JOHN SMITH SPECIALITY COFFEE

                                                 

John Smith Specialty Coffee is situated on a dry stretch of John Street, at the edge of Botany Road in Waterloo. The stockroom like space is a 15-minute stroll from Redfern and an extraordinary other option on the off chance that you can't get a table at one of the clamoring bistros in Alexendia.

John Smith is controlled by Josh Folden, Levi Mostyn (Two Black Sheep in the CBD and Sourdough Panini Bakery on York Street) and Daniel McNeill, who's responsible for the food. Folden likewise runs Rebel Roasters which supplies John Smith with its espresso. The beans are changed occasionally yet keep up a similar profile – a weighty chocolate for the milk mix and a ton of natural product, blueberries and flows for dark.

Food is no idea in retrospect. The menu is loaded up with regular bistro toll, executed in not-so-average ways, for example, eggs benedict with pulled pork; pumpkin and cumin soup with goat's cheddar dumplings; and lemon-pepper chicken with lime and stew aioli and greens, all presented with an occasional side serving of mixed greens which changes like clockwork.