Small Block, 130 Lygon St East Brunswick
There’s nothing I like more than waking up with a craving for ricotta hotcakes with barabados cream and poached vanilla saffron pears, then cycling over to Small Block to fill my tummy.
The hotcakes here are AMAZING. The coffee is a DELIGHT. I would go so far as to say the Small Block is my all time favourite breakfast destination. It’s also been a cheap eats sweetheart since its opening in 06.
This particular morning was as pleasant an experience as ever, with the prompt and friendly service you can always expect.
However, one woman complained about the music situation and I had to agree with her. It was a bit of a cacophony with the front of the front of the cafe playing 90s shoegaze and the kitchen staff pumping (the devil) nova fm. Something had to give. But the kitchen won out and we were forced to listen to this drivel, which made the overall dining experience slightly more painful than it should have been.
FOOD: 10/10
COFFEE: 10/10
ATMOSPHERE: 9/10 (thanks a lot, Katy Perry)
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