Albion Street welcomes the opening of a sexy new cafe
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
Credit: Dan Boud
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At this new Surry Hills café, they’re doing a salt caramel milkshake and a brothel sandwich. You heard us. “The idea for the menu was to offer our customers food that we eat or are given while on coffee travels," says owner Russell Beard. "Our menu is not coffee origin exclusive. We have a slider on this weekend that is named after one of the brothels a couple of doors up,”
Before opening Reuben Hills, Beard used to have a café called the Source in Mosman, one of the best places to get coffee on the north shore. The big open space opens up with a roller door out the back, and an unassuming shopfront with a couple of wooden stools out the front on Albion Street, just down the road from Chefs’ Warehouse. Take a seat at the blue-tiled communal table out the back and check out the hot floor staff as they serve up some of the area’s best coffee. They roast the beans themselves, which are sourced from Beard’s trips to El Salvador, Honduras, Panama, Colombia and Costa Rica.
Try a baleada while you’re here. Here, the Honduras dish is a tortilla filled-then-folded with black beans for the veggos or pulled pork for the carnies. It’s a hefty number, and will most likely keep you going all day. This extremely awesome café also does a great 'Not Reuben' sandwich (actually a steak sandwich with sauerkraut). But really, it’s all about the Dogg’s Breakfast – a Monaco Bar-like ice-cream sandwich accompanied by a pool of salted dulce de leche. Breakfast dessert just got bananas.
Even though Reuben Hills is fairly new, they’re already doing a roaring trade. How could you lose with nice staff working the floor, tasty snacks on the menu and great coffee?
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
shawn said:
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
Ling said:
Bad service! There were empty chairs and tables around but my partner and I were ushered to a packed communal table. We had to squeeze at one corner of the table. When I moved one chair from a nearby empty table for us to place our bags and coats, the waiter swoped in to demand for the chair and said they needed it! There wasn't even a line of people waiting to get in! Why provide bad service to existing customers in anticipation of potential customers? We left immediately not wanting to waste our money on such a cafe with poor service. Will never visit it again. It is unbelievable that this cafe is on TimeOut list!
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'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
'Nice staff working the floor'? Certainly not my experience. Never been to a place with poorer service. Not at all surprised with the bad reviews.
Posted on Thu 20 Sep 2012 06:22:11
Bad service! There were empty chairs and tables around but my partner and I were ushered to a packed communal table. We had to squeeze at one corner of the table. When I moved one chair from a nearby empty table for us to place our bags and coats, the waiter swoped in to demand for the chair and said they needed it! There wasn't even a line of people waiting to get in! Why provide bad service to existing customers in anticipation of potential customers? We left immediately not wanting to waste our money on such a cafe with poor service. Will never visit it again. It is unbelievable that this cafe is on TimeOut list!
Posted on Tue 11 Sep 2012 12:03:36