Lincolns
Highgate Northbridge may seem like one of the most unlikely places to house this charming deil-cum-cafe.
But away from the carnal desires of the erotic fun-houses and the neatly swept vomited sidewalks of inner Northbridge, there lay small and homely establishment serving an array of baked goods like the Candy Man in Willy Wonka.
The decor is an eclectic mix of all things old, beautiful and ridiculously discarded. Cakes of every wicked manifestation are displayed like a banquet before the Sun King and you the patron sit within arms reach of them.
Lincolns, aptly named, situated on the corner of Lincoln and Stirling Streets in outer Northbridge Highgate was once a quaint corner store. Still holding on to the quaintness, it’s now a three year old cafe that churns out coffee, cakes, breakfasts and lunches. It’s a small neat shop with more character the modern cafes strive to achieve. In some regards it is a modern cafe, but the balance of nostalgia and charm are done just right.
We had breakfast late one Sunday morning. The rosti, bacon, poached eggs and spinach were superb if a bit on the small size for the price. (In lieu of a side for breakky — opt for a piece of cake). So hungry we were, and perhaps tempted by the gingerbread cake winking at us from the counter, we shared a piece.
Of all the things that day, it was the cake which had no parallel. Moist, fluffy and in perfect poise of piquant ginger with the molasses base. Served slightly warmed with an ear of double cream it took the er, cake, for the value-for-money that day.
Lincolns 102
Mon–Sat
7:30–4pm
Sun
8:30–4pm
August 2nd, 2010 at 7:25 pm
Have not been to Lincolns but it was not a quaint cornner store-just a ‘deli’ as we called ‘em…in the 80s with an Asian family running it selling ice creams and the like-similiar to the one on the cnr of Lincoln and William(but the family were lovely)
August 4th, 2010 at 12:40 pm
Friends own a home just a few houses from there, and with them now living in Melbourne I have had no reason to walk along Lincoln Street…maybe now I will have to stretch my legs one day…I have never met a cake I haven’t liked.
November 22nd, 2010 at 9:38 pm
I had to check this out for myself as I had not heard of this cafe, but the property used to be my old home growing up. My parents were the little asian family that Airwalk is talking about above, so it’s lovely to see that the store has now become used since we sold it a long time ago