14/1/2008
Coming from someone experienced in the marketing field, there is some tragic marketing that plagues this little cafe. The name 'Short Black' surprised me a bit - but nonetheless I exhaled a large sigh of relief when I was told by the owner that she serves breakfast. YES.!..I could come to this cafe if I'm in total need of a breakfast fix...and be satisfied. Thus - I support Short Black.
Short and Sweet.
Oh wait - there's more.
It was 10:30am and only two other customers walked in....it was a very quiet atmosphere. . . but again - that's what I like! It was so quiet. But in a good way, loved the peace for my breakfast.
$15 in total for my Thursday Breakfast here (but I ordered an extra drink, so it's still relatively inexpensive here). Their breakfast menu has only a few items: you select one bacon & egg burger (their bacon is the Hahndorf Bacon, which is the tastiest bacon I've ever tasted, she knows how to choose well!) and one drink from their black-coloured menu. I noticed the guy on the other table had the same thing. Every customer ends up eating very similar breakfasts. Didn't matter really, 'cos this was an appropriate place to have a quick on-the-go brekkie.
I was admittedly thirsty at the time - so I was exceptionally pleased to have my icy Mixed Berry juice drink and an EXTRA CREAMY cup of cafe latte (I really like the way she made her cafe latte more creamier than any other cafe latte I've tasted! Nicely done!)....;)
Another thing I loved about this place was that Usher's 'Without You' and Christina Perri's 'A Thousand Years' song was playing through SAFM. C'mon, the owner, Sherry, has good taste in food and music! She happily engaged in conversation with me without talking too much, and she even wiped down my drink for me.
My experience was 4 stars, but because it's a very new small business, no-one ever gets it perfect within the first few months. So there's always room for improvement in the future.
I'll probably go back another morning, so I encourage anyone who's found my review to give this place a go! Sherry said she needs more customers! So...go support her! read more