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Aix Cafe Creperie 9662 2667, 24 Centre Pl, Melbourne - A favourite place to have lunch, it's cute,cosy and warm. The place is always busy and the service is personal and speedy.

Bar Humbug (03) 9642 0115, 586 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

Basement Cafe 9329 8000, 350 La Trobe St, Melbourne

Breadwell 9650 8544, 135 Flinders La, Melbourne

Cafe Chinotto (03) 9650 8666, Federation Square, 2 Swanston St, Melbourne

Cafe Excello (03) 9650 0990, 99 Spring St, Melbourne

Cafe Vue 9691 3899, Normanby Chambers, 430 Collins St, Melbourne

Demi Tasse 9642 3571, 550 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Federal Coffee Palace 9662 2224, shop 22-23, melbourne gpo, 350 Bourke St, Melbourne

Journal Canteen 9650 4399, Shop 1 Level 1, 253 Flinders la, Melbourne - The new venture by Con Christopoulos (Degraves, European, Supper Club) is a smart modern cafe decorated as a reading room.

Liaison monaco house, 22 Ridgway Pl, Melbourne

Little Peninsula (03) 9670 2020, , 308 Little Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Ludo (03) 9670 9488, 118 Queen St, Melbourne

Mamma's Boy shop 13, 1 Little Collins St, Melbourne

The Mess Hall 9654 6800, 51 Bourke St, Melbourne

Mr Tulk 8660 5700, State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St, Melbourne

SMXL Little Bourke 9642 8611, 542-544 Little Bourke St, Melbourne

Superfino 030407773754, 275 Flinders La, Melbourne

Switch Board 03, 11 & 12 Manchester Unity Arcade, 220 Collins St, Melbourne - A pair of tiny holes-in-the-wall tucked away at the back of the Manchester Unity - coffee and goodies.

The Commercial Bakery 8631 5900, rear, 360 Little Collins St, Melbourne

Two Fingers 9663 0202, 27 Russell St, Melbourne