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Making a toilet call in Yarraville
Garazi, 107 Gamon St, Yarraville. Phone: 9689 2677 A new breakfast/coffee/lunch place on Gamon Street? By my count, Garazi makes it six. But let’s not get all ho-hum about this. Situated at the less...
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A westie room with a killer view
Lakehouse Restaurant, 55 Cumberland Drive, Edgewater. Phone: 9317 3649 Edgewater, a brand new suburb, is served at the top of its hill by a number of commercial enterprises, including a fish and chip...
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Could be burger of the year …
Chase Kitchen, 80 Hudsons Road, Spotswood. Phone: 0423 742 460 The initial aim of our Sunday drive is to eyeball the tall ships parked in the bay at Williamstown. But that plan comes to nowt when we...
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Pod at P.I.D. – something exciting for WeFo
Meet Fiona, Mary and Jess. Mary – she’s the one in the middle – is the proprietor of Post Industrial Design, the grooviness emporium at 638 Barkly St in West Footscray. Soon she’ll be sharing that...
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Breakfast with wings
Cafe Vue, International Departures, Melbourne Airport Earliness is a pronounced Weir family trait. So – headed to Taranaki for some quality Grandma Time – we are through long-term car-parking and...
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Back with the classic cars
Garazi, 107 Gamon St, Yarraville. Phone: 9689 2677 It’s been more than a year since we’ve set foot in Garazi – back then, soon after it opened, it was once for a write-up and then on another closely...
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Salad oooh! on Barkly Street
Pod @ Post Industrial Design, 638 Barkly Street, Footscray. Phone: 0400 193 038 It’s taken Consider The Sauce a while to get around to writing about Pod, a preview story aside and a newsy item on the...
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Nice vibes in Moonee Ponds
320 Ascot Vale Road, Moonee Ponds. Phone: 9370 2649 For many years, these Ascot Vale Road premises housed a corner store that was a bit of a secret – it stocked products and groceries of the South...
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Cafe joy away from the main drags
Woven Cafe, 175b Stephen Street, Yarraville. Phone: 9973 5926 It was while scoping out the fit-out progress of Woven that I discovered, courtesy of a friendly local, that Stephen Street was once, many...
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Knocked out in Williamstown
Mezmez, 42 Ferguson Street, Williamstown. Phone: 9397 8804 When it was known as Plumm’s, 42 Ferguson Street was a quasi-regular for us – for breakfasts, lunches and even, IIRC, the odd dinner. I...
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CTS Feast No.10: Phat Milk – the wrap
CTS Feast No.10: Brunch at Phat Milk, 208 Mt Alexander Road, Travancore. Phone: 9376 6643. Sunday, November 9, from 11am. How good and enjoyable was this CTS Feast? Well, for purely selfish reasons,...
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After the Raincoat … what?
Well actually, after the closure of venerable Kingsville institution the Famous Blue Raincoat there will be … more Famous Blue Raincoat. In the short-term anyway. Meet Andy, the Newport local whose...
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Mezmez – return visit
Mezmez, 42 Ferguson Street, Williamstown. Phone: 9397 8804 We sometimes have a laugh about how fickle the winds are that blow Consider The Sauce this way and that as it embarks on its adventures. It’s...
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Po’ boy in Yarraville
Woven Cafe, 175b Stephen Street, Yarraville. Phone: 9973 5926 Since our first foray to Woven, I have returned for a sandwich and coffee. Today, though, my visit has a more singular focus – I am...
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Yup! Another new Yarraville joint
b Eatery 21 Anderson St, Yarraville. Phone: 362 080 So Yarraville’s long-time burger place has gone. No surprise, really. Perhaps it was nudged out of the picture by the arrival of a Grill’d outlet...
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A good thing on Nelson Place
General Food Co, 117 Nelson Place, Williamstown. Phone: 9397 8239 General Food Co is on Nelson Place but not really of it. It’s down towards the shipyard area of Williamstown and separated from...
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Kensington treat
Luncheonette, 173 Rankins Road, Kensington. Luncheonette is a lovely Kensington place I could describe as having “been on our radar”. But maybe we would never have gotten around to it had we not been...
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Altona cafe scores
PitStop Cafe, 300-330 Millers Road, Altona North. Phone: 9391 1775 Bennie and I wait about 10 minutes for a burgers and chips. Here’s the thing – this wait is undoubtedly a Good Thing. Because …...
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Cool cafe for Braybrook
The Mist Factory, corner South Road/Duke Street, Braybrook. There was a quite a buzz going on when Quan Viet opened in 2011 on the South Road shopping strip in Braybrook. Quite rightly, too, as their...
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Crab burger and hot desserts
George Jones Eatery, 15 Pascoe Street, Pascoe Vale. Phone: 9304 2917 One of the most pleasurable times of the CTS week is Saturday lunch. Chores and blogging done, it’s time to hit the road, coffee...
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