Ground Up Espresso Bar

Brisbane & Around


Cool staffers, a rustic-industrial fit-out and a setting on an aerosol-pimped laneway off Ruthven St: you'd be forgiven for thinking you're in Brisbane or Melbourne. Affable and relaxed, the cafe peddles rotating house blends, single origins and filtered coffees, as well as irresistible pastries from revered local bakery, The Bakers Duck.


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