The Vegie Bar

Well, I know this is not the typical breakfast café. First thing first it is called bar and not café, and, as the name says, it is vegetarian, therefore no bacon or sausages. Add they only have lunch and dinner during the week, so brekkie is only on Saturday and Sunday morning, from 9am. But, and this is why I believe it should be in this blog, the place is really nice and grunge; it is a place you can't miss when you walk in Fitzroy Street. I wonder if they studied the interior design or just happened to be like that, it's hard to say. They have a central area with a bar and the kitchen on the back, a coffee machine and lots of waiters working here, that makes service one of the fastest in the city I guess. Many tables distributed in the main room, upstairs, in the side room, in the backyard and on the street, is it enough? But still it may happen that you have to wait for a table. Why? Because it is so cool that it is always full, and this is a good sign. Another good point is that The Veggie Bar is cheap, with most of dishes below 15$ and breaky at 10-11$; but don't think that saving on money means also saving on quality, this is not the case here. It's just that you will not have bacon or sausages or chicken, but only eggs and any sort of veggie, mostly on season, which is great for the customers, money and quality wise, and for the owner as well. Should you come here for the coffee itself, maybe not, there are other better places around. You should come here for the lot, for the mix of place, people, food, and an average latte. There are people a bit grunge, with tattoos that cover most of the bodies, and theatre ads everywhere on the wall. Close your eyes, open them and you could be in some cities in the East Europe, maybe Budapest, the only difference is that the house around Fitzroy cost between 1 and 2 million dollars, in Budapest you should be fine with 1 or 200,000 dollars, and lots of coffee and breakfast and lunch and dinners to cover the difference.
Back to business, let's go the final rating(5=too good to be true,1=i saw and tasted much much better)
Coffee: 2.5 Average, nothing to scream about
Food: 3.5 well done, fresh and cheap
Service: 3.5 quick
Place: 4 grunge, young, interesting, sort of Uni bar, but not only for students, a bit bohemian but in a very rich area.

The Vegie Bar
378 Brunswick Street
Fitzroy (tram 112)
vegiebar.com.au