The Padre outlet that birthed a small empire.

Huw Murdoch's fantastic slow-fermented sourdough loaves are well worth picking up to bring home, but we recommend heading to Wild Life for a meal if you can. Inside this striking converted warehouse, you'll find a mostly vegetarian menu where toasties are the heroes.

This cafe is named after the 1985 Hüsker Dü album, but it's closer to laid-back folk than angst-ridden punk.

From the ladies at Rosamond and Mixed Business.

Imbued with decades of Brunswick’s history and character.

Post up on a bench seat for kaya (coconut jam) squiggled on toast, espresso banana bread and espressos brewed on one of three machines – not from Italy, but from Silicon Valley.

A down-to-earth cafe that's been around for more than a decade.