Brunetti City Square
Editorial
True Melbourne survivors of caffeine addiction all have a Brunetti story to tell. For more than twenty years, the original Carlton café has been the site of some of the city's best coffee hits. The legend lives on in Faraday Street where customers thrive on the buzz of the bean and the sweet, sweet crack of pastry.
Well, it ain't exactly the same in the city. Part of the buzz is missing.
Physics tells us that electrons lose part of their energy in motion. Patrons of franchised cafes will tell us much the same thing. Here, the Brunetti Arabica blend remains intact but the dedication to quality seems to have eased off on the trip down the road from Carlton.
Make no mistake, the coffee is still of a very decent quality. And so, too, are the pastries; particularly for those with a monumentally greedy sweet-tooth. But the vibe has gone south. To be fair, we can't lay the blame with proprietors entirely. It might have something to do with those City Square pigeons. They're clearly hopped up on sugary crumbs.
You could do worse in the centre of tow. Then again, you could do a little better.
SM King, November 2010
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