How Melbourne's Cafe Culture Conquered the World.
Jul 03, 2018
Michael Harden, Restaurant Critic
How Melbourne's Cafe Culture Conquered the World.

The “Melbourne-style cafe” can now be found in New York, London, Paris and across Asia. Our unique approach to cafe culture has become one of our world-renowned dining scene’s most successful exports. Discover how a handful of youthful entrepreneurs in the 1980s and 1990s found a new way to serve breakfast (yes, avocado toast is in the mix) and invented a style that took on the world.

Michael Harden worked in restaurants in various parts of the world for 15 years to support his writing habit and now spends a lot of his time writing about restaurants. He is Melbourne editor and restaurant critic for Australian Gourmet Traveller and a regular contributor to a number of other local and international publications. He’s the author of 15 books, including one on Lygon Street families and the De Bortoli wine family, and is an ambassador for Australia’s Eat Drink Design Awards.