scudela

My fav in Puckle st. On the sunny side of the street, I sit outside ⁹⁄₁₀ times. Just a little eatery next to the arcade. Usually I just have a coffee, 9/​10, occasionally a light lunch or cake. All the food is fresh, made on premises (I think). Self serve water, friendly staff and a lot of entertainment watching the passing parade of characters found in Puckle st.

I dropped in for a quick take away coffee as I had time to kill before the bus left… I was not expecting much, but I was thoroughly impressed.
Swift, friendly, and they make their own bread (or at least that’s what I have decided, as there was someone kneading dough in the kitchen), so it started well. I ordered, saw a few coffees go to people I assume were regulars, and then suddenly my coffee was in hand!
Before I realized what had happened, I had coffee, a regular recently returned from holiday was also served without ordering and food as flying out to people awaiting breakfast.
All in all, I’ll be back, and this may well become my pre-​bus coffee vendor.

I popped into Scudela very early in the morning to get some takeaway coffees. I had no idea whether it was any good or not, but I was pleasantly surprised! The café is tiny and only has enough room to seat maybe 10 people at the absolute most, but it is very pleasant and cheerful.
While I was waiting for the coffees and croscent (is that how it is spelt?) I couldnt help but notice a very unprofessional looking chart written on the back of an old box in black texta. It was prominantly displayed and was a chart written by someone called Steffo — who apparently works at or runs a bike shop on Puckle Street. He had been to every single café on Puckle Street and reviewed the coffee. He had catagories of price, type of beans used, how attractive the waitress was and how good the coffee tasted. Scudela had won this competition with 5 star coffee and thus there were obviously given the cardboard box to display in the café! So the fateful morning I just happened to stumble accross the best coffee in Puckle St (according to Steffo). Some of what was written on the cardboard box was actually a bit derogatory to other cafes and their staff, but thats not the fault of Scudela…
In any case, its a nice little place to get coffee and cakes and although its a little more expensive than most of those sort of places, the quality of the coffee and food is very good.