While the Shame Files are dedicated to
spreading the word about Melbourne based establishments, when the opportunity
arises we will also be profiling interstate and international destinations. For
now it’s Sydney, and later in the year there may or may not be a Thailand
special coming up… watch this space!
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| The menu, filthy and old |
Coffee
Pitt, Sydney: Shame File Member
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| Photo courtesy of beanhunter.com |
One sunny Sydney morning I found myself
adrift. I had failed to give myself enough time to tackle the hotel buffet
before heading into the office. With laptop, handbag, iPad, obligatory
unexpected-Sydney-shopping-spree-bag and suitcase, I stumbled down the street
searching for somewhere to dine before work. Just as I was giving up, the Coffee Pitt appeared like an oasis on
the horizon of a coffee barren desert. At first glance the medium sized,
open-front cafe seemed modern and fresh, and most importantly it wasn’t busy so
I could get in and out quickly - that should have been my warning! Turns out it
wasn’t busy for a reason - true to its name, the Coffee Pitt really is the
pits!
Located opposite 320 Pitt St Sydney (I am
giving you the exact location so you can actively avoid it), my experience with
the waitress went like this.
Me: ‘Hi, can I please have a medium skinny
latte with one sugar?’ (I order it with skinny milk to counterbalance the
sugar).
Waitress: ‘Sure, anything else?’
Me: ‘Yes, I’d like breakfast please. What
do you have that is gluten free?
Waitress: squints and turns head to the
side like a confused puppy.
Me: ‘Gluten free, as in no wheat, oats,
barley, stuff like that. It's a common food intolerance.’
Waitress: ‘Gluuuutttaaaannnnn.’
Me: Yes
Waitress: ‘No, we have nothing.’
Me: ‘Not even fruit and yogurt?’
Waitress: ‘Yes, we have that.’
*sigh*
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| wow |
I should have walked out at that point,
when I did eventually sit down I managed to find a detailed menu and she was
right, unless you liked bread, muffins or heavy breakfast fare,
there wasn’t much on offer.
So out came the coffee and not surprisingly
it was thin and watery – Sydney, you really
need to do something about your coffee situation! I drank it nonetheless, after
all how can someone come to truly appreciate Melbourne’s coffee talents without
forcing down a cup of Sydney or Adelaide brew once in a while? In addition to
my amazingly bad coffee I also received a pre-packaged plastic container of
yogurt with a couple of strawberries. This was my eat-in meal?
Yum.
So Coffee Pitt, you really are the pits,
and you are also the latest member of the Coeliac Shame Files. Congratulations.
Coffee Pitt: Shame File Member
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