You won’t get up as early, but you still need a kickstarter. Here’s who’s got your caffeine fix over the break.
The Adelaide CBD is a lot quieter in the early AM over the Christmas and New Year period, but caffeine withdrawals are real – really real – and these guys know it.
Below is a list of the good folk squeezing beans in the CBD over the break (as well as when your favourites are reopening).
Abbots & Kinney Pirie Street
78 Pirie Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January with restricted hours. Normal trading hours resume 13 January

Abbots & Kinney Urbanest North Terrace
230 North Terrace
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening in 2020

Adelaide UniBar
Union House, University of Adelaide
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

DAYJOB Coffee
83 Halifax Street
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 4pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Diaspora Kouzina
250 Pulteney Street
Tue 24.12: 8am ‘til 2pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

East End Cellars & The Tasting Room
25 Vardon Ave
Tue 24.12: 9am ‘til 7pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 9am ‘til late
Sat 28.12: 9am ‘til late
Sun 29.12: 12pm ‘til 9pm
Mon 30.12: 9am ‘til 9pm
Tue 31.12: 9am ‘til 7pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

Eaterie
239 Hutt Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening last week of January

Exchange
12-18 Vardon Avenue
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 5pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 8am ‘til 4pm
Sat 28.12: 8am ‘til 4pm
Sun 29.12: 9am ‘til 4pm
Mon 30.12: 8am ‘til 4pm
Tue 31.12: 8am ‘til 4pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Open restricted hours 2-3 January, normal hours resume 4 January

Fawn
269 Gilles Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01:CLOSED
Reopening (and relaunching with a new name) 6 January

Flinders Street Project by Elementary Coffee
276 Flinders Street
Tue 24.12: 8am ‘til 2:30pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: 8am ‘til 2:30pm
Fri 27.12: 8am ‘til 2:30pm
Sat 28.12: 8am ‘til 2:30pm
Sun 29.12: 8am ‘til 2:30pm
Mon 30.12: 8am ‘til 2:30pm
Tue 31.12: 8am ‘til 2:30pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

HD Eatery
16 McHenry Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: 6:30am ‘til 8:30pm
Fri 27.12: 6:30am ‘til 8:30pm
Sat 28.12: 8am ‘til 1pm
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: 6:30am ‘til 4pm
Tue 31.12: 6:30am ‘til 4pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED

Hello Sarnie Gawler Place
99 Gawler Place
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Hello Sarnie Pirie Street
147 Pirie Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Hey Darling
63 Pirie Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Hey Jupiter
11 Ebenezer Place
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 10pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: 7am ‘til 10pm
Fri 27.12: 7am ‘til 11pm
Sat 28.12: 7am ‘til 11pm
Sun 29.12: 7am ‘til 10pm
Mon 30.12: 7am ‘til 10pm
Tue 31.12: 7am ‘til 10pm
Wed 01.01: 7am ‘til 10pm

Levant Pirie
70 Pirie Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 7 January

Monday’s Coffee Store
95 Grenfell Street
Tue 24.12: 7am ’til 4:30pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

The Motorcycle Society
258 Pulteney Street
Tue 24.12: 7am ’til 12pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

Nano
23 Ebenezer Place
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Fri 27.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Sat 28.12: 8am ‘til 3pm
Sun 29.12: 9am ‘til 3pm
Mon 30.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

Nathan Bakes
2/39 Grenfell Street
Tue 24.12: 7:30am ‘til 5:30pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: 7:30am ‘til 5:30pm
Tue 31.12: 7:30am ‘til 5:30pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 7 January

Please Say Please
50 Grenfell Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Sibling
96 Gilles Street
Tue 24.12: 7:30am ‘til 2pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 7:30am ‘til 2pm
Sat 28.12: 9am ‘til 2pm
Sun 29.12: 9am ‘til 2pm
Mon 30.12: 7:30am ‘til 2pm
Tue 31.12: 7:30am ‘til 2pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 3 January

Staazi & Co
224 Grenfell Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 12pm ‘til 10:30pm
Sat 28.12: 12pm ‘til 8pm
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED (Staazi food truck at Elder Park)
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

BIT Beverages
Station Ramp, Adelaide Railway Station
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 22 January

Bonobo
16 Bank Street
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 4pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Bowlsome Franklin Street
12 Franklin Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Coco Jumbo Topham Mall
Shop 14 Topham Mall
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 13 January

Crack Kitchen
13 Franklin Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 8am ‘til 3pm
Sat 28.12: 8am ‘til 3pm
Sun 29.12: 8am ‘til 3pm
Mon 30.12: 8am ‘til 3pm
Tue 31.12: 8am ‘til 3pm
Wed 01.01: 8am ‘til 3pm
Above hours continue 2-3 January, normal hours resume 4 January

Elementary Railway Station
Station Ramp, Adelaide Railway Station
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Elementary Young Street
9-17 Young Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Levant Hindley
252 Hindley Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 7 January

Maison Clément
Shop 16 Adelaide Central Market Arcade
Tue 24.12: 7:30am ’til 5:30pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 19 January

Mornings Konbini
Station Ramp, Adelaide Railway Station
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 14 January as ‘Konbini’

Mornings Peel Street
18 Peel Street
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 14 January

My Kingdom for a Horse
191 Wright Street
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 4pm
Wed 25.12: 8am ‘til 11am (takeaway coffee only)
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 7am ‘til 4pm
Sat 28.12: 8am ‘til 4pm
Sun 29.12: 8am ‘til 4pm
Mon 30.12: 8am ‘til 4pm
Tue 31.12: 7am ‘til 4pm
Wed 01.01: 8am ‘til 4pm (or sold out)
Closed 2 January, reopening 14 January

Little Khmer Kitchen
Shop 56 Adelaide Central Market Arcade
Tue 24.12: 9am ‘til sold out
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 9am ‘til 9pm
Sat 28.12: 9am ‘til 3pm
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

Peter Rabbit
234-244 Hindley Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 23 January

Public Caffe
12 Franklin Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Real Falafel
Stall 2/3 Adelaide Central Market
Tue 24.12: 6am ‘til 5:30pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 7am ‘til 9pm
Sat 28.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: 7am ‘til 5:30pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Regular trading hours resume 2 January
Recess
21 Bank Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Shibui
Shop 2, 160 Grote Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 8 January

Tell Henry Gilbert Street
22 Gilbert Street
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Troppo
42 Whitmore Square
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 7:30am ‘til 10pm
Sat 28.12: 7:30am ‘til 4pm
Sun 29.12: 7:30am ‘til 4pm
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

Way Back When
10 Franklin Street
Tue 24.12: CLOSED
Wed 25.12: CLOSED
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: CLOSED
Sat 28.12: CLOSED
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: CLOSED
Tue 31.12: CLOSED
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 6 January

Where We Met
113 South Terrace
Tue 24.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Wed 25.12: 8am ’til 11am (coffee only)
Thu 26.12: CLOSED
Fri 27.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Sat 28.12: 8am ‘til 2pm
Sun 29.12: CLOSED
Mon 30.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Tue 31.12: 7am ‘til 3pm
Wed 01.01: CLOSED
Reopening 2 January

If you have a CBD café and we missed you, flick a disgruntled email to [email protected].