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Commonfolk coffee now has an all-day venue just two blocks back from the beach.
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Thirteen-year-old coffee company Commonfolk has opened a new cafe in Frankston with a genre-defining chilli scramble and a big ambition. The 50-seat corner cafe is in an old op shop two blocks from the beach and a five-minute walk from Frankston Station. It replaces a smaller Commonfolk location in the suburb.
The spacious room has a warm look with coffee-coloured Tuscan tiles, a high communal table with stools that makes a virtue of a central structural pillar, music on vinyl and big windows that promote an indoor-outdoor feel. A good way to blast yourself into the Commonfolk orbit is to order a Yin Yang coffee duo ($8) featuring their Peruvian “Castle in the Sky” blend. You’ll get an espresso and a magic to experience the smooth, apricot-tinged chocolatey roast in two different ways.
Chef Kyle Noll (ex-Hatter and the Hare, Locavore Studio) is running an all-day menu that includes half-serves of many items. That hero chilli scramble is strewn with a Ugandan-style tumble of crisp spices with turtle beans and curry powder. The dish is a nod to Zukuka Bora, a Ugandan coffee producer-partner of Commonfolk since 2014. Soft scrambled eggs are layered up with that chilli, dill-infused labne, fermented garlic and preserved lemon for a certified brunch banger. Lamb shoulder with roasted beetroot would be at home in any quality bistro, and a well-constructed avo smash is boosted by green tahini and smashed chickpeas.
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