Restaurants and Bars / October 2008
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People's Empire
- The Wellingtonista
- Newtown may or may not be a bit shit, but their right-on coffee company People's Coffee (sorry, I couldn't resist adding the apostrophe) certainly know their shit. Their presence in central Wellington is expanding, and two recently-opened cafés proudly stock the People's brand: Meow and Mon Ami.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Completely unpretentious and apolitical mystery bar
- The Wellingtonista
- As a fly, I obviously have some distasteful habits, and I am sometimes accused of buzzing too close to pretension or political bias. Well, I'm hardly going to change the habits of a lifetime, but just this once here's a mystery bar without a hint of pretension.
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Coffee you Feel !
- Eye of the Fish
- Yes, that’s right - Havana Coffee, home to some of the best roasted beans and some of the choicest cuts of real estate too. The guys at Havana seem to have a handle on all their senses: a feel for what makes a great bar, a good eye for catchy graphics, a fine nose for roasting, and an ear out for some choice sites. Here’s three that we know of. First up is the original, the former roasting shop in Wigan St, composed of two little dwellings that are now home to a good bar.
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- restaurants-and-bars
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Wigan Street, Wellington
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The politics of dining
- The Wellingtonista
- Has anyone noticed that the election campaign has spread to restaurants? Piccolo is sporting a big blue Stephen Franks poster in their window, and I'm not sure what it says about potential National voters if Vivian St is seen as fertile advertising territory. La Kasbah has taken it further: not only was the proprietor wearing a Labour badge, with a donations jar on the counter, but Trevor Mallard was filling up on tagine and couscous tonight!
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