tiamo 1 303 Lygon Street (03) 9347 5759Next door to Tiamo 2 which is more a restaurant, Tiamo 1 is an institution. Still rustic and and still popular, they’ve been doing it bloody well for years.Grind In The City 4 Centre Place City (03) 9671 3313Down one of Melbourne’s cutest alleys the place could only fit four small people across the room.Find a stool, have a shot of espresso, then worry where your friends are going to sit.Centro Espresso Cafe
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Atomica in Brunswick was pretty good for coffee but that was in 03, and that coffee place opposite the Elsternwick train station too.
Sorry if I can’t remember the names, it’s been a while :s
Also Espresso Bar in Acland St has closed but they have taken over the Galleon Cafe in carlisel St so the coffee just got a lot bettter there.
I hate the coffee at Brunetti’s (Vittoria). It’s flat and tasteless, unfortunately. Love the cakes/pasteries though.
I think my friend Richard Berry entered this place. I suspect he looked through the window rather than taste the java.
ASk our customers about our Colombian and Brazilian Inkari Gold blend, or even better come and try yourselves.
Leonardo
Inkari of Latin America Cafe