Carnevale Coffee (CLOSED)

This endearing coffee roaster in deepest, darkest Black Forest is raffishly retro: Laminex tables, vinyl chairs, beaten-up chesterfields, scarified floorboards, chalky blackboards and a galaxy of rice-paper lanterns. The blackboards are a nod to the clientele – more than a few pram-pushers wheel through the front door, plus real-estate agents, designers, tradies, grandmas and motorcycle cops. A Dalek-like roasting machine thrums in the corner, surrounded by hessian bean sacks from Mexico, El Salvador, Costa Rica and beyond. Despite the Laminex, Carnevale’s coffee is sublime. Food offerings include good vegetarian options (pumpkin and chickpea fritters; falafel burger); staff are unfailingly cheery; and what a cool mural!