Badde Manors Cafe

Glebe, Sydney, NSW

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A brief history of time at Badde Manors

Genesis: Conceived by Robert and Judy Sebes in the 60's and 70's over countless coffeess at the Piccolo bar Coluzzi.

The Coffee Machine Make: Astoria Regina Made in Italy Date stamped on boiler 1947 Found in a disused shopfront in Pyrmont in 1980. Purchase for $250, stripped down, restored and installed in 1981, Pumping out coffee ever since (punctuated by a few hundred repairs carried out by Robert) Approx coffeess made in 23 years: 3 Million. Quantity of coffee used: 25-30 Tonnes and still going. Click on an image for a larger version.
		Stripped down and ready to be installed - 1981

Badde Manors Cafe was established in 1982, the first cafe on the strip and way before the tidal wave of cafes began to take over sydney. We borrowed from a number of different cultures. The idea was to combine the ambience of a Central-European cafe with the coffee and gelato from Italy. We also added contemporary vegetarian food, Hungarian cakes and a few eccentric local touches, like the booths from a 50's sydney milk bay.

Badde Manors is both cozy and intense, with a consciously non-contemporary atmosphere. Blues, jazz and world music on the sound system contribute to this, as does our 1940's Astoria Regina coffee machine.

A few extra machines for spare parts bought at a scrap metal yard by the kilo - 1988	Robert's daughter Lottie doing some barista training - 1993	The cafe shuts down for renovations but the machine keeps going - 1994
Construction - 1980, 1981	Opening - January 1, 1982	First renovation - 1985
Ten year anniversary - 1992	Second renovation - 1994	Twenty year anniversary - 2002

~ Vegetarian, Multicultural, Eclectic ~

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