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Yelp
Villino, you dirty dog, I'm crushing on you. Your friendly staff who greet me as soon as I walk in the door, your cosy interior full of lovely patrons who shuffle around and offer spare seats up without being prompted, your DELICIOUS coffee served in a variety of different menu options (pourovers and single origins, for example). I'm smelling what you're stepping in.
Criterion St may just be my favourite little stretch of the city, and I think it's because of you and your little takeaway brother, Ecru. (Good idea opening him, it does get crowded in you very easily.) You're not exactly a "lunch" venue, but those noms inside the cabinet hit the spot just fine for morning or afternoon tea. Though to be honest, it's your coffee I sneak in here to visit. Pulling up at your window bench with a flat white is my idea of peace right now.