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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.

Auction Rooms (03) 9326 7749, 103-107 Errol St, North Melbourne

Babble Bar & Cafe (03) 9510 6464, , 4B Izzet St, Prahran

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

Basement Cafe 9329 8000, 350 La Trobe St, Melbourne

Big Harvest 9348 0066, 151 Elgin St, Carlton - Big Harvest caterers moonlight here as a cafe. Everything from breakfasts to bread based items to main dishes and even desserts.

Birdie Num Nums (03) 9380 1950, 745 Nicholson St, Carlton North

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 Plum 9329 8867, 193 Flemington Rd, North Melbourne

Cafe Sweethearts 9690 6752, 263 Coventry St, South Melbourne - A real stayer, begun in 1987 and still going strong. Very popular for breakfast and with those shopping at the market opposite.

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

Cafe Zappa 9699 9333, 206 Bank St, South Melbourne - Cafe Zappa is South Melbourne's lunch time Mecca. Employees of the local arts, film and television companies fight for foccacia.

Carlton Espresso (03) 9347 8482, 326 Lygon St, Carlton - Pizza by the slice in Lygon St served in a smart modern little cafe - good coffee too.

c. c. Gaia (03) 9866 7522, 3/4 Avoca St, South Yarra - A very smart Latin American themed cafe as the Cuban salsa pouring from the and Olufson hi fi, tells us.

Chez Olivier Le Bistro (03) 9525 2273, , 121 Greville St, Prahran

Coffee Darling 9867 2488, 2 Darling St, South Yarra - Danny Colls (Cafe Racer) does it for South Yarra - great coffee simple cheap (under $10) menu and ripper situation.

Dead Man Espresso 9686 2255, 35 Market St, South Melbourne

Demi Tasse 9642 3571, 550 Lonsdale St, Melbourne

Dibella Coffee Roasting Warehouse (03) 9329 2973, 19-21 Leveson St, North Melbourne

Dukes Coffee Roasters 9521 4884, 169 Chapel St, Prahran

Fandango 9329 0693, 97 Errol St, North Melbourne

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

French Quarter Patisserie (03) 9326 9099, shop 1, 570 Queensberry St, North Melbourne

The Globe Cafe (03) 9510 8693, 218 Chapel St, Prahran - For Australian cafe food in the funky end of Chapel St the Globe Cafe is the place to go. Good flavour balance in the well cooked dishes.

Grigons & Orr 9663 5192, Cnr Queensberry & Chetwynd Sts, North Melbourne

Hanging Rock Picnic Cafe (03) 5427 0295, Hanging Rock Recreation Reserve, South Rock Rd, Woodend

The Hot Poppy 9326 9299, 9 Errol St, North Melbourne - Reasonably priced food, an ever changing specials board and all day breakfasts are found in this very laid back cafe

Ice Cafe Bar 9510 8788, , Shop 26, 30 Cato St, Prahran - Somewhere between a bar and a cafe this groovy place whith its ultra-smooth late night decor has a real buzz at the bar.

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.

Kanteen 9827 0488, The Pavilion, 150 Alexandra Ave, South Yarra - On the banks of the river in South Yarra is Kanteen - a few table and a tent surround a strategically placed amenities block - caters for cyclist, joggers and others.

The Lawson Grove Shop 9866 3640, 181 Lawson Gve, South Yarra

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

Lygon Food Store (03) 9347 6279, 263 Lygon St, Carlton - A Lygon St institution. Now you can go beyond the shop to a small, clean, bright area and enjoy very good panini made up from the shop's products.

Made (03) 9372 6429, 60 Pin Oak Crescent, Flemington

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

Noisette 9646 9555, 84 Bay St, Port Melbourne

North Cafeteria 9348 1276, 717 Rathdowne St, Carlton North

Picnic (03) 9866 7988, shop 2, 60 Toorak Rd, South Yarra

The Pound 9826 1114, 5/ 566 Chapel St, South Yarra - Sit on a crate like seats on a footpath just off Chapel Street, look at the grooviness of The Pound. The service is friendly, sometimes, and the menu short but tasty.

Q Eleven 9645 7311, 303 Coventry St, South Melbourne - Modern cafe food using largely organic produce in this cafe near the South Melbourne Market.

Residential Cafe (03) 9381 2388, , 499 Lygon St, Carlton North

Sicilian Orange 9510 1051, , 115 Greville St, Prahran

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

Spoonful 9521 5212, 543 High St, Prahran - Standard (read creative), but high-quality fare available to eat in or take away at this eclectically decorated cafe and produce store.

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

Zucchero Espresso Bar 9866 8474, 81 Davis St, South Yarra