One Another Cafe isn’t a tourist trap. There are no intricately built French toast concoctions, poke bowls, açai, matcha, or stuffed croissants for your Instagram feed. There are no exposed brick walls or copper pipes, and the menu lacks a mission statement.
Fresh fruit juices, bacon and egg rolls, malted milkshakes, a poached chicken sandwich, and eggs on toast are on the menu instead. Everything is also under $20. In other words, this is a neighborhood cafe — albeit one of exceptional quality.
Another Cafe is our favorite new neighbor cafe, which is located on a quiet street corner in Newtown. The chefs here are passionate about their food, offering a variety of innovative meal alternatives such as avocado toast with sliced apple and mint. The decor is simple and relaxing, making it a great place to work during the week or meet up with friends on the weekends.
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Owners Mitchell Antman and Louis Spangaro-McAllan make almost everything else (the milkshake syrups, the cured bonito, and the granola).
“It seems like a lot of people are trying to be completely on point, right on the razor’s edge, but you wind up leaving a lot of excellent stuff behind,” Spangaro-McAllan says, stressing that he doesn’t want to run a café where people come from all over the city only to sample a new, flashy dish.
The bacon and egg roll is created with Tablelands Premier Meats bacon from central-west NSW, and Providence or Nonie’s bread (for gluten free). The cauliflower in the barley, currant, and almond salad, as well as the pumpkin offered with the orange and hummus salad, are supplied by Shane Roberts, the veg dealer who supplies Mecca, Pizza Madre, and Cornersmith.
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Although the cafe was purchased in 2017, it has only recently opened due to a series of setbacks. “Everything went wrong: the landlord died, there were council concerns, and the landlord was responsible for some of the council issues. We continued to approach the edge of the cliff. Spangaro-McAllen says, “You get very patient.”
Because it has taken over one of Newtown’s premier commercial real estate positions – the sun-drenched corner of Wilson and Burren Streets – everyone in the neighborhood knew One Another was coming.
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On one side, a long open-air kitchen and bar, and on the other, a bright, window-filled venue loaded with simple timber furniture (part of which the proprietors created with recycled wood) and a long open-air kitchen and bar.
The neighboring park and Newtown’s lush backstreets may be seen from practically any seat. “We want to be in a place where everyone knows who we are. Spangaro-McAllan says, “I want the community to come here; that’s the kind of cafe I want to own.”
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One Another
Shop 1/131 Wilson Street, Newtown
Hours:
Monday – Friday 7am – 3.00pm
Weekends 8am – 3.00pm
Check socials for public holiday opening hours
The kitchen closes 30mins prior to close time
There are no reservations at this moment.
Instagram: instagram.com/oneanothernewtown
Website: https://www.oneanothercafe.com/
