Troy McNaughtonThelma & Louise do Neutral Bay
July 4th 2006 18:07
I suppose it depends on your personal experience with Thelma and Louise as to what kind of connotations the film has for you.
I can’t get past the final scene – erm, spoiler ahead – where they drive the car off the cliff; the rest of the movie didn’t leave much of an impression except Brad Pitt looking skanky and oh so attractive in a bad boy kind of way.
But because of this I have very mixed feelings about a café called Thelma & Louise, especially since it’s right on the water and although I didn’t look at it and get our my tape measure or anything, I’m sure you could drive a car into the harbour if you really wanted.
It’s at Shop 1/1 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay Wharf (ph 02 9953 7754 – no seriously, you might want to book) and happens to be within easy walking distance from my favourite post-party-in-the-Cremorne-area crash pad. *Salute* to Miss C. Sadly it is no more.
But I get the distinct impression this little café has been the day-after refuge of many in the area who are dying for a big breakfast.
Going with the movie theme as well as the café’s strange little business card icon (two happy women on a go-cart holding food… weird and obviously trying to dispel that suicidal memory of mine), it’s a big favourite for weekend brunch for girlfriends, couples and families, all of the trendy Neutral Bay variety. If you’re not big on designer babies with their designer prams besieging you at your table, give it a miss.
It’s an odd little place, with simple décor and a lovely view, but you can’t help but feel you are paying their real estate rent one coffee at a time. The meals are a bit trendy (square plates, you know the sort) and the cups are a bit small for what you pay, but it DOES have a certain charm.
The quite pregnant waitress was attentive and quick considering her condition, and obviously quite intuitive because she said she hoped I felt better soon…
The coffee WAS lovely, as was the muesli, but I’ve had better big breakfasts for $8 than the girls were eating for double that. I don’t object to coughing up for good cafes, but it’d better taste like what you paid. Here, the muesli almost came through; the big breakfast did not.
Then again it’s always worth it when you have that craving for fat, grease, protein and carbs and Maccas is nowhere you could legally drive to…
But because of this I have very mixed feelings about a café called Thelma & Louise, especially since it’s right on the water and although I didn’t look at it and get our my tape measure or anything, I’m sure you could drive a car into the harbour if you really wanted.
It’s at Shop 1/1 Hayes Street, Neutral Bay Wharf (ph 02 9953 7754 – no seriously, you might want to book) and happens to be within easy walking distance from my favourite post-party-in-the-Cremorne-area crash pad. *Salute* to Miss C. Sadly it is no more.
But I get the distinct impression this little café has been the day-after refuge of many in the area who are dying for a big breakfast.
Going with the movie theme as well as the café’s strange little business card icon (two happy women on a go-cart holding food… weird and obviously trying to dispel that suicidal memory of mine), it’s a big favourite for weekend brunch for girlfriends, couples and families, all of the trendy Neutral Bay variety. If you’re not big on designer babies with their designer prams besieging you at your table, give it a miss.
It’s an odd little place, with simple décor and a lovely view, but you can’t help but feel you are paying their real estate rent one coffee at a time. The meals are a bit trendy (square plates, you know the sort) and the cups are a bit small for what you pay, but it DOES have a certain charm.
The quite pregnant waitress was attentive and quick considering her condition, and obviously quite intuitive because she said she hoped I felt better soon…
The coffee WAS lovely, as was the muesli, but I’ve had better big breakfasts for $8 than the girls were eating for double that. I don’t object to coughing up for good cafes, but it’d better taste like what you paid. Here, the muesli almost came through; the big breakfast did not.
Then again it’s always worth it when you have that craving for fat, grease, protein and carbs and Maccas is nowhere you could legally drive to…
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