43 photographs

A year of ordinary mornings.

Every picture here was taken in the shop. Nothing is staged and nothing is borrowed.

A tray of danishes topped with blueberries, raspberries, strawberries and custard, fresh from the oven

Raspberry and custard danishes cooling on a bench, glazed and still warm

A blueberry custard danish with laminated pastry layers open at the edges

A mango danish topped with diced mango and vanilla custard on a steel bench

A cherry danish with glossy dark cherries set into custard

Berry danishes dusted with icing sugar, resting on baking paper beside a cooling rack

Four small raspberry and blueberry danishes packed into a takeaway box

A plate of pastries — ham and cheese croissants, poppy seed scrolls, apricot danishes and turnovers

Sausage rolls and spinach rolls on a baking tray, pastry blistered and golden

A row of pies in foil trays — pepper, chunky beef and chicken, glazed and cracked with black pepper

Pies cooling on a tray beside the stove, tops decorated with pastry offcuts

Bakery cabinet with cream buns, chocolate-filled doughnuts and custard tarts

A tray of lemon meringue tarts and Portuguese custard tarts behind glass

Individual chocolate cakes topped with wafers and confectionery in the cake cabinet

Two hands resting either side of a cappuccino on a dark saucer, on a polished timber counter

Overhead view of a rosetta poured into a black enamel mug on a concrete bench

A flat white in a ribbed glass held beside the espresso machine

Steamed milk poured into a green matcha latte, forming a spiral

Milk poured over an iced mocha, marbling through the chocolate

Espresso extracting from a group head into two Campos takeaway cups

Three cappuccinos with heart latte art on a timber table, each with a shortbread biscuit

A turmeric latte with a tulip pattern, served on a metal saucer with a flower biscuit

Two Campos takeaway coffee cups held up against a pale marble wall

A piccolo latte in a small glass on a metal saucer by the window

A latte on the window bar beside a small meerkat figurine in a top hat

Someone photographing a cappuccino on a phone at the timber bar

Big breakfast with fried eggs, bacon, mushrooms, wilted spinach, grilled tomato and toasted sourdough

Eggs benedict with smoked salmon and hollandaise, beside a takeaway coffee

Smashed avocado on sourdough with feta, cherry tomatoes and balsamic glaze

French toast dusted with icing sugar, with strawberries, blueberries, banana and maple syrup

Soft scrambled eggs with grilled tomato and two thick slices of toasted sourdough

A beef burger in wrapping paper held up against a clear blue sky

A customer holding a burger with both hands outside the shopfront

A burger and thick-cut chips on a black plate at an outdoor table on Burlington Road

Prawn linguine in a light tomato sauce, finished with parmesan and basil

Grilled prawn salad with radish, cucumber ribbons, orange and balsamic glaze

Grilled chicken with chips, garden salad and aioli, viewed from above

A cup of mushroom soup with basil, served with a thick slice of garlic bread

Açaí bowl topped with banana, kiwi, strawberry, coconut and granola

An açaí bowl held up in front of a decorated Christmas tree

Smoked salmon and avocado on sourdough on a concrete table, brick wall and bar stools behind

An açaí bowl on a table with the coffee machine and counter out of focus behind

Two plates and coffees on the window bar, Burlington Road outside

If you want the food rather than the photographs, the menu is one page over.

Smoked salmon and avocado on sourdough on a concrete table, brick wall and bar stools behind — The corner table, late morning