St Jerome’s Caledonian Lane, Melbourne CBD. Australia

I occasionally discover a gem, and today is one of those days I’m happy to say. Jerome’s is tucked away inconspicuously in Caledonian Lane, next to Myers off Lonsdale near the Swanson St Corner.

The coffee was acceptable, without putting too fine a point on it. For me it was the hippy/funkiness of the place, and was it not for my blatant disregard for generational segregation instruments (eg: henna tattoos, piecing, and dreads) I would perhaps have been less than inclined to enter. But, I am of course oblivious to these things and in I went. I was greeted with the obligatory “Indian woman loaning on a tree’ print from the 70’s. Where have all these gone, as every Greek house I visited had one or two. There were tiny booths, other 70’s art, and a smattering of food offerings that had to be investigated.

I really liked the place, regardless of the fact that my of sider & I must have looked out of place in our suits (at least I wore jeans).

Worth a visit, and 1 bean for style.