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(10 Kent Tce; meals $8-16; 11.30am-9.30pm; )
Authentic falafel, shish and
shawarma
(kebab) served up by cheery Lebanese owners. The best kebabs in town, although its sis-
ter ship, Phoenician Cuisine at 245 Cuba St, comes a very close second.
Mt Vic Chippery
FISH & CHIPS $
(
www.mtvicchippery.co.nz
; 5 Majoribanks St; meals $8-16; noon-9pm Wed-Sun, 4-9pm Mon &
Tue)
Flash fish and chips by numbers. 1. Choose your fish (at least three varieties). 2.
Choose your coating (beer batter, panko crumb, tempura…). 3. Choose your chips (five
varieties!). 4. Add aioli, coleslaw, salad or sauce, and a quality soft drink. 5. Chow down
inside or take away. Burgers and battered sausages will placate the piscophobes.
Havana Coffee Works
CAFE $
(
www.havana.co.nz
; 163 Tory St; snacks $4-7; 8.30am-5pm Mon-Fri)
Hitched on to the
Havana headquarters and roastery, this fantastical 'First Class' coffee lounge offers a step
back and forwards in time with its invented history and modern attitude towards quality
service with speed. Nibbles are limited to the likes of scones and pies from the warmer.
Fidel's
CAFE $
(
www.fidelscafe.com
; 234 Cuba St; snacks $4-7, mains $10-24; 7.30am-10pm; )
A Cuba St
institution for caffeine-craving, alternative types. Eggs any-which-way, pizza and splen-
did salads are cranked out of the itsy kitchen, along with Welly's best milkshakes. Re-
volutionary memorabilia adorns the walls of the funky interior; decent outdoor areas too.
A superbusy crew copes with the chaos admirably.
Martha's Pantry
CAFE $
(276 Cuba St; snacks $4-9; 9am-5pm Tue-Fri, 10am-5pm Sat & Sun)
Run by the Ladies
McLeod, whose roots lie in this neighbourhood, this tearoom commemorates their herit-
age in delicious style. Martha proffers finger sandwiches, delicate tarts, and tea in fine
mains $17-24; 10am-late Wed-Sat)
wears plaid and dishes up a manly fry-up, roasts and
pork crackling snacks.
Sweet Mother's Kitchen
AMERICAN $
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