CAFÉ SCENE
TIME & PLACE
929 Centre Road, Bentleigh East, Victoria, 3165 Open Monday to Friday 6am to 4pm, Saturday and Sunday 6:30am to 4pm 0466 825 816
There’s always a time and place for good coffee, and that’s what Leor Haimes aimed to provide when he opened his second café in Bentleigh East in January.
“It’s really bringing that side of Bentleigh together and we’ve already got so many regulars,” Leor says. “It’s quite amazing to see how quickly a café in the middle of nowhere – we’re the first in the area to be doing what we’re doing – can grow and bring people together.”
Based out of a converted dry cleaner, Time & Place attracts customers with a contrasting red brick exterior and rich-blue ornaments and outside seating. Inside the café, the colours turn softer, with white décor, blue coffee bar and equipment, and timber tables and seating.
“It’s a little different to most cafés in the area,” Leor says. “The look is mid-century modern with a bit of a retro vibe to it. It’s colourful and warm, with a bit of artwork displayed.”
Though the aesthetics bring customers in, it’s the coffee from Clark St that keeps them coming back. Time & Place runs the Mastermind blend for milk-based coffee and rotating single origins for espresso, filter, cold brew, and batch brew.
“I was helping out a friend at their café between running my first business and opening Time & Place. They used Clark St
