Devon Cafe ★ 4.4
Modern Asian-Aussie cafe on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Sydney brunch and specialty-coffee staple with a consistent local crowd.
Signature drink: Flat white
Cuckoo Callay is a cafe in Newtown, Sydney.
Newtown station-platform cafe in a heritage 1908 ticket-hall on King Street, Sydney. Regular booking for Sydney's brunch and specialty-coffee scene.
Address: Newtown Station, Shop 7, 308 King Street, Newtown NSW 2042, Sydney
Modern Asian-Aussie cafe on Devonshire Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Sydney brunch and specialty-coffee staple with a consistent local crowd.
Signature drink: Flat white
Sydney's heritage pie cart on Cowper Wharf, Woolloomooloo. The Tiger pie (mash, peas, gravy) has been served from this Navy-yard caravan since 1938.
Signature drink: Latte with a Tiger pie
Inner-west cafe and supper club on Marrickville Road, Sydney. Daytime espresso, evening jazz and a small French-inflected menu that runs late on the weekend.
Signature drink: Single-estate hot chocolate
Bondi beach cafe on Wairoa Avenue, Sydney. Acai bowls, smoothie bowls, paleo plates and a sand-floor crowd of post-swim regulars. Daily 6:30am-3pm.
Signature drink: Acai bowl
Modern vegetarian cafe on Chapel Street, Marrickville, Sydney. House pasta at lunch, brunch plates that lean seasonal Aussie veg, slow-roast specials.
Signature drink: Mocha
Surf-club-corner cafe on Ramsgate Avenue, North Bondi, Sydney. Power breakfast and acai-bowl menu, perched directly over the sand at North Bondi.
Signature drink: Iced long black