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‘A lot of pressure’: How rising costs are pushing cafe owners to the brink

Cafes and restaurants are among the most common businesses to go under. So how can you run one successfully?

  • Emily Chantiri

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Mulga Bill’s opened today for its first service.

Mulga Bill’s

Day-to-night venue by the Tassis Group.

  • Matt Shea
Cafe Effe makes cakes and tarts, its own, gelato, and coffee using Proud Mary beans.

Cafe Effe

Where gelato and coffee collide.

  • Frank Sweet
Sour cherry pie.

Savour the ‘unbeatable tongue-twang’ of fresh fruit pies at this nostalgic bakery cafe

It’s all about fruit, not sugariness, at Miller Street’s Blessed Fruit Pies, which bakes its juicy, glistening sour cherry, blackberry, blueberry and mixed berry pies each morning.

  • Lenny Ann Low
A latte at Cafe Effe made with Proud Mary coffee beans.

A ‘futuristic pitstop’, gelato in the hills: Three new Melbourne cafes to try

Cafes are evolving faster than a tiramisu latte. From butter doughnuts to 15-second flat whites, discover the latest in cafe culture at three city newcomers.

  • Frank Sweet
Arnie's operates out of a retro camper van.

Arnie’s Espresso Bar

Single-origin espresso served from a roadside camper van.

  • David Matthews
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Top Shop in Byron Bay.

Top Shop

A longtime breakfast spot with a heaving brekkie burger.

  • David Matthews

My Little Kitchen

All-rounder brunch spot with a dog-friendly courtyard.

Silva Coffee Roasters

The sort of coffee nerd zone you don’t expect to find outside the city.

Das Kaffeehaus is found at The Mill in Castlemaine.

Das Kaffeehaus

Viennese coffee roastery at The Mill precinct.