Flinders Lane - Antipodean Brunch

/ East Village (162 Avenue A)/
Flinders Lane - Antipodean Brunch

(East Village)

Flinders Lane

162 Avenue A, New York, NY 10009

Tel. 212-228-6900

I came to love Australian cuisine while I was living in London (check out the amazing Granger & Co if you’re ever in West London), it’s fresh and delicious, heavy on the avocado and those folks know their coffee (flat white, yes please!  See recent feature on Flat Whites at Happy Bones). Flinders Lane was the first proper sit down Aussie restaurant I’d seen in the neighborhood so we decided to give it a go for brunch with the tot and we were not disappointed!

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Flat Whites at Happy Bones

/ Little Italy (394 Broome Street)/
Flat Whites at Happy Bones

(Little Italy)

Happy Bones

394 Broome Street, New York, NY 10013

Tel. 212-673-3754

It seems like these days, antipodeans are the ones who have seriously cornered the coffee connoisseur market – with flat whites being the word du jour (you know it'd a thing when even your local Starbucks serves it!).

FYI – a flat white = generally two shots of espresso + velvety, microfoam (with equal proportions of coffee and froth).  Check out the Coffeehunter’s post for a more comprehensive definition of a flat white.

So where to find a lovely cup of flat white in the hood, you ask?  Well, we were pretty stoked when a Kiwi coffee shop opened up not too far from us back in 2014 called "Happy Bones."  Besides flat whites, macchiattos, and teas – they also sell insanely delicious doughnuts from Dough (as if you needed any more convincing!).

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Nelson Blue – Seaport Dining with Bubs

/ FiDi (235 Front Street)/
Nelson Blue – Seaport Dining with Bubs

(FiDi/ Battery Park)

Nelson Blue

235 Front Street, New York, NY 10038

Tel. 212-346-9090

High Chair

Nelson Blue is one of my favorite gastropubs in FiDi – hubs and I have literally been coming here for years, as it is one of the few New Zealand restaurants in NYC (in fact I believe the only Kiwi one in Manhattan?).  The restaurant suffered tremendous damages as a result of Hurricane Sandy, but thankfully is now making a comeback.

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