A list of Newcastle CBD cafes, most no longer in existence although the buildings may still be there.
NAME | ADDRESS | WHEN | STATUS
Astoria Cafe, SW cnr Hunter & Newcomen Sts. @ 2017 the Ground Floor Cafe.
Bank Corner Cafe, 699 Hunter St, near Rice’s Books, 1930s. Building still there, vacant.
Bowery 1950s/ Pepperina 1990s, Bolton St. @ 2017, a law firm.
Brown Darby Cafe, Hunter Street, near the Clarendon Hotel. Demolished after the 1989 Earthquake..
The Coffee Inn, Hunter Street (opp. Post Office)
Embassy Cafe, Hunter Street. @ 2017, still running as the Embassy Cafe.
Hotcakes Tearooms, 685 Hunter St, 1929
Kurt’s Coffee Lounge, Devonshire Lane / Street. Building still there, bought in 2016
Kosciusko Cafe, Telford or Pacific St. Demolished in the late 1970s to make way for the then new Pacific Park.
Lighthouse Coffee Lounge, Union Street (see photo, Sternbeck 1986, to add)
Myola Cafe, Newcomen St. @ 2017, where Harbourside Trimmers is. (See photo below, NMH, 23/2/1939). Demolished c. 1950s
Niagara Cafe, N side of Hunter St, part of the Hotel Hunter building, between Market & Newcomen Sts. Building now a spices vendor.
Paris Cafe, Perkins Street (I believe where the Temperance Hotel was, later the Doll Hospital). @ 2017, for the last couple of years has been the Vinyl Cafe.
Rudy Rico, Perkins St, 1947, run by Jerry Cominos
Toni’s Cafe, 93 Hunter Street, Opp Ells, 1940-1949. @ 2017, building still there I believe.
Wattle Cafe, SE cnr Hunter and Telford Sts,
Research by Matthew Ward
Jonathan Heppell said:
Beach Fish Cafe ~ operated by Jimmy Morris and George Davias 1940s to 1958. 39 Hunter St. Demolished 1958 for RNH Nurses Home.
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