cafe: The Coffee Corner / North Perth
7 Jan 19: I was looking for a café to catch up with a friend. It needed to be halfway between his place and mine. With easy parking. Coffee Corner suited all requirements. But...
There is parking next to the café. It needs to be approached from a road behind... Not to worry, there is plenty of parking -- pub parking, unused at this time of day -- across the road. My more clever friend found his way to the café parking.
Is this café hipster ? Almost definitely nearly.
We are the only two patrons, two old blokes meeting to gossip. We sit in the lounge chairs. The only other seats are stools, I don't think we would have stayed for stool sitting.
The café faces a busy street, traffic noise comes and goes. The music inside is loud and louder but is turned down, no fuss, when I ask. Though it gets a bit louder as the young things in charge close up for the day... It closes at three, I had not realised. We amble out and sit for a while at a nearby bus stop. Which turns out to be no noisier than inside the café.
Inside, there is a huge air-con pipe across the ceiling. Plus two stainless steel tanks attached to the wall. Future brewing set-up ? There are pipe connectors to the tanks but they are not connected to anything. Pure hipster decoration, I think.
Is the café repurposed ? Sort of. It seems to be an old shop, now a clean and painted café. Are there tatts & man buns ? No, the two girls are cheerful, clean, neat, girl-next-door. Nothing weird at all.
The coffee is excellent, my friend tells me that his bagel is good. The food available -- at this tail end of a week day -- is several bagels with various probably healthy fillings. They do look good.
It's a nice place. On its way but not yet fully hipster. Friendly, helpful staff. Worth the visit but expect to sit on a high stool -- or stand -- if you are not the only patrons. We won't be back. Only because we are old enough to want peace, quiet and a guarantee of comfortable seats. Rated two out of three.
Dr Nick Lethbridge / Consulting Dexitroboper
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