The new wave of café-bars opening across the inner suburbs is rewriting what a weekday lunch can look like. We've been tracking the best of them.
The line between cafe, bar, and casual restaurant has been blurring for years, and the result is a much more interesting weekday lunch market. We've spent the last two months working through the openings worth knowing about.
The common thread: short menus, music with a point of view, and rooms designed to keep you longer than you planned. None of these places are trying to be everything to everyone — and they're better for it.
