Walking down King Street in Newtown, one of Sydney's oldest suburbs, one's senses can become completely overwhelmed. Despite its colourful boutiques and a seemingly endless array of second-hand book stores, it's the tastebuds that really get the work-out with the strip's vast line of culinary delights. I've walked King Street many times and have counted over 140 pubs, restuarants and cafes along it.

These never stay static either. Constantly changing, upgrading, renaming and expanding one can always expect a new gastronomic adventure to greet them when visiting King Street.

Well, I'm determined to end that and achieve the near impossible: to feast from every restaurant/cafe/bar on King Street and live to tell the tale.

Friday, August 16, 2013

Bean Around Town

@ 257 King Street, Newtown


Taking over Rise Bakery as of last week is Bean Around Town. The name sounds familiar, but that's probably because there's a similarly named cafe a little further down the way. We can ignore that. Bean Around Town takes much the same function as Rise Bakery did. It's a morning cafe in a skinny strip of land right next to IGA. There's some seating further in, but most will order a morning takeaway with one of the many sandwiches or delectable desserts from the counter. There's quite a decent array and it's truly tempting, but I'm on the run so all I grab is a coffee.

 The service is stellar. The girl who greeted me was really friendly and, despite by aversion to chit-chat, she tried her best at making my morning a cheery one. The coffee came quickly, it wasn't searing hot, which, depending on how you like it, is to my liking. So that was good. It was sweet and hit the spot. What more can I say?

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