Coffee - Sydney Restaurants and Bars - Eat Drink
From morning to midnight and back again, EAT/DRINK is TwoThousand's guide to cafes, bars and restaurants in Sydney. We know the best coffee because we drink 20 a day (each), we know the good restaurants because we can't cook, and we'll tell you where to find hidden bars and other places that still let you smoke so that we can ask you for a cigarette when you get there. EAT/DRINK is as voracious as our appetites and a much better filter than our livers, which stopped working a long time ago. Email your EAT/DRINK suggestions to: talk@twothousand.com.au
Annandale Coffee Bar
Everyone loves a hole in the wall - a candid slot in an unexpected spot. Hearing the pine of the people of Paramatta Road, with nothing to drink for kilometres, the Annandale Coffee Bar is out to fill your fix.
Ground in the quadrangle adjoining The Annandale's infamous Pub Cha, Single Origin Roasters has joined the odd but nice assembly of things at this venue.
Clipper Cafe
"Yawn," I hear you say. "Another coffee spot in Glebe. Great." But hang on - not all shoes in the shoestore are the same, right? Right!? We all feel the fatigue of cafes with thrift-store decor and distracting music, which is why when one comes along that establishes a genuinely likable identity, it's a breath of fresh air.
The Golden Cobra Coffee
Coffee - the black oil that gets the morning from akimbo to limbo. Along with legal crank, the other thing Izrock likes is independent business and DIY ethic - not waiting for an opportunity to arise but just taking it.
The Golden Cobra combines these two attributes with a healthy dose of community mindedness.
Pigeon Coffee
No longer are Pigeons just rats of the sky, soilers of courtyards and guttering cooers. They now brew a decent flat white, chat to you over breakfast and are seriously dog friendly.
Pigeon Coffee is what you would describe as a ‘hole in the wall' establishment. In a space smaller than a toilet block, the café manages to squish coffees, juices, muffins, meals, three tables, a bench, a dog and a slab of Astroturf.
The Paragon Cafe
The Paragon café, an example of Katoomba's past pandering to the upper class tourist, is the perfect remedy for today's time poor society. The lighting is warm, atmosphere cosy and the early 20th Century music and art deco furnishing make it one of the few remaining places in which you can step back in time with a cup of cocoa.
Rosie's
If you get a green light on Cleveland at Elizabeth Street, Rosie’s will appear but a piglet-pink blur as you drive past. If you get a red light, you might notice it looks like a giant has dropped a cupcake in between the fridge and the wall. The hole-in-the-wall coffee and cake outlet is the ultimate ‘in between’ space.
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