Traveller

Melbourne


This pocket-sized place is a proper stand-and-lean espresso bar, serving top-notch coffee courtesy of local roastery Seven Seeds. There are a couple of stools around the edge if you want to settle in with a newspaper and filled bagel. The sweet things at the counter are enticing, too.


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Nearby Melbourne attractions

1. Chinese Museum

0.11 MILES

The fascinating and often fraught history of Chinese people in Australia is showcased in this wonderful little museum in the heart of Chinatown. Start on…

2. Tolarno Galleries

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3. Parliament House

0.13 MILES

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4. Chinatown

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For more than 150 years this section of central Melbourne, now flanked by five traditional arches, has been the focal point for the city's Chinese…

5. Old Treasury Building

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6. West Space

0.26 MILES

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7. St Patrick’s Cathedral

0.3 MILES

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8. Collins Street

0.32 MILES

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