Gertrude & Alice

Broke? Bookish? Hungry? Then, gentle reader, grab a stack of old books, head to this charming second-hand-bookshop-cum-cafe and try for a trade-in. If successful, you can hand the cash right back in exchange for a warm breakfast crumble and a Campos caffe latte ($3.30) that has the perfect balance of strength and smoothness. Of course, real writers aren't up in time for breakfast, so there are simple lunches from panini to salads as well. Tables and armchairs are snuck in every which way among the book-lined shelves in a lovely messy riposte to the usual neat, clean bookstore and designer cafe aesthetic.