The Thousands

There’s a recipe thus: room of bare bricks, minimal installation, vintage or otherwise-recovered furniture, correct lighting, irreverent decoration, food and drinks. Chingalings kinda did it, Pocket took the same approach, and now 2204 is in on the act. For the record, I like it.

This little recess on the Addison Road is commendable for a bunch of things, not least of which is the decision to open on Addison Road – a delightful thoroughfare, but not quite as commercially viable as, say, Crown Street might be for a cafe.**The aforementioned circumstances have created something distinct in the area, which is comfortable as a cafe but will lend itself even better to the coming plans to operate it as a bar. The kitchen’s just gone in, with full breakfast menu starting next week, and Little Marionette is the bean of choice.

The success of this place should be anticipated, as it’d prove at least two things: one, that cafe-bar ventures are not exclusively endemic to the 2010 postcode; and two, that the inner west can sustain more than just coffee shops for Annandale dads.