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Tuesday 8:30am - 3pm Wednesday 8:30am - 3pm Thursday 8:30am - 3pm Friday 8:30am - 3pm Saturday 8:30am - 3pm Sunday 8:30am - 3pm

Jude's Café at Tailrace

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Jude's Café at Tailrace

Jude’s Café is more than a café. It’s a place where people gather, conversations happen, and good is multiplied. Open 8:30am - 3pm, Tuesday - Sunday.
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Every coffee poured supports local youth programs across our community. We are kids, mums, dads, grandpa's, grandma's, aunts, uncles and teenagers...we are united in wanting to come to the table to eat good and to enjoy life at the table. We want to giggle and laugh and enjoy life. We want to tell the people we love that breakfast is at 9 and lunch is at 12 and we're up for anything in between. We want our littles to have fun on the playground whilst we read that book, or have a chat with our friend. We want to gaze at the amazing view and give thanks for this amazing life that we get to live. We want to pass our joy and love onto others by giving a $1 from every meal to one of the following causes:
Shine - building self esteem in teenage girls in our local schools
Empart - Empowering women to have their own business in India, releasing them from the cycle of poverty. Syria - Supporting the refugees crisis
Be Her Freedom - releasing people all around the world from slave trafficking. We want to inspire love and romance once a month with our famous Date Night. 3 hours of uninterrupted conversation with the ones you love whilst your kids are looked after on site. So we hope you come and enjoy our little cafe.

29/09/2026

Just a reminder: Wednesday, 30 September is your last opportunity to book for our October Date Night event at Jude’s Café.

Enjoy a beautiful dinner together. And for the kids…While you dine, the kids get to play in our Kids Paradise playground.

Find out more and book your tickets here: https://www.trybooking.com/DPNNQ

23/09/2026

A little change at Jude’s Café today ☕️

We’re open for coffee, drinks and delicious food from our cabinet, but our kitchen menu won’t be available.

Our kitchen team has worked some very long hours covering for others lately. Today, it’s our turn to cover for them and give them a well-earned day off. ❤️

Come on in, choose something from the cabinet and settle in. We’d love to see you!

22/09/2026

It’s the little things...
We’re so grateful for the care our Jude’s Café team puts into making everything look beautiful and keeping the café running smoothly each day.

Like this sweet native floral arrangement, spotted on Table 7 today—just one of those thoughtful touches that makes the space feel warm and welcoming.

Come down to Jude’s Café, catch up over some delicious food or a good coffee, and enjoy this beautiful sunshine. ☀️☕️

16/09/2026

Fresh, colourful and full of flavour—our Thai Beef Salad is a little bit of sunshine in every bowl. 🥗✨
Tender beef marinated in sesame and soy, tossed with lettuce, capsicum, peanuts, cherry tomatoes, cucumber and noodles, then finished with a delicious Nam Jim dressing.
Fresh, zesty, crunchy and seriously good. Come and enjoy one at Jude’s Café! 🌿

15/09/2026

big shout out to Will

🏆 2026 Walter Pless Media Award Winner — William Humphrey!

Congratulations to William Humphrey of Launceston City, who has been named the 2026 Walter Pless Media Award winner! 👏⚽
Named in honour of Hall of Famer, journalist and football pundit Walter Pless, the award recognises the standout NPL player as selected by members of the media who follow Tasmanian football throughout the season.

Congratulations, William, and well done to the Humphrey family! 👏🏆

09/09/2026

Meet Frankie 🧇🤍
If you enjoyed the waffles at our Father’s Day Breakfast on Sunday, this is the woman behind them!

Frankie has been part of the Tailrace team for the past few years, and on Sunday she was busy making all those delicious waffles for our Father’s Day guests.

One of the things we love is seeing the people who work with us grow, dream and have a go at something of their own.
Frankie has turned her love of making seriously good waffles into her own little business, and you’ll find her serving them at Harvest Market.

And yes, we can confirm — they are delicious. 😋

So next time you’re wandering through Harvest Market, keep an eye out for Frankie, say hello and grab yourself a waffle.

We love cheering on our people. ❤️
Thanks Frankie for helping make Father’s Day at Tailrace extra delicious!

08/09/2026

ABOUT
Dinner for you. Play for them. Time together.

Friday 2nd October | From 5pm | $65 per person
When was the last time you sat across the table from each other and actually had time to talk?

Date Night at Tailrace is designed especially for parents.
You enjoy a beautiful three-course dinner while your children head off for their own evening of fun in Kids Paradise, cared for by our wonderful team of volunteers from Tailrace Community Church.

You’re close by if they need you — but for a few precious hours, someone else is entertaining the kids, there are no dishes waiting, and dinner is taken care of.

The Menu
To Begin
Breads, butter & dips

Main — choose from:
Spring Lamb Shank
Braised in Cabernet Sauvignon, creamed potato, minted greens, fried leek & demi pan jus
Smoked Duck Breast
Pumpkin polenta, espresso beetroot & Cointreau syrup

Dessert — choose from:
Lime Brûlée with hazelnut biscotti
Blackberry brandy pashka

And for the kids…
While you dine, the kids get to PLAY.

Childcare is provided in Kids Paradise by our amazing Tailrace Community Church volunteers, giving you the chance to enjoy dinner knowing your children are being cared for just nearby.

04/09/2026

This is Taliah. 🤍
Taliah runs our Amity program, walking alongside girls for nine weeks as they talk about friendships, emotions, relationships, identity and some of the hard things that come with growing up.

And we reckon when she hears stories like Zoe’s, there has to be a little moment of, “Yep. This is why we do it.”

Zoe began the program withdrawn and struggling with friendships. Nine weeks later, she told us she felt differently because she now knew who she was — and that “nothing can change that.”

For the past three years, grant funding has helped Taliah and our team keep showing up for young people like Zoe.
That funding is now coming to an end.

The need isn’t

We want Taliah to keep walking into schools.

We want more young people to have these conversations.

And we want there to be many, many more stories like Zoe’s.

If you’d like to help us keep showing up, we’d love you to be part of it. 🤍

You can donate by going to judescafe.com.au

01/09/2026

Sometimes the loveliest part of an event is hearing afterwards what it meant to people. ❤️
Our Date Night was never really meant to be just about dinner.
It was about creating a little breathing space for parents.

We loved reading these words from some of the families who joined us.
And perhaps our favourite was one of the simplest:
“We don’t get out at night, so we really appreciate it.”

That’s exactly why Date Night exists.
Thank you to every family who came, and to the beautiful team of staff and volunteers from Tailrace Community Church who helped make the evening possible. ❤️

Address

1 Waterfront Drive, Riverside
Launceston, TAS
7250

Opening Hours

Tuesday	8:30am - 3pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 3pm
Thursday	8:30am - 3pm
Friday	8:30am - 3pm
Saturday	8:30am - 3pm
Sunday	8:30am - 3pm

Telephone

03 63274538

Website

http://www.judescafe.com.au/

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