Roll up with your wash-basket and soiled wares no more. Coin Laundry is now delivering eggs and espresso versus the freshly laundered skirts, socks and jocks it was known for.

The bright new eatery is a second for the twosome who started Window Espresso (no more) in St Kilda. They’ve taken the ‘venue transformation’ to a whole new level, actually converting an old laundry just next to the train station, and in doing so offered the Armadale set a trendy new abode.

High white walls, loads of sunlight and raw finished wooden tables give a fresh airy feeling you would expect, plus the rooftop tea towel (180 of them!) panels offer a glimpse of its former past. You can even peg yourself outside if dining al naturale is more your method.

Breakfast is bang on, the menu is mixed with a number of great tastes to get your day-spinning, like baked bean & fetta cassoulet with green olive tapenade and wild rocket, or Bircher muesli served with toasted coconut and passionfruit. Lunch is just as enticing with bites like warm chermoula spiced chicken w couscous, rosewater infused apricot and pine nut salad, coriander and tahini yoghurt, and before the year is out you’ll be able to complement with a glass of vino.

The bread is Noisette; the coffee, Allpress; the sweet preserves, Jam Lady Jams; veggies and fruit are fresh from the Yarra Valley, and they even smoke their own trout. Nice.

The only waiting now is for nourishment, neither wash-basket nor soap-suds required.

Coin Laundry
61 Armadale Street, Armadale 3143
T: (03) 9500 1888