Australian Capital Territory

Café Beetroot

Café Beetroot

Hyunjeong (Bella) Yu and husband Wonjin Kong dreamt of opening their own café for years until their dream was finally realised in 2022 when they established Café Beetroot in Greenway, Canberra. Read More
Arc Coffee Store

Arc Coffee Store

Located in the heart of Canberra’s business and entertainment precinct, Arc Coffee Store is a place where good food and coffee marry tasteful interior design. 
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Farmers Daughter

Farmers Daughter

When Danny Tosolini took over Farmers Daughter three years ago, he toyed with the idea of changing its name, but found there was nothing else that quite fit the café’s vibe. Read More
common grounds

Common Grounds

After years of working in cafés for other people, Szymon Jagus saw moving to Gowrie in the Australian Capital Territory as an opportunity to go into business for himself. Common Grounds not only saw his ambitions come true but also helped him connect with his new neighbours and community.
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veneziano

Veneziano Coffee Canberra

After a decade of operating in Australia’s capital, Veneziano Coffee Roasters finally opened the doors to its Canberra headquarters in April. The space features a “pseudo training studio cellar door” and offers beans and equipment for home use. With initial plans to launch a full suite of barista training classes, the Veneziano team had to rethink its offering to comply with social distancing rules amidst the COVID-19 outbreak.
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Alter Ego

Alter Ego

Alter Ego is a venue with two personalities: one is a relaxed café serving specialty coffee, the other a bar contributing to Canberra’s nightlife. Supervising Manager Patrick Egli says combining these two identities allows Alter Ego to cater to a wide array of customers.
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BrewBar

Peter Giannitsios says coffee wasn’t his main focus when he opened Canberra’s BrewBar in 2007. But 11 years later, a second venue, and an investment in state-of-the-art coffee equipment has changed that. “We’re evolving every day and constantly growing. There’s always something better around the corner and we’re always looking for it,” Peter says.  The family business on Anketell Street in Canberra has benefitted from its proximity to a shopping centre, where customers on the go come for a light lunch and specialty coffee, something other cafes at the time of opening didn’t serve. 
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Lonsdale Street Roasters (LSR)

Lonsdale Street Roasters

When you step into Lonsdale Street Roasters (LSR), the experience can be overwhelming – the music is loud, and that’s just the way business partners Allan Smith, Alistair Evans and Paul Hutt like it.
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Ona Coffee Manuka

Ona Coffee Manuka

Ona Coffee Manuka has gone back to their roots and reopened a café in Manuka, Canberra. The site is the original café where Ona founder, Sasa Sestic, first found his passion for coffee six years ago.
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