Foo Go’s
258 Elgin St
Carlton
(03) 9347 5151
Definitely a cool vibe. So close to Melbourne Uni. People coming in with Foo-Go’s re-fillable cups — the cafe is quite serious about their environmental impact, and would prefer you have coffee in, or use a re-fillable cup — but the option is yours, they do have disposable.
Large brown stylish booths and a house type beat playing. Clearly marked and specially fitted help-yourself water station.
Can see people, Uni students, walking past. Conversation behind me begins, “So you’ve been overseas recently?” Can hear a girl requesting a water-melon, apple and pineapple juice.
At 3.00 p.m. on this warm summery day, a chilled beat playing, this place definitely has the ‘hang-in’ factor going. Could easily stay an hour or two. The door is wide open and a breeze comes in as well as ambient sounds in the street. A tram rattles past.
Good sign: every 5 minutes or so somebody enters. Sense of action, things happening.
Ah- yes. Ordered a large iced-coffee. Good sharp coffee taste and some whole coffee beans on top. Solid scoop of ice-cream.
Some things on the menu: Frittata, side salad, soup, English muffins, slices, cookies and cakes. Fresh juices 4.50 or 5.50 (small/large). Coffee, 2.80, 3.40, 4.00 (normal to large). Short Black, Ristretto, Short Macchiato all 2.50.
Over years of frequenting this cafe I have never received a coffee short of excellent.