Creativity, passion and a good eye for what people like makes this gift store a keeper with more than 50 years’ history under its belt.

House-made maple-syrup ice-cream and an already-famous fried-chicken roll.

Good food, warm hearts and no frills.

Foodcraft Espresso makes, among other things, a milkshake-doughnut hybrid. With loads of Nutella.

A juice and salad bar giving new life to “ugly” produce destined for landfill.

American food, but not what you’d expect.

A slice of the inner-city cafe culture.

Get your fill of home-style Colombian dishes and single-origin coffee.

This sleek city venue mixes health-conscious lunches with after-work cocktails.

A cafe that prioritises creativity across its menu, decor and ethos.

Coffee from the Indonesian archipelago is the focus at this cafe in St Peters.

Modern Italian in a dazzling location on Woolloomooloo wharf.

All-day breakfast and Portuguese tarts made to a 30-year-old recipe.

A part-cafe and part-workshop for experts and budding barista amateurs.

Two Nomad alumni serving kombucha on tap, nitro coffee and nduja-packed croque monsieur.

Everything is served in threes, and the selections change each week.

Ethically produced food, from morning through to night.

Step inside the warehouse and surrender to Bob, the 500-kilogram grill.

Refined cafe food at a reasonable price.

If you haven't waited in line here at least once, you're barely a Sydneysider.

A produce store and eatery in Dulwich Hill.

Mastering the science of coffee and community.

At the cutting edge of coffee in Sydney.

Consistently great coffee from the original shakers in the city’s third wave coffee movement.

A piece of Surry Hills cafe culture into the CBD.

The Surry Hills cafe's second outlet.

A tiny, coffee-centric cafe in Surry Hills.

An unlikely pairing of ramen and motorbike repairs.

One of Sydney’s most respected coffee roasters.

An innovative cafe from the team behind Left of Field in Rhodes.

A coffee experience bar, with premium-reserve coffees to try and barista training out back.

It might be further from the city than many other great cafes, but this spot is setting the standard in Rhodes.

Little M brings boutique coffee and brunch to Balmain.

It might be further from the city than many other great cafes, but this spot is setting the standard in Rhodes.

Have brisket and waffles for breakfast in The Rocks.

One of Melbourne’s most celebrated coffee roasters' first Sydney outpost is in the CBD.

Good coffee is hard to come by in the heart of Circular Quay. So go here.

A cafe all about the coffee.

TopHat Coffee Merchants brings specialty espresso to Sydney’s eastern beaches with an engaged coffee experience and the return of the jaffle.

One of just a few coffee roasters in the Wollongong area.

Cafe in a lifestyle store, or vice versa.

Simple and honest sandwiches, just like the name implies.

Matcha-brûlée pancakes and a side business of house-made Asian staples such as miso and soy sauce.

A specialty-coffee-focused cafe from a team of hospitality veterans.

Old fashioned desserts like doughnuts and Louise Cakes.

A tiny garage-like bakery in Brookvale is serving some of the best sourdough in Sydney.

A permanent store for the once online-only US-style doughnuts.

Expect consistently great coffee at the roaster's headquarters.

Creative Italian food (rice-pudding arancini with Nutella) served in an old-school cafe.

A healthy fast-food fix by the beach.

Where Bill Granger first made a name for himself.

Cheap pork-katsu sangas, “sort-of-poke bowls” and Single-O brews.

A family run gelato bar serving artisan ice cream.

Housemade everything and seasonal coffee from the city’s best roasters.

This cafe and takeaway shop in Glenhaven gives locals a taste of tradition and local pride.

A vintage-car showroom and cafe.

Beachside eating and lingering.

An organic wholefoods eatery suited to sensitive diets.

Relaxed beachside dining at its best.

Campos is seemingly everywhere now, but this is where it all began.

It's all about customisation.

A cafe all about the coffee.

TopHat Coffee Merchants brings specialty espresso to Sydney’s eastern beaches with an engaged coffee experience and the return of the jaffle.

One of just a few coffee roasters in the Wollongong area.

Cafe in a lifestyle store, or vice versa.

Simple and honest sandwiches, just like the name implies.

Matcha-brûlée pancakes and a side business of house-made Asian staples such as miso and soy sauce.

A specialty-coffee-focused cafe from a team of hospitality veterans.

Old fashioned desserts like doughnuts and Louise Cakes.

A tiny garage-like bakery in Brookvale is serving some of the best sourdough in Sydney.

A permanent store for the once online-only US-style doughnuts.

Expect consistently great coffee at the roaster's headquarters.

Creative Italian food (rice-pudding arancini with Nutella) served in an old-school cafe.

A healthy fast-food fix by the beach.

Where Bill Granger first made a name for himself.

Cheap pork-katsu sangas, “sort-of-poke bowls” and Single-O brews.

A family run gelato bar serving artisan ice cream.

Housemade everything and seasonal coffee from the city’s best roasters.

This cafe and takeaway shop in Glenhaven gives locals a taste of tradition and local pride.

A vintage-car showroom and cafe.

Beachside eating and lingering.

An organic wholefoods eatery suited to sensitive diets.

Relaxed beachside dining at its best.

Campos is seemingly everywhere now, but this is where it all began.

It's all about customisation.