Miss Jackson, 2/19 Grey St, St Kilda 3182 (+61 39534 8415)
Afficionadas of St Kilda cafes and coffee know there are few decent ones to be found nowadays on the main drags.
But there is still quality to be found dotted around the edges with the likes of Inker7 on Inkerman St, relative newcomer Nineteen Squares on Blessington St and the newish Miss Jackson.
Not Steve Kovacks at Miss Jackson
Steve Kovacks, a familiar face from the Birdcage for those of you who remember it, is joint partner in the venture and behind the La Marzocco Linea machine making some pretty decent lattes with Allpress beans.
Miss Jackson: lentil and beetroot salad.
There are cupcakes and brownies for morning snacks. Or food that goes beyond the standard cafe fare that is well priced and comes in large portions. A salad of lentils with beetroot (enough to make you panic the next morning) is wholesome and uplifting. The steak sandwich and piadinas are also worth a try with a glass of wine if you aren’t too fucked-up or hungover. (Hey, this is St Kilda after all.)
Miss Jackson: Piadina
But I give special mention to the corned beef sandwich which is served with gherkins on a wooden platter. It comes as close as I’ve found to the the salt beef on rye with pickles I used to gobble up at Selfridges in London.
Inside the tall Victorian space is light and airy with classic balloon-backed chairs and blond wood tables across it’s multiple spaces. In winter the fire is lit and from spring the outside deck will come into its own.
If you’ve missed Miss Jackson, it’s at the top end of Jackson St, near the corner of Grey hidden behind a lazer cut rusty steel fence.
As I said I think I like Miss Jackson. No, I’m sure. I really do like her.
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DON’T TELL TOO MANY PEOPLE ‘BOUT MISS J. I COULDN’T GET A SEAT ON TUESDAY!!!
Steve is a very good looking boy though, and they play 80’s English trash as well.
Eric Bananaman
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They make really good coffee, though!
Could anyone get Steve a hair comb as I always forget to bring one?
From what I saw today – Matt doesn’t need one
Ivan – don’t be so cheeky, not everyone is going to get your Russian humour!
Miss Jackson is my favorite hang out in St Kilda, but Neil is right we don’t want too many people finding out about it or we may need further expansion – like opening on Mondays. Sorry guys, I know its your only day off – we just love you that tiny bit too much.
NOT OPEN MONDAY!!!
Settled for a nice coffe and NO NEWSPAPER at Pellican.
Is that Nick Stock lurking in the background of the first photo above?
Hey Ian, havn’t you been dead since 1980?
Hi, KeefMoon. I have been actually dead since 1890 but still like coffee from Miss Jackson.
Listen to the silence, let it ring out.
Keef you daft twit havn’t you been dead since 1976? Drowned in ya own womit diddn ya?
Time to Bring on the dancing horses
Hey Morrisey, that moustache is a bit San Francisco isn’t it?
I went there this afternoon and had the same coffee as you and was very impressed. The massive 6 group is presumably to run the three single origins and two blends they were offering.
I thought the name was Proud Mary’s, or did I mishear?
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I expect great things from Nolan every time he goes into a new cafe. He’s one of those people who always brings things together with an elegant poise and unpretentious way of serving great coffee.
Looking forward to hearing more about Proud Mary. And Bad Mary too if you run into her Ed
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Hi Ed
It looks like a neat little joint that’s for sure and the machine’s a mother.
There are better beans about then single origin Ipanema though and I wonder why you would go to all that trouble and then choose to brand yourself, however superficially in the same perceived plane as Starbucks.
Cheers
Stephen
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I think you’ll find Nolan will be rotating through a collection of fairly impressive single origin beans if 5 Senses in Melbourne have anything to do with it (and they do). 5 Senses roast Nolan’s house blend, and then he has a small batch roaster on site for doing his own single origins or whatever he fancies.
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Nice post Ed! I found some more photos of the cafe here http://www.beanhunter.com/gallery/Cafe/485
Including the 6 group head synesso you mentioned http://www.beanhunter.com/media/491 – it is awesome!
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WOW, that coffee machine is a beast!! Puts my Rancilio Silvia to shame (but I still love her!)
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Am totally loving being back amongst Melbourne’s coffee culture! It just keeps getting better. This place is on my hit list, having knocked back some soul soothing flat whites at Mart and St Ali yesterday (first time for the latter; loved it). I’m a Melbourne coffee geek living in the land of tea bags (London) and they just don’t get it – so nice to be back here where people write posts about coffee machines and roasting beans. Aaaahhhh….
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