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360 Collins Street
Australia
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Melbourne
360 Collins Street is a sleek foyer coffee bar in the CBD, polished and office-paced, designed for quick meetings and faster routines. Coffee stays on Code Black’s own program, served as espresso and filter, so it feels like a focused weekday tool rather than a destination linger.
Brunswick HQ
Australia
,
Melbourne
Brunswick HQ anchors Code Black in Melbourne’s inner north, a stripped-back room of brick, concrete and steel that keeps the energy part workshop, part neighbourhood hang. At the bar, their own coffees run as pour-over filter, rotating single origins and cold brew, and you can often peek at the roastery or join a cupping so the place reads like a working lab as much as a coffee bar.
Flinders Lane
Australia
,
Melbourne
Flinders Lane is their CBD Morning Bar, wrapped in a cocoon of dark timber and leather that leans more cocktail-lounge than daytime café. Coffee is all Code Black, served as espresso, a dedicated filter bar, and coffee cocktails, with premium single origins doing the heavy lifting.
North Melbourne
Australia
,
Melbourne
North Melbourne is the cosy sister site, a mechanics-warehouse conversion with communal benches and tucked-away corners that invite a longer pause than the postcode suggests. Code Black’s own coffees are built around espresso and batch brew, keeping the experience direct, steady, and caffeine-first
Queensbridge, Southbank
Australia
,
Melbourne
Queensbridge Southbank is essentially a life-size Code Black box by the river, a minimalist grab-and-go stop between Crown and the Red Stairs. Their own coffees come as espresso and batch-brew filter with a blend and single-origin rotation, making it the cleanest possible pit stop for a proper cup.
South Melbourne
Australia
,
Melbourne
South Melbourne sits opposite the market, framed by floating bar elements and banquette seating clad in deep green terrazzo, with oak and woven metal mesh adding a softly theatrical edge. Their own coffees come as espresso, single-origin batch brew and pour-over, with coffee flights that let you taste the range without turning it into a lecture.
Spencer Street
Australia
,
Melbourne
Spencer Street is a compact CBD corner opposite Southern Cross Station, run as a sleek espresso bar with a brisk commuter rhythm. Their own lineup leans into exclusive single origins and premium coffees, kept tight and fast so the stop lands like a precision hit between trains.











