A couple recent lattes at Melbourne were better than the first (still good) ones I tried when they opened in 2014, enough to give them five stars from me and a place among my Montreal coffee favourites: Pikolo at the top, accompanied by Myriade I (Mackay), Myriade II (Saint-Viateur), Tunnel, Couteau, Flocon, and Pourquoi Pas. RIP Café Sardine, while we wait for its coffee to rematerialize at the promised new Maison Sociale.
Their food is satisfying and well priced. The menu leans heavily on jaffles, the sealed Australian sandwiches. They have a Breville press that's up to the very special task of sealing liquidy fillings like mac & cheese inside two fused slices of bread where it won't leak out until you bite down. I spent a lovely afternoon here reminiscing with a friend about her time away in real life Melbourne and chatting with the friendly co-proprietor. I like the coffee a little better than Hof Kelsten's across the street and competing Australian-themed Code Black's down the street.