Queenies Cafe in Freemans Bay. Photo / Dean Purcell
Address: 24 Spring Street, Freeman's Bay
Phone: (09) 378 8977
Open: Weekdays from 7am-3:30; weekends from 8am-3:30 (kitchen closes 2.30pm)
Cost: $71 for three people
SET UP & SITE
Covered in ivy and nestled on the corner of a side street in Freemans Bay, Queenies is the quintessential homely suburban cafe. There's a nostalgic theme to the decor, with classic Kiwi ceramics lining shelves and old New Zealand postcards covering the inside door of the
bathroom. Of particular note is the "paint by numbers" mural on the back wall: a unique and unfinished landscape.
SUSTENANCE & SWILL
The menu has a Middle Eastern influence, with the regular brunch fare of eggs, bacon and hash browns ditched for dishes such as the Musabaha ($20), a platter of pickled veges with a soft boiled egg and homemade hummus, which my friend greatly enjoyed, and the Turkish eggs ($18) with eggplant and yoghurt. My other friend chose the sammie ($14.50) with bacon and an extra side of avocado ($4.50). I almost went for the cassoulet ($18) with chorizo, cannellini beans and fried egg before settling on a bowl of kedgeree ($19).
