$1.50 pizza at Swanston walk

Its filling. Yummy cheap and affordable.
It is an old cafe nearby RMIT Business. And its also nearby Building 113. I just discovered this a few years ago but haven't really gone and tried it due to the fact that I just did not have the time.
The pizzas are $1.50 per slice, but you can only take it away. They only have four choices (one vegetarian pizza) and a hawaiian pizza. I went for these and they were filling.

Naked Espresso Bar.

This little gem is hidden away in Lt Bourke st, where Hardware lane is. They are a speciality coffee place where Market lane and AXIL coffee beans are used. It was a buzz with people this morning, whilst outside was cold and dreary. All their meals are American which is nice. They do have sandwiches and bagels on offer.

They sell bags of coffee beans and expresso machine accessories. They also sell the syphon, aeropress, pour over devices.  When I went in they were having a clearance sale.
Here the staff was very friendly and they let me take photos of the Aeropress method when they were making my coffee ($5.00).It was a little grainy, but my guess is that it is how Aeropress coffee should be as they do use some sort of device that looks like a syringe. A lot of work was taken into preparing this and it shows. The atmosphere was very homely.
Their meals are cheap and filling. All the meals here are under $10. I had a very filling baked eggs with tabasco (US Pepper sauce). It was yummy, but it had a bit too much cheese and not a lot of bread.
I also had a lovely passionfruit macaroon ($2.80). These are from Lux Bite. It looked really cute and this is what had drawn me to order this macaroon.

Coffee at Kere Kere

Kere Kere is a coffee cart at Melbourne Uni. They are a not for profit cart, meaning that you donate money to charity. You are given a card when you order and you place the card in the box. It is just like Kinfolk. They don't do a whole lot of food, just coffees. But they do have

It was busy on this rainy day when I was there ordering takeaway coffee.

I had the picoolo latte. It was $3. They use Espresso Syndicate beans. Here their coffee was nice, but no artwork.

Grilld @Degraves st

You have to either like it or hate it. And for me I didn't like it at all.
Here this place is hidden in a laneway.
It has a lovely courtyard but that is the only thing about it. Oh and the giving the beer bottle tops to charity.
Other than that no.

I went in here with Noobie. It was a really hot day and I had the buy one get one free offer for the burgers. Whilst it was used the guy that worked there, didn't seem all too friendly. He was a uni student.

It was a bit on the quiet side, which suggests that something is wrong. It is really more of a fast food place with uni students working there.

Here's what we ordered:
1 Sweet Chilli chicken burger ($9.90). noobie didn't seem all that happy with it and I agree with her. Although I didn't try this, it did look a bit dry and overcooked.
1 Veggie Delight burger ($10.50). Again this was dry and really bland. More sauce could have been used.
But what saved the day was the chips ($3.30) and the mayonaise ($0.70). They were nicely done and flavoursome. Yum yum.
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We also had our own drinks which were allowed.

I probably don't mind trying the Grilld in Melbourne Central, but I probably won't come here again. Not if someone paid me to.

The Premises

The Premises is one of Melbourne's best kept coffee secrets, right on one of Kensington's busy streets, across the road from the railway station.
I visited on a hot Saturday morning when my local cold drip coffee shop was not opened. Lately I love cold drip coffee.
It was really packed full of people, which is great. It was a great vibe. It was really hard to get a table.
Staff were really friendly. The lady always remembered to ask how everything went.
I had a pour over ($5) and a plate of toast ($5.50). Here I was inspired by their homemade jam and they did not disappoint.
The coffee (Kinyovu blend) was really nice. It had that fruity, sharp, acidic taste to it.
I think I might just come back with Noobie and I recommend that all visitors try out this place.