Rainy days don’t mean you need to stay cooped up in your house scraping together meals from the suspect ingredients in your fridge. Armed with an umbrella and a woolly scarf you can take on the weather and the world while heading out to one of these awesome Perth cafes perfect for a rainy day.
Moore & Moore Cafe
Fremantle
While rainy days in Fremantle can sometimes make it a little more difficult to get around, what with so few awnings, once you’re cosied up on a big chair at Moore & Moore and tucking into a plate of burnt butter and sage pumpkin mash with poached eggs on Turkish toast with a red velvet latte your cockles will be warm in no time at all. Once you’ve finished breakfast you can take a gander at the art while you wait for the next break in the rain to dash to your car.
Currently open from Friday to Monday from 8am to 2:30pm, add this to your rainy weekend hit list.
Yelo
Trigg
Watching the weather roll in over the ocean while you’re waiting for your morning coffee at Yelo in Trigg is soothing for the soul. Be sure to grab a tasty muffin or some thick, organic fruit toast so you keep adding to your winter blubber.
While Yelo hasn't re-opened for dine-in yet, we'd still recommend rugging up and watching the ocean from the front step or better yet, your car, while you knock back your warming coffee.
HangOut On 20 Preston
Como
Where better to warm up on a cold, rainy day than by a fireplace with a big cup of coffee at HangOut on 20 Preston. And the best bit you can even bring your pooch friend on your little rainy day outing—don’t forget his raincoat though.
West End Deli
West Perth
When it comes to food that melts your innards look no further than West End Deli. Cool and rainy days call for eats like their porridge with almond milk, carrot cake crumble, seeds and cinnamon.
Bread In Common
Fremantle
After baking all of the delicious bread in their woodfired ovens from the wee hours in the morning, Bread In Common is one of the best Perth cafes to warm up on a cold day. Ask for a table towards the back, closer to the ovens and order up big on the bread and house-churned butter.
Il Lido
Cottesloe
Il Lido in Cottesloe is definitely one of the best places in Perth to escape the rain. Warm up with a big ol’ bowl of spaghetti or gnocchi and take in the view as the rain batters the coast. Add a few glasses of vino and you’ll be warm until the end of winter… or at least the end of the day.
Harvest Espresso
Victoria Park
Rustic and cosy, hiding out at Harvest Espresso in Victoria Park during winter is pretty much the best idea ever. Serving delicious seasonal dishes, we are itching to try the latest from their kitchen, which includes egg soldiers with cheesy brioche toast and an amazing pumpkin omelette with caramelised onion, parmesan cheese, pinenuts and grilled tomato.
Hylin
West Leederville
Make like you’re escaping the blustery streets of New York and head to Hylin on the next rainy day in Perth where you’ll get to warm up from the combined body heat in this busy West Leederville cafe. The mushrooms on toast with poached eggs, white bean hummus, wilted kale and house dukkha is as good as it sounds.
Lot One
Hillarys
If you fall into one of the plush sofas at Lot One, you probably won’t do much else that day. Sit back and relax with a seriously hearty meal and a glass of red, we recommend the baked Spanish eggs with pulled pork and three bean ragu, spinach, chorizo, avocado, feta and ciabatta.
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Image credit: Elle Borgward