Cafe Hernandez
60 Kings Cross Rd, Kings Cross
NSW, Australia
(02) 9331 2343

Hernandez is a Sydney institution. Located just off the Kings Cross red light district it is a strongly Spanish themed little hole in the wall.

Frequented by punks, old men, business types and backpackers it has a great blend […]

Badde Manors
37 Glebe Point Road, Glebe
NSW, Australia

Badde Manors by name, Bad Manners by nature… Outside of Utah, this is one of the best nachos I have ever had, but as I just said, the service is horrific. If your thing is being served by tattooed and dreadlocked ferals with attitude, then you’ll love this place.

If […]

Cafe Calabria
1745 Commercial Drive, Vancouver
BC, Canada

Ok, so today I went over to the Drive again to go to a cafe I spotted while walking last weekend. It was just packed, and seemingly was an Italian hotspot for a casual lunch and coffee. And I was right. The vibe was amazing. It was a tad loud […]

digi.kaf
174 St Johns Rd, Glebe
NSW, Australia
(02) 9660-3509

Ah digi.kaf… We used to live across the road from this little gem in Sydney and Sunday morning breakfast became a solid tradition for us. The pancakes (potato or ricotta) and the coffee were a godsend in our otherwise bland little street. It was always a welcome relief […]

Coffee kiosk
Platform 10, Clapham Junction
United Kingdom

Yes - it surprised me as well, but the current winner of “Tom’s fave coffee place in London” is a little kiosk on platform 10 at Clapham Junction station.

The pluses:
- It’s tastes great
- It’s fairtrade coffee
- It’s properly made (i.e. they didn’t just press the ‘latte’ button)
- They’re […]

Metropolis Coffee Company
1039 W Granville Ave
Chicago IL 60660

Metropolis is still a young company, and a father and son team runs it. Tony (son) got his training from Peet’s where other famous roaster such as Duane from Stumptown in Portland, Oregon, was trained.

Metropolis Coffee’s signature espresso blend, Redline, is very popular among the […]

intelligentsiacoffee.com

2 locations:

Lincoln Park, a block south of Belmont & Broadway, Chicago
IL, USA

Downtown, SW corner of Dearborn & Jackson. (close on the weekends), Chicago
IL, USA

Simply the best!

3 baristi from Intelligentsia finished top 6 at the 2004 United States Barista Competition, and I am fortunate enough to have drinks prepared by all of them […]

Le Petit Tarte Cafe & Patisserie
219 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe
NSW, Australia
9692-8739

A cozy, friendly little place that smells like freshly baked bread and coffee. What’s not to like? Anne-Renee and I often made a trip out of our way to pick up some baguettes or croissants and sit outside with a couple of reasonably good […]

WellConnected Cafe
35 Glebe Point Rd, Glebe
NSW, Australia

What a great little place this is. It was my absolute favourite when I lived in Glebe. As the name suggests it’s an internet cafe, but far from being packed of backpackers in a sterile little room the cafe is located on Glebe Point Rd in a turn of […]

Concrete
224 Harris St, Pyrmont
NSW, Australia

I remember Concrete fondly from my time working and living in Sydney’s “silicon valley”. Concrete was one of the quality places that opened at the time and is still in business today, long after the majority of Web/IT firms have closed down and moved on.

The coffee here was always excellent, although […]