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Cafés in Fitzroy & Collingwood

Brunswick, Gertrude, Smith and Johnston Streets, plus roasteries in Collingwood's old warehouses.

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Fitzroy was subdivided and sold on 13 February 1839, which makes it Melbourne's first suburb; at about 1.4 km² it is also the city's smallest and most densely populated area outside the CBD.1 Collingwood, across Smith Street, was industrial, and Foy & Gibson's former factories and warehouses still dominate Oxford and Cambridge Streets.2 Both begin about 3 km north-east of the CBD.12

About half of the two suburbs' cafés are on Brunswick, Gertrude, Smith and Johnston Streets. Roasters are the draw. In February 2025 Proud Mary, at 172 Oxford Street in Collingwood, came fourth in the first edition of The World's 100 Best Coffee Shops.3

Local tip: Proud Mary on Oxford Street and Industry Beans on Westgarth Street both open at 08:00 at weekends and close by 15:30, so go in the morning.

At a glance

121Cafés listed
39With opening hours
06:00Earliest opening
23:00Latest closing
  • Opens earliest: Garden View Cafe, from 06:00 (Mon–Fri 06:00–17:00).
  • Closes latest: Napier Quarter, until 23:00 (Daily 07:00–23:00).
  • Most listed streets: Brunswick Street (16), Johnston Street (12), Gertrude Street (8).
  • Most common features: outdoor seating (21%), card payment (10%), wheelchair access (10%).

Argos Loves Company

  • 149 Brunswick Street
  • Tue–Fri 07:30–16:30 · Sat–Sun 08:00–17:00
  • +61 3 9417 7290
  • Wi-Fi
  • Wheelchair access
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Toby's Estate

  • 35 Rose Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–15:00 · Sat–Sun 08:00–15:00
  • Takeaway
  • Card payment
  • Wheelchair access
  • Toilets
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Brunches n Lunches

  • 119 Johnston Street
  • Mon–Fri 07:00–17:00 · Sat 08:00–14:00
  • +61 3 9419 3139
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Coffee chains in Fitzroy & Collingwood

Getting to Fitzroy and Collingwood

Tram routes 11, 86 and 96 serve Fitzroy, and route 11 runs straight up Brunswick Street.1 Collingwood and Victoria Park railway stations, despite their names, are in neighboring Abbotsford.2

Four streets, four moods

Brunswick Street is Fitzroy's commercial center and one of Melbourne's main dining strips.1 Black Cat is at 252, Alimentari at 251 and Le Gourmet Cakes at 271; Le Gourmet Cakes opens at 06:30 on weekdays and stays open until 18:00 every day, and Marios at 303 serves until 22:00 or later every night.

Gertrude Street filled with restaurants, galleries, bookshops and fashion stores in the 2000s.1 Its cafés include Sonido at 69, Radio at 79, Gabriel at 187 and Archie's at 189.

Smith Street, Collingwood's main commercial strip, was named the coolest street in the world in 2021.2 Johnston Street crosses both suburbs, with Ladybird Café at 72, Sir Charles at 121 and Bluebird Espresso at 134.

Roasteries in the old warehouses

Allpress, the roaster Michael Allpress founded in Auckland in 1986, opened its first Melbourne roastery café at 80–84 Rupert Street, Collingwood, on 21 November 2013.4 It roasts with hot air rather than in a drum, and the open-plan room puts the roaster in view of the café.4

Industry Beans, owned by the brothers Trevor and Steven Simmons, began on Rose Street; when that lease ended in 2021 it moved a few hundred meters to a warehouse at 70–76 Westgarth Street, where large windows look into the roastery.5 Proud Mary was founded in Collingwood in 2009 by Nolan and Shari Hirte, and its beans are roasted a block from the café at Aunty Peg's.67

Toby's Estate has a café at 35 Rose Street, where the Rose Street Artists' Market runs on weekends, and STREAT is at 66 Cromwell Street.1 On the Collingwood side, Collingwood Yards, an arts precinct on the site of the former Collingwood Technical School, opened on 13 March 2021.2

Hours, early and late

Garden View Cafe at 44 Nicholson Street, Georgie's on Cambridge and Nick's Food Corner open at 06:00 on weekdays. Sunday closures are rare here, but most cafés finish by 15:00 or 16:00. For an evening coffee, Napier Quarter at 359 Kerr Street opens daily 07:00–23:00, and Plug Nickel at 7 Peel Street switches to 15:30–22:00 from Thursday to Sunday.

Sources

  1. Fitzroy, Victoria, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  2. Collingwood, Victoria, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  3. This Australian cafe has been voted the best coffee shop in the entire world, Time Out Australia (February 19, 2025), accessed October 2026
  4. Allpress Melbourne, Sprudge (November 25, 2013), accessed October 2026
  5. Industry Beans, Broadsheet Melbourne (updated January 23, 2023), accessed October 2026
  6. Proud Mary Coffee, Wikipedia, accessed October 2026
  7. Proud Mary, Broadsheet Melbourne (updated February 19, 2025), accessed October 2026
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FAQ

Fitzroy & Collingwood cafés: questions

Where is Proud Mary coffee in Collingwood, Melbourne?

Proud Mary is at 172 Oxford Street, Collingwood, and opens 07:00–15:00 on weekdays and 08:00–15:00 at weekends. It was founded by Nolan and Shari Hirte in 2009, and in February 2025 it came fourth in the first World's 100 Best Coffee Shops list. Its beans are roasted a block away at Aunty Peg's.

Which Fitzroy and Collingwood cafés in Melbourne roast their own coffee?

Allpress has roasted at 80–84 Rupert Street, Collingwood, since November 2013, using hot air rather than a drum. Industry Beans roasts at its Westgarth Street warehouse in Fitzroy, where windows look into the roastery, after moving from Rose Street in 2021. Proud Mary's beans come from Aunty Peg's, a block from its Oxford Street café.

How do you get to Fitzroy's Brunswick Street cafés from Melbourne's CBD?

Tram route 11 runs along Brunswick Street, and routes 86 and 96 also serve Fitzroy, which begins about 3 km north-east of the CBD. Collingwood and Victoria Park railway stations, despite their names, are in neighboring Abbotsford.

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