Simplicity and class are the hallmarks of this cafe.

120 seats and a huge menu to match. This is one seriously ambitious cafe.

It’s designed to feel like your lounge room. But you could never make food this good at home.

Camel-milk lattes and bowls of crickets. This isn't your average cafe.

A local landmark from Melbourne cafe royalty.

Coffee is the focus at this spot from Axil Coffee Roasters, but the menu is no B-team.

A classic sandwich shop with elevated ingredients and credentials.

Cruffins, strawberry-cheesecake croissants and stunning petit gateaux in a matching petite shopfront.

At this “cellar door” for coffee you can taste up to five single-origin brews in a single visit.

As solid as the immovable pillar in the middle of the seating area.

An all-day every-day cafe with a solid list of brunch cocktails.

Enter for superb single origin and filter, or invest in a $10 shot of espresso.

On weekends, this bar puts on bottomless prosecco and Mimosas, plus other goodies such as jerk salmon tostadas, fried buffalo broccoli and fried chicken you can pimp with optional caviar.

Daytime staples and intriguing sit-down dishes.

This backstreets spot is dedicated to using the freshest local and organic produce in a way few others are.

A relaxed cafe, bar and grill open every day of the week, serving booze at whatever time you’re ready for it.

A social-enterprise cafe upholding the idea of a fair go.

Like the milk bars of yore; a place to drop in for coffee, breakfast or a sandwich.

Providing the Richmond community with their daily newspaper, milk and bread since 1956.

A tranquil cafe on an otherwise hectic strip.

Warkop is a snug, laid-back sandwich shop headed by Indonesian chef Barry Susanto. On the menu, you’ll find a line-up of bready classics, from the aromatic chicken sanga, to a beef pastrami with coconutty rendang sauce, and a soft grilled brioche with custard-like coconut jam.

This Greek deli’s third-generation owner is serving contemporary takes on his mother’s recipes.