Father Carpenter

Café and roastery in a courtyard off Münzstraße since 2015: light roasts, Turkish eggs and the F.C. Benedict.

Kresten Thøgersen learned his craft in Melbourne's café scene. In January 2015 he started Father Carpenter as a pop-up in a hidden courtyard off Münzstraße, and within a year it became a permanent café. Later he founded the roastery Fjord with Morgan Love of Silo, and since 2023 Father Carpenter has roasted independently.

The coffee is roasted light and fast to bring out the terroir, as with Okoluu from Guji in Ethiopia. There is breakfast and lunch too: Turkish eggs with Greek yoghurt and harissa butter, French toast with toasted hazelnuts, shakshuka with spinach and feta, or the F.C. Benedict with chipotle pulled pork. You sit inside at the counter or outside in the courtyard.