Café: Glicks
Date: 10 June
Time: 11am
Location: 325 Flinders Lane
Drink ordered: A cappuccino and a blueberry bagel for later
Price: $3
Coffee rating: 3 cups (a little too bitter and soupy)
Service: Friendly
Book: Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
What’s on the menu: Bagels, challah, Israeli salads
Why go: for the kosher bagels and challah of course!
Observations: I have walked past this café above Flinders lane on my way to work almost every morning for the last 2 months.
The name made me think of a Jewish bakery, and while I am not sure if it is kosher, when I climb the stairs and head inside I see it advertises Jewish events in Melbourne.
Inside its like stepping into a kosher bakery from Yeoville, Johannesburg, during the days when it was the Jewish ghetto of the city. Now sadly no more.
Still back to Glicks, which is an old building with wooden floors and high ceilings, glass cabinets full of israeli salads and fresh breads behind. There are challahs freshly baked for the Sabbath and bagels of course.
I order a cappuccino and take a seat on a stool by the window. From here I can watch over Flinders Lane and across to the grand neo-Art Deco 333 Collins street with its brass lamps and grand steps. It’s great having this birds eye view while watching people drag themselves to work in the cold. I could definitely spend a few hours reading here.
The bagel I buy on the way out – a treat for later.
