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Good Times cafe is a retro gem

This former Bentleigh milk bar lets the good times roll.

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Meet Lorna, your pre- or post-1000 steps brunch spot

Ferntree Gully cafe brings together traditional Anglo fare (crumpets) and Mexican flair (breakfast nachos).

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Counting your cafe blessings in Hurlstone Park

Hurlstone Park locals know a good thing when they find it.

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Moon Rabbit jumps the hipster-proof fence

BYO cup and hop to this cockle-warming social enterprise cafe for a jaffle, Prestonians.

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Welcome to the daytime show at Matinee Coffee, Marrickville

Matinee Coffee takes its design cues from old-time cinemas.

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Goodbye brinner, hello dinner-for-breakfast

Northcote cafe Field Black flips breakfast-for-dinner with its brunch gnocchi and mac 'n' cheese.

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Colourful dishes take centre stage at artist-inspired cafe

Those who rarely visit Rhodes may think of it mostly as the home of a Nordic stress colony called IKEA. But a corner cafe is quietly injecting the spirit of a sleepy artist commune into the neighbourhood.

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Service comes with a smile and a velvet rope at Marrickville's Matinee

Nothing is too much trouble at Matinee.

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Swap granola for 'Hempnola' at Plain Sailing cafe

Bong! That's the sound of the bell tolling, ringing in the new era of legal edible hemp.

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Barbetta, where the vita is dolce

Barbetta is like walking onto an Italian film set, ready for the next scene of 'La Dolce Vita'.

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