The cafe: Up until recently, the tiny suburb of Ripponlea has best been known for being the home of Melbourne's Adass Israel community. An ultra orthodox Jewish sect. Then, one of its members, Benjamin Shewryberg, opened up the most successful kosher restaurant in Melbourne - Attica Bagel and Smoked Salmon. It has resulted in a boom for that little strip of shops between Hotham St and the train station...including Johnny's fish shop that claims to have a set of kosher knives out the back for the kosher fish that he sells... Anyway, now the cafe's have hit the strip and Spout has sprout upon us... I so wanted to like this place but it just didn't do it for me. Exposed bricks, hanging light bulbs, open kitchen...hasn't this been done to death already?!?!?! But the worst part was the smell. Remember when cafes and restaurants had the kitchen behind closed doors so you couldn't smell the food and didn't leave the place smelling of the food? Spout smells like a take away Asian restaurant...and so do the customers when they leave... The place has got some good write-ups and it is quite busy so maybe it's just me? I will come back to try the food...but I'll be sitting outside...The coffee: OK, we're in a bit of trouble here too... Have a look at the pic. It's not a short mac... What's with all that froth??? After I eventually got through it and reached the coffee it had a very charcoal smell and taste about it. It was also quite bitter. There was no after taste and it was quite weak too. On a positive side, the temperature was good! Maybe it's a good latte cafe...there were quite a few take aways by locals in ugg boots when I was there... But the short mac was wrong. I hope we can still be friends... Price: $3.50. Score 5/10.
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