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.

Sunday, July 10, 2011

Rise Bakery

@ 257 King Street

**Sadly missed. This one is now Bean In Town**

 Sitting next to Franklins is Rise Bakery. It's a thin hallway of a cafe but is rich with coffee, bread and baked goods. Oh and it has some seating room too. The service here is impeccable. They're on the ball. The second you walk through that archway they greet you and ask for your order. Most of the time the customers are on a coffee-memory basis. Some of the more regulars come equipped with the exact change, which they leave on the counter as the servers take care of the rest. In this same vein, they do this for the bread. A couple of coins and they're off. It's a popular spot for early risers (sorry for the pun) and joggers on the move. Currently being renovated, it'll be interesting to see what they do to the place. In the meantime, I'll just have to wait for the return of my coffee fix. Oh, the coffee. It's good. The brownies and chocolate muffins, great. I intended to buy a brownie for one of my fello team members one day. Let's just say, it never made it to them ...

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