cafe: Satchmo Cafe, North Perth
Is this café really "hipster" ?
Sure, there are some interesting hair styles. And definitely tattoos. Yet the café appears to be in a café... That is, it is not in a repurposed shop. The walls are smooth finished plaster. The entire place seems to be neat... established... well set up.
Complete with a Satchmo theme. Several stashes of LPs. You know, vinyl records. Suitable Satchmo-style music. Independent of the LPs, I suspect :-) "Soul" written on the menu... And that is the thing: This is a soul café. It may or may not be hipster.
Coffee is excellent. Lots of choice of type though no separation by bean source. Limited selection of cakes, though that suits the hipster emphasis on brunch rather than coffee & cake.
Our cake is delicious. Nicely warmed, soft and fluffy. I realise that "coffee cake" -- like "tea cake" is to be eaten with coffee, there is no coffee flavour. Learn something every day :-) We're told that the muffin is also delicious.
True to the hipster claim, close parking is crowded. Not to worry, a near empty supermarket carpark is across the road. Also as expected, it is crowded with both dine-in and takeaway crowds. And unfortunately, very noisy. No sound dampening, conversation is difficult.
Rated 2 out of 3: well worth the visit but lacking the undefinable extra which would bring us back as regulars.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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