Marrickville's bold NYC-inspired cafe heroes local producers and big flavours.

This Marrickville haunt serves up exciting breakfast fare by day and vegetarian pasta by night.

This south Sydney cafe trades the coffee cups for wine glasses and sandwiches for tacos, turning into a wine bar two nights a week.

This welcoming Stanmore cafe's kimchi toastie has a claim for one of the best toasted sandwiches in Sydney.

Try specialty coffee, single-origin Ecuadorian hot chocolates and sour cherry bagels inside an old confectionery warehouse.

This fan-favourite New Zealand coffee roaster has just opened its first Sydney cafe and roastery.

Brunch gets a Japanese makeover at this Mortdale cafe.

Mediterranean breakfasts and lunches that capture the imagination and deliver on the plate.

This Enmore favourite comes from an accomplished Western Sydney cafe team, serving up cold brew on tap and a top-notch menu of sandwiches.

Specialty coffee and bagels in Bella Vista.

Sangas for days.

This spot is championing brightly flavoured Israeli food — and is home to some of Sydney's best falafels.

Haberfield's fast-paced American-style diner.

The King Street cafe does things a little differently, with top-notch brekky burgers that go far beyond your standard bacon and egg roll.

The charm of heartland American diners meets the best of Australian cafe culture at this much-hype Marrickville spot.

Come for the Italian pastries — stay for the brunch, pizza and pasta.

The much-hyped A.P. Bakery's Inner West cafe serves fresh and flavourful pastries, bread and pies in a Newtown back street.

Middle Eastern-influenced brekkies and small-batch roasted coffee.

A pastel pink beachside bakehouse with some of Sydney's best croissants.

Single O coffee and untraditional, tasty katsu sandos in Darlinghurst.