http://www.corridorkitchen.com Necessity is the mother of invention. Tue, 23 Feb 2021 23:46:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/cafe-review-sub-station-cafe/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/cafe-review-sub-station-cafe/#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 21:07:41 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=4430 I’m really glad I’ve started taking daily walks. Ok, so I sound like a 65 year old woman, but it was on my very first such ‘constitutional’ that I spotted Sub-Station, a cute (but sadly closed that day) little cafe in Alexandria. I told my man-friend about the place and he beat me to it that very week, getting the inside scoop via his charming personality (note to self: get a charming personality). Sub-Station Cafe opened just over a month ago in, you guessed it, Alexandria. It is housed in a beautifully renovated electric substation (Substation 152), a long narrow space with a fantastic indoor/outdoor area, warmly minimalist with a homey touch. The attention to detail in the decor is to be admired, from the patina of the floor to the bare bulb light fittings crafted from bedsprings.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/10/cafe-review-sub-station-cafe/feed/ 2 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/03/cafe-ancheto-sunshine/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/03/cafe-ancheto-sunshine/#comments Thu, 29 Mar 2012 21:15:36 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3259 I’ve spent most of my working life in cafes, and the work ethic of the people who run them has always amazed me. I couldn’t do it. If I could have a cafe that only opened one day a week, maybe I could make a go of it. But what kind of clientele would you build up with only one day a week of trade? Plenty, if you're cafe Ancheto.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/03/cafe-ancheto-sunshine/feed/ 2 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/02/cafe-review-cornersmith-marrickville/ http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/02/cafe-review-cornersmith-marrickville/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:40:04 +0000 http://www.corridorkitchen.com/?p=3007 Sydney Food Bloggers Picnic last month, and I wasn’t dissappointed. Cornersmith is the kind of joint that’s closed for pickling on Mondays. Yes, really, I didn’t get that from some kind of Hipster’s Encyclopaedia of cafe descriptors (remind me to write that, if I ever get a chance). They do all kinds of locavore/DIY things like buying backyard produce and making their own jam. They have a beehive on their roof! Basically, they’re the cafe equivalent of a Portlandia sketch. All this and more means that I was there with bells on at whatever time it was that Saturday.]]> http://www.corridorkitchen.com/2012/02/cafe-review-cornersmith-marrickville/feed/ 17