Growing up in the country on a cattle farm in South Australia, Henry Honner and his five siblings had different priorities when it came to spending their pocket money. Henry's was to get a new TV. As a deal with their father, the purchase of two new dairy cattle - Juno and May - were the cash cows who would bring the dream home after mornings and afternoons spent milking....
Not to be confused with Short Black Cafe in Richmond, this Italian cafe and restaurant sits near the craziness that it Camberwell junction. Veneziano coffee is available all day long, and thank goodness because the coffee is very good. The kitchen features a slicer and rotating wood fired pizza oven, and pasta is handmade daily....
Milk bars are hard to come by nowadays after the rise of service stations and extended hour supermarkets, but offering a wider array of groceries, food and coffee has enabled some to survive. Fordham's Milk Bar has been around since 1915, which itself is an impressive feat, and it's conversion into a cafe was only completed 4 years ago. ...
Right next to Camberwell station on Railway Parade, Coffeehead has been providing locals with a coffee-focused venue since 2011. Ash has over 30 years experience as a chef himself, training and working in London before coming to Australia and spending time under Gary Mehigan at Novotel on Collins. Through further work at Blue Train in Crown, he met Paul Mathis, eventually taking over Mathis' CoffeeHead. When Ash Nathan became the owner, he decided to start roasting his own beans on-site with their Probat roaster and retail them, providing...
12's Cafe and Co opened just a few weeks ago, and though its main focus is Chinese BBQ, 12's offers Chinese fusion; something less commonly found compared to other Asian cuisines. Owner Jack Kwan spent a year learning how to roast meat in his native Hong Kong, then had to learn how to adapt those techniques to a commercial kitchen, and its flavours to suit local palates and create his own take on fusion cuisine. It's cosy and relaxed both inside and out. Antique books near the entrance are...