It’s great to see so many visitors coming to Manly, its like watching a flock of sheep. As soon as they’re off the ferry, all you see is a massive ...
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Let’s head left to Manly Cove
It’s great to see so many visitors coming to Manly, its like watching a flock of sheep. As soon as they’re off the ferry, all you see is a massive herd moving down the Corso and ending up on one spot of the beach at Steyne. Fair enough, I too love being by the sea, […]
Should Starbucks be let off tax free?
Times are tough, markets are tougher and its hard enough for our independent coffeehouses to get a share of the coffee pie without the almighty Starbucks not paying tax.* Now, I’m no bean-counter but we all know low tax rates are good for the economy by attracting foreign investment. Which of course creates jobs, encourages more investment […]
Perfect day for a Hemingway’s
The weather has well and truly turned; the waves are getting bigger and the Manly ferries have been cancelled!! With a swell forecast of up to 15 feet, that’s a pretty good reason to avoid the water. Although I do know a few hardcore surfers who’ll be itching in their wet boots to get stuck […]
A trip to the Boathouse Palm Beach
It wouldn’t be right to be anywhere near the Northern Beaches and not make a trip to Palm Beach. Just imagine getting there and taking in the long, wide stretch of beach on the sea front. Walking along the orange sand and filling your lungs with fresh sea air. Putting those lungs to good use […]
Would you like Jam with that?
One of the nicest ways to start a morning is to indulge in a hot, fresh, flaky croissant. Not the thick bready type that doesn’t taste like a croissant, but the proper, squishy, melt-in-your-mouth stuff, like the one in the photo that I bought from Brezel Bar Manly. And just to jazz it up a bit, […]
Coffee is healthy!
I’ve loved reading all the articles on the recent study on coffee and health (Recent study by The New England Journal of Medicine). With 400,000 participants over 14 years, its quite a significant piece of research. Even more significant when the outtake is that yes coffee is good for you! Love it. With an added […]
Kenyan AA Grade
Coffee beans from Kenya are known to be pretty special. So its amazing that coffee like this is so easily accessible to us. To have great coffee houses at our finger-tips makes us very lucky indeed. The Kenyan Karagoto AA grade, is just one of these that I’ve sampled when I popped in to Mecca […]
Edible coffee cup
A new and very exciting concept in the world of coffee – an edible coffee cup! Created by Venezuelan designer Enrique Luis Sardi for Lavazza, its made of pastry lined with sugar, and based on the idea of drinking the coffee then eating the cup. Descibed as ‘an ice cream cone for your coffee’ it […]
The Troubadour Manly
Coffee poetry in motion… This inconspicuous little place on Pittwater Rd could easily missed, so put it on your radar and make a point to go. The coffee is Single Origin Roasters, so as you would expect is pretty good. But what really stand out are the little things. Like serving coffee with a side […]
The Foundry of customer service? …not likely
We all forgive a few slip-ups when you’re new. But when you’re in an area that’s bursting with café’s, the one thing that will help customers turn a blind eye is a bit of good old-fashioned customer service. So let’s see what happened at Foundry Fifty Three, Pittwater Street Manly. Well getting an order wrong […]
