Singlehandedly satisfying customers’ literary, caffeine and culinary fixes is Ampersand Cafe & Bookstore Crown St, a cosy Surry Hills refuge full of eclectic chairs to lounge on and new and second-hand books to worm through. This licensed cafe is the sort of place where you can just take your time, browsing the shelves in between browsing a novel, sipping coffee and munching on a freshly made sandwich, salad, soup, pasta or cake. Start the morning with Ampersand’s homemade apple and berry crumble served with yoghurt, honey and cinnamon, or later in the day try crispy pork belly served with cannelloni bean puree and a fennel, orange and witlof salad. Pop in to Ampersand Cafe on Thursday, Friday or Saturday night for cocktails