Cozy Features
Manchester Press, Rankin Lane, Melbourne City
The loud raucous lunch crowd never makes this place feel any different to if you were hanging in your friend’s back garage. Really. It seems others think the same, and I’m gobsmacked to see so many suits mingled in here with dreadlocks, all mashed into the lunchtime throng. When you look around the room of [...]
Bouzy Rouge, Richmond
One isn’t quite sure which influence to pinpoint in this eclectic mish mash of glamour and cozy. An odd mix of laid back French and primped Spanish, the word that comes to mind is unexpected, with a lot of crazy crap on the walls to boot. It’s very warm indoors as we walk in, a [...]
Porgie + Mr Jones, Hawthorn.
I love Autumn. Its cooler, the grey skies better offset the colour of the burnt orange trees, and when the sun does come out, its lower angle often coats everything with a beautiful golden hue. This is the time of year, ironically, where Melbourne shines. You may not think so. I think Melbourne is a [...]
Local and Native at Gypsey & Musquito in Richmond
Gypsey & Musquito Australian and local produce is the focus of this fashionably old fashioned establishment. Gypsey & Musquito slightly resembles an old farmhouse kitchen minus the chintz. White washed walls go hand in hand with old wine boxes, farm boxes, tables, and anything that is old and wooden. The only shiny thing in the [...]
Coffee with Friends of Mine in Richmond
Friends of Mine. I had a little epiphany when I walked into Friends of Mine recently. I was with a friend. Funny that. We were very keen on coffees, and plenty of them. I’d just been on a long trip to a country where coffee was not the drink of choice, so was in the [...]
