Espresso Depot

04/09/2026

Happy Father's Weekend!

We have coffee, b**r, sandwiches, burritos and burgers, so i guess we'll see you soon! And if not, I've got coffee, b**r, sandwiches, burritos and burgers, so whatever!

28/08/2026

The sun is threatening to shine for the Village Market which will hopefully cheer up all the Collingwood supporters. I'm torn between wanting to make jokes at their expense and the fact that the Blues play tonight and may end up in the same boat... so I'll take the high road and joke no more.

Anyway, the markets are on from 1pm - 5pm Saturday, which is a couple of hours longer than the pies finals series went for.

Brunch at 9!

21/08/2026

Does anyone else have those nights where its cold and crappy and you just want some spag bol, so you make some and it's really good, so you have seconds. But then there's only a little bit left and it seems like a waste to put it in the fridge, so you eat that too, and now you're all fat and sassy and you can't think of anything to write about because you've eaten enough pasta and meat to fuel a person for multiple days and it hurts to move?

Me neither.

Brunch at 9.

14/08/2026

It's that wonderful time of year where i get to spend the afternoon at our local trampoline place, surrounded by screaming children, making small talk with fellow parents who curse my name for making them come along on a perfectly good Saturday to celebrate my son's 8th birthday.

Last year I asked AI to sketch an image of how this day might play out - now, truth be told, I'm much less of a fan of AI and what it is doing to the world than 12 months ago, so I thought I'd bust out some MS Paint skills (actually I used GIMP but unless you know what that is, it makes me sound like a weirdo), and update the image to reflect the ravages of time on my delicate visage and waistline. Ironically, I've now successfully recycled an AI image.

Anyway, no brunch Saturday, but there's special toasties and soup. Brunch back 9am Sunday!

07/08/2026

31/07/2026

My son's 8th Birthday is coming up, so I asked him what sort of cake he'd like. He's requested a number 10, because he really wants a number 10 cake but he's not sure if he'll still want a number 10 when it's his 10th birthday, so it'd be better if he had it now.

For the life of me I can't quite work out whether this is one of the silliest things he's said, or one of the most profound, but at least it's not the Duck Cake (the hardest of all cakes) I made for his 4th, so that's a win!

24/07/2026

As a cafe owner you shouldn't share your dumb opinions on social media, but here's mine anyway.

Pineapple 100% belongs on Pizza.

An Aussie pizza is always improved with pineapple. Salami, yep. Chicken, absolutely.

Now with this in mind and considering the fact that a pizza is really just an open-faced toastie, I've made an Aussie with Pineapple Toastie, and it's really delicious. It's available (along with all the other delicious specials), until I run out of motivation to keep making them, which'll likely be sometime Sunday.

17/07/2026

I always thought the kids coming through in Gen Z and Alpha were alright, but in the last week or so I've had some of them deny knowledge of the following:

- Being able to call 'Bali' or 'Barley' (I dunno, 10-year-old me had no need to spell it) to say you can't be tagged/were safe while playing chasey

- Prime Possum. They don't know who that is, the fact that the aforementioned Possum is high up in a tree, or any other pertinent facts about them

And so now I lay awake worrying about the future of the world even more than I already did.

Damn kids.

17/07/2026

Have you tried our new Pastrami Toastie yet?

I could ask ChatGPT to come up with a description involving ‘delicate layers of pastrami, creamy melted mozzarella, crisp, finely shredded cabbage, and tangy pickle relish’, or I could just say that it’s delicious, so I’ll do that.

It’s delicious.

10/07/2026

Four years ago, we spent a good couple of weeks panicking about what a terrible decision we'd made. After that, we spent a couple more weeks getting it together, then a good couple more panicking, then we had Ruby and we haven't stopped being both alarmed or panicked since! But honestly, we are both so humbled by the love and support we have received. Thank you, thank you, thank you!

We will continue to do what we do, and we love that you will continue to be yourselves too. I couldn’t think of a better group to give unsolicited advice or opinions!

Happy four years us... and happy four years to you too.... thanks heaps for putting up with us! It's bloody incredible that both staff and customers would turn up to the pub to surprise us, and it makes us feel truly loved. I'll see you for brekky in the morning!