Coffee Notes
On the ritual of a second cup
The first cup is for waking up. The second is for staying. A short argument for the coffee you didn't plan on.
12 September 2026
Fitzroy, Melbourne · Est. 2019
The Quiet Chapter
Coffee, books, and a little more time.
A café and second-hand bookshop tucked down a Fitzroy lane. Dark timber shelves, worn leather armchairs and amber light — a room built for staying a while.
Welcome in
A room that asks you to slow down
Two rooms, one long bench and more shelves than sense. Come for the coffee, stay for the chapter you didn't mean to start. Nobody will hurry you along.
Laptops welcome before noon. After that, we gently favour conversation, paper and the sound of rain on the front window.
Read our story
From the counter
A taste of the menu
- Filter of the Day$6.0
- House Flat White$5.0
- Long Black$4.8
- Cortado$4.5
"Every table has a lamp. Every shelf is fair game."
The Journal
Notes from the back room
Shelf Life
Twelve books we couldn't bring ourselves to shelve
A shelf is an argument about what matters. These are the twelve we keep behind the counter, and the reasons we keep arguing.
3 August 2026
Melbourne
Rain, and the art of staying in
Some cities ask you to go out. Ours gives you a very good reason to sit down. A field guide to the wettest season.
21 July 2026
Find your seat
Come sit with us
18 Wren Lane, Fitzroy VIC 3065 — two minutes from Brunswick Street, down the lane beside the old boot factory. Look for the amber light.
- Monday7:30 – 16:00
- Tuesday7:30 – 16:00
- Wednesday7:30 – 16:00