Elbow Room Espresso
Cafe, Contemporary, Healthy, $$$

Croissant | © Marco Verch / Flickr
Elbow Room brought quality inner-city coffee to this corner of Sydney’s North Shore when it opened its doors five years ago, treating the Chatswood crowds to cold drips and speciality brews alongside the standard lattes and long blacks. And the creativity doesn’t end with coffee – there are plenty of inventive brekky options like the teriyaki chicken sandwich, mac and cheese croissant, and the Moroccan lamb sandwich.