Kiwi's do love their coffee, they love cafes and they love eating out. It's a breakfast, brunch, lunch thing mainly as many cafes close around 3.30 (this did take some getting used to but I'm there now, plus I know the ones that stay open longer for when I need that 5pm caffeine fix). A public holiday and the surcharge does not deter Auckland folk from their cafe fix. It's very social and there is seriously a lot of choice. Sure we have our favourites, ones where we even 'known' and chat away to the staff, the local ones and the special treat ones. To up this cafe lark and make sure we're not missing out, or getting stuck in a rut, that kind of thing, we've set ourselves a challenge. It may also be about that we'll soon have every weekend off together - Adam has a new job (whoohoo) so he too will become a Monday to Friday worker - and we're excited about the change. So yes, the challenge, we have to find a 'new' cafe each weekend, taking it in turns. We get to traverse the streets of auckland using the inevitable google maps to places previously unseen and unknown.
This week was it was Adam who had to find the spot. We ended up at one we'd passed but never stopped at. The delightfully named Queenies Lunchroom. It made Metro's top 50 list (a good place to start I figure). Our lazy long weekend meant we were there at 12ish but in need of breakfast. Granola for me, eggs on toast for Adam. Good coffee. Good service, very good service actually. Very groovy place. Eclectic, funky I suppose. Lots of greenery around the building and some spots to sit outside.
Happens to be very close to the rather good Ecostore and the large New World that is a handy stop every now and then, so we'll be back.
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