Convoy is located on a spacious corner site opposite Queens Park in Moonee Ponds.
By the cafe group Yolk (Terror Twilight, Ophelia Westgarth), Convoy is located on a spacious corner site opposite Queens Park in Moonee Ponds. It’s fronted by an L-shaped deck that catches the morning sun, with a takeaway window ready to fuel park- and pool-goers with coffee, sandwiches and snacks.
Serious cafe fanatics can order everything from sweet potato pancakes inspired by cinnamon scrolls to Turkish eggs with lemon yoghurt and sujuk, or a spicy chilli scramble folded with shakshuka sauce and sumac onions served with labne. Later in the day, a prawn roll with crisp iceberg and tabasco beckons.
Inside, the 100-year-old building with bullnose verandahs has been kitted out with houndstooth banquettes, spotted gum joinery and orange leather upholstery by Studio Esteta, whose other work includes Lune Croissanterie and Via Porta.
Despite the large footprint – 65 seats inside and 70 outside – the space feels warm, with intimate pockets created by shelves and screening. The prize seat might be in the semi-private room with Mediterranean-inspired floor tiles and bifold doors that open onto the deck.
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Emma Breheny – Emma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor and editor of The Age Good Food Guide.
