There’s nothing like a big breaky on a Sunday to start your Father’s Day the right way…would Dad like eggs and bacon or avocado on toast with his cappuccino?
Grab the family and head down to your favourite café to spoil the father figure in your life on Sunday, September 1 – here are seven venues to consider for a big breaky to remember:
Eggs Benny or a Big Breaky
Situated on the edge of Lismore’s CBD, La Baracca Espresso Bar & Trattoria offers Mod Oz cuisine with international flavours. Chef Jumil Dela Torre along with Mario Scholl and Chris Eyles have created a menu of unique dishes that best complement this stylish family-owned and operated restaurant.
Treat Dad to a big breakfast of eggs cooked his way, mushrooms, bacon, avocado, chipolatas, halloumi, spinach, roast tomato and chimichurri; or perhaps eggs Benedict is Dad’s favourite, served with poached eggs, baby spinach, bacon and Hollandaise, on sourdough toast.
Dad Deserves a Governor’s Breaky
Enjoy great food and coffee inside the ivy-covered bluestone walls of historic Gaol Café Kilmore on Sutherland Street. This well-loved eatery has a dog-friendly courtyard with stunning gardens to soak up rays on balmy days, while indoors, artwork and gifts tempt diners in surrounds of latticed windows and potted greenery.
Every Dad deserves a Governor’s Breakfast on Father’s Day – spoil him with bacon, a sausage, poached, scrambled or fried eggs, baked beans, grilled steak, hash browns, spinach, sautéed garlic mushrooms, smashed avo, tomato, toast, Hollandaise, relish, pancakes, a doughnut, maple syrup, ice cream and coffee – and you will definitely be his favourite!
Tantalising Breakfast Fare
Find an Italian-style deli, pasta bar and stylish restaurant at Silvio’s Italiano on Pacific Highway in Coffs Harbour. Named as a tribute to the owner’s father, who was an Italian immigrant, this casual café and bar located in Park Beach Plaza delivers tantalising dishes from breakfast to evening dining along with wood-fired pizza and gourmet pasta creations.
Silvio’s big breaky of eggs cooked to your liking, bacon, chorizo, mushrooms, tomato and a hash brown, served on Turkish toast, is sure to tempt Dad; or he can devour the Roman Empire stack – grilled chorizo, hash browns, baby spinach, mushrooms, poached egg and Hollandaise, best enjoyed with a glass of Prosecco. Cheers Dad!
Satisfy Dad’s Ravenous Hunger
Food, coffee and people are what avid Hawthorn foodies come to Saint Helen Café on Riversdale Road for as they refuel and recharge to start their day the right way. A rustic well-worn brick façade gives way to a warm and welcoming indoor vibe of banquette seating strewn with cushions, blond wood table settings and cabinets overflowing with all manner of temptations to satisfy ravenous hunger.
Make Dad’s day with scrambled eggs, spring onion, chilli, Manchego and Parmesan, served on sourdough toast; or a potato rosti with crumbed Portobello mushrooms, grilled halloumi, avocado, ancient grains, nuts, smoked salmon, a poached egg and Hollandaise sauce.
Tempt Dad’s Sweet Tooth
Tasmanian favourites and international flavours meet at Dalton Café on Victoria Street in Ulverstone. This Devonport eatery exudes a charming vibe of concrete flooring, timber table settings, Edison bulb lighting and shelves stacked with produce; while on balmy days the alfresco dining area and deck beckon to soak up the sun with a coffee and slice of cake.
Photo credit: Amanda Farns.
Dad will be over the moon with a Midway breaky of tomato, bacon, hash brown, spinach, mushroom, chorizo, eggs, toast and relish; while fathers with a sweet tooth opt for pancakes with ice cream, banana, maple syrup and cream, or waffles with berries, ice cream, chocolate sauce and cream.
Start Dad’s Day the Right Way
Located off Challis Street in Dickson, head to Good Brother Café for brunch fare with flair and great coffee. This revitalised Canberra café boasts an industrial-style vibe of red subway tiles, a bright green coffee machine and cosy tables for lingering over your Campos coffee with friends, or soak up rays alfresco on balmy days and watch the world pass by.
From an all-day menu, start Dad’s day the right way with le keto breakfast of fried eggs, smoked salmon, avocado, roasted veggies, lemon, salad leaves and toasted seeds; or he can devour a beef brisket toastie with American cheese, mustard, pickles, onion jam and sourdough toast, washed down with apple, banana and mango smoothie.
Fuel Up for Father’s Day
Find a dish to satisfy every taste bud on the menu at popular beachside brunch café, Penny Lane on Point Nepean Road in Dromana. This Mornington Peninsula go-to dining destination exudes a relaxed and inviting vibe making it the ideal place to enjoy a meal with family and friends either alfresco or indoors where colourful artwork covers the walls and cane pendents glow softly overhead.
Dad can fuel up for the day with a big breakfast of scrambled eggs, bacon, hash browns, mushrooms, tomatoes, chorizo and relish, served on sourdough; or spoil him with housemade buttermilk pancakes, maple syrup, mixed berry compote and vanilla ice cream.
