Cabukee
There are few suburbs on the Gold Coast built to encourage a sense of community well-being, however Emerald Lakes is one of them. Oozing the charm of a modern European-inspired…
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Cabukee
Daymaker Espresso
About two years ago, Daymaker Espresso popped up on the southern end of Pacific Avenue. Owners Andrew Madgwick (ex-52 Espresso) and Dylan Nesbit (ex-Barefoot, Elk, Blackboard and Paddock) had done…
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Daymaker Espresso
Black Lime Café
While ‘Location, location, location’ is the big catch cry to success, there are some local favourites that have achieved modest success by going against the norm, choosing venues in hidden…
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Black Lime Café
The Oak Café
Somehow, every time we visit Mudgeeraba we fall in love again. It’s because little things count. A greeting from wait staff or a friendly smile from the open kitchen, water…
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The Oak Café
La Barrita
“How come we’ve never been here before?” We shake our heads as we walk away from La Barrita, impressed. Nestled in between Fins and Bombay Cricketers Club in Salt Village,…
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La Barrita
Home Plate Kitchen
Tucked around a corner off Mattocks Road, it’s unlikely that you’d stumble across Home Plate Kitchen unless you’d previously heard about it. But there are lots of reasons why you…
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Home Plate Kitchen
Café Caribou
Owning a café is everyone’s dream, or so it seems. It’s easy to be a critic, to go into a new place for breakfast and say that your eggs should…
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Café Caribou
Mockingbird Cafe
Every so often you meet someone whose enthusiasm is the driving force of an establishment. So strong, in fact, that it’s like a magnetic field, drawing you into its energy.…
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Mockingbird Cafe
Chanoyu Japanese infused cafe
It’s the Matcha chocolate ganache tart that gives it away – a pretty little pie case filled with two shades of green chocolate filling... “Oh my! There’s real talent here,”…
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Chanoyu Japanese infused cafe
Thaiger
“Thaiger, Thaiger, burning bright, In the forests of the night…” The words of William Blake come to me as I realise my mispronunciation: ‘Thai-ger’, not ‘thigh-ger’. Derrrr…The light finally dawns.…
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Thaiger