Apollo Inn is a cafe in Cbd, Melbourne.
Apollo Inn on Flinders Lane is Andrew McConnell's 30-seat cocktail bar: four Martini styles, oysters and rotating small plates in a warm neo-Renaissance room.
Address: 165 Flinders Lane, Melbourne VIC 3000
Patricia in a Little Bourke Street laneway is the CBD's tightest espresso counter: standing-only, rotating guest roasters and a craft benchmark from 2011.
Signature drink: Rotating single-origin espresso
Tip: Enter from the alley behind Little Bourke Street. Weekday only; closed all weekends.
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Signature drink: House blend espresso and specialty single origins
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Signature drink: Signature blend espresso
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Signature drink: Single-origin filter coffee
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Signature drink: Flat white on house blend
Proud Mary on Oxford Street is internationally recognised for direct-trade sourcing, with a food programme that keeps pace with the coffee at every turn.
Signature drink: Direct-trade single-origin espresso
Patricia in a Little Bourke Street laneway is the CBD's tightest espresso counter: standing-only, rotating guest roasters and a craft benchmark from 2011.
Signature drink: Rotating single-origin espresso
Tip: Enter from the alley behind Little Bourke Street. Weekday only; closed all weekends.
