Normo Coffee Roasters

Tucked into a quiet side street near the river, Normo is the kind of place that turns a Monday morning into a small ceremony. The room is honest — concrete floors, warm wood, and the steady whirr of a vintage roaster behind the counter. Order a flat white and a slice of the chocolate-rye banana bread; sit by the window and watch the light shift across the brick across the street.

The baristas know the bean by the bag, not by the menu, and they will happily talk you through the morning's lot. Pair it with the sunshine on the bench outside, and you have one of the city's quietest small luxuries.