April 7, 2011: Gertrude Street Grub - Piadina Accept Away

August 8, 2015: Sonido or Trippytaco. But Fatto a Mano equally good far away for a speedy trip.

Which is where Piadina Takeaway comes in. It's a fairly acre looking takeaway articulation (which I intend used to live a fish in addition to chip shop) - there's a span of plastic tables, lots of bare tiles, in addition to a full general undecorated vibe. Thankfully, the nutrient is great. They've got a pocket-sized brekkie menu, to a greater extent than or less sandwiches in addition to a alternative of one-half a dozen piadinas.

There are a few vegetarian options, of which I've sampled two: the roasted beetroot amongst carrot, rocket, dukkah in addition to tahini yoghurt ($9.50) in addition to the mushroom amongst tasty cheese in addition to thyme ($8.50). They're made fresh to social club (obviously the beetroots induce got been pre-roasted), amongst the flatbread getting to a greater extent than or less overnice crispy brownish bits on the grill, in addition to everything within warming upwardly deliciously.


The beetroot 1 was a roaring success - sweetness, spiciness in addition to yoghurty tang making for 1 of the best sandwich-style dishes I've had inward ages. The mushroom version wasn't quite equally good: the combo of grilled mushroom, melted cheese in addition to thyme is pretty fantastic, simply everything had gone a flake soggy past times the fourth dimension I was dorsum at my desk.

Still, they're streets ahead of the other local sandwiches - I'm non certain I'll become anywhere else for my desk-based lunches inward future. So don't live fooled past times the lack of a flashy fitout, this house does to a greater extent than or less of the best lunches on Gertrude Street (although our vegan in addition to coeliac readers volition create create I'm afraid).

Kudos to Brian at Fitzroyalty for putting me onto this place. Nobody else seems to induce got discovered it yet.

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Piadina Takeaway
130 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
9419 8819
veg lunches $7 - $10

Accessibility: A span of biggish steps to instruct you lot within simply 1 time you're inward there's enough of low-cal in addition to space.

Belle's Diner

November 4, 2012

Michael sure has his finger on the Gertrude St pulse. He non exclusively industrial plant inwards the neighbourhood; he heard nigh the impending opening of Belle's Diner from his barber downwards the street. From at that topographic point it was tardily operate convincing me to take in a diner, especially when I discovered carmine velvet waffles on their brunch bill of fare (genius!). The exclusively work was that they opened upward at 10am - this seat paid to a cheeky weekday take in in addition to it's taken us a piece to detect a brunch-friendly weekend.

We genuinely arrived closer to 11am inwards the halt in addition to at that topographic point were plenty of booths available (though they were filling upward equally noon passed in addition to the bill of fare options expanded). The breakfast bill of fare has simply v dishes - granola, those tempting waffles in addition to iii egg-based dishes (two of them vegetarian). Vegetarian items are supposedly asterisked but the breakfast listing is star-less in addition to hence inwards the tiffin department the kale salad includes anchovies in addition to a *. That's -10 points for dietary markings, Belle.

Michael's 2 (scrambled) eggs ($12.50) sprawled across toast in addition to domicile fries. They made for a satisfying plate in addition to he was fifty-fifty to a greater extent than pleased that at that topographic point was hot sauce on hand. While it's definitely adept value, Michael noted that he makes a ameliorate hash himself  - he's immodest, but he's likely right.

And what of those waffles ($15)? They sure looked the purpose - tantalisingly crimson, showtime past times raspberries, strawberries in addition to vanilla-flecked cream cheese yoghurt. The season was adept but non great. There was niggling sweetness to the dish, it was begging for a hint of tabular array salt to brighten the flavour, in addition to the topping had none of the tang of cream cheese or yoghurt. Oh, in addition to it was served cold. The raspberries saved it, providing plenty sweetness in addition to tartness to spread across the rest.

I liked the casual in addition to understated atmosphere at Belle's Diner, which extended from the staff to the fit-out in addition to the menu. It wasn't pitch-perfect - I wanted the music a combat softer, hence the waffles in addition to the special-diet tips kicked upward a notch. I'm willing to listen them out at to the lowest degree over again though, because I know several people singing the praises of the fried greenish love apple tree burger.

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Belle's Diner has been positively received on Temasek, GOOD FOOD, GOOD MOOD in addition to The Burger Adventure.

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Belle's Diner
150 Gertrude St, Fitzroy
9077 0788
veg breakfast
http://www.bellesdiner.com.au/

Accessibility: There's a little footstep inwards the middle of Belle's Diner, but apartment entryways at either end. H5N1 corridor through the centre is moderately broad in addition to booths are packed end-to-end for the length of the building. While the booths don't appear especially wheelchair or pram-friendly, I noticed to a greater extent than or less swain diners inwards the far booth alongside a(n empty) wheelchair tucked inwards beside them. We ordered at our tabular array in addition to paid at a high bar in addition to didn't take in the toilets.

Casa Ciuccio

Edit 11/04/2017: Fitzroyalty reports that Casa Ciuccio is straightaway closed.

Gertrude St grub
April 20, 2012

Michael keeps a non bad optic on the Gertrude St goings-on, including the structure too opening of Casa Ciuccio. After a calendar week or thus of negotiation, nosotros gear upward a completely unnecessary too rather extravagant Fri dejeuner in that place amongst Mike too Jo.

Casa Ciuccio comes from the people behind Bar Lourinha too boasts its ain coal pit. It's hardly surprising, then, that the menu's non actually designed for vegos - three of the xiii snack-sized items are flesh free, earlier things instruct actually meaty amongst ix dishes from the grill or coal pit; in that place are 4 farther vegetable plates equally good equally cheese too desserts.

We started off amongst cheese-stuffed figs ($5 each), which I'd spied at a neighbouring tabular array too envied. They were fresh, sweetness too fabulous.

The zucchini, eggplant too labneh ($15) similarly offered a pleasing combination of tender fresh hit too complementary curd.

The cos leaves, sweetness lime too radish ($16) had a overnice bittersweet crunch.

Marginally heartier were the dark-green beans inwards sugo ($15).

I was non leaving without dessert(s). The wide, shallow dulce de leche cream pot ($12) allowed for a maximum sprinkling of peanut praline, which I appreciated.

The stars, though, were these buñuelos ($12), warm doughnuts studded amongst melting chocolate sitting atop a hazelnut sauce.

We received flawless service throughout our take in too the forepart room was a lovely house to transcend a yoke of (!) weekday hours. And land nosotros enjoyed everything nosotros ate, I don't squall upward this was worth $40pp. It's clear that the veg-friendly dishes are intended to accompany the meats too they don't actually transcend equally a repast themselves. The 1 lentil dish on the carte du jour includes morcilla - that's in all likelihood a dot that I should seek my legumes too meat-free fine dining elsewhere.

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Casa Ciuccio
fifteen Gertrude St, Fitzroy
8488 8150
veg morsels $4-16
www.casaciuccio.com.au

Accessibility: From memory, I squall upward there's a minor measuring on entry. Tables inwards the forepart room are quite good spaced, some at criterion elevation too some at bar elevation amongst stools (we didn't instruct a proficient await at the dorsum room or courtyard). There's total tabular array service. We didn't take in the toilets.