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Booknook & Bean

Locality: Adelaide, South Australia

Phone: +61 430 134 655

Address: Topham Mall 5000 Adelaide, SA, Australia

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25.01.2022 Lets celebrate love in all its myriad forms today Gif by the marvellous Mochimochi Land

25.01.2022 Last year yall helped us keep 11,309 disposable coffee cups out of the waste stream by bringing reusables. Thanks for the good work, people! Our cups AND lids are fully compostable (as opposed to just biodegradable which means bugger all) but its still great to reduce any single use packaging. Lets keep it up! Remember: we offer 20 cents off if you bring your reusable.

24.01.2022 It’s obvious we need to get back to the shop. So we’ll be re-opening tomorrow for half-days only, 7am - 1pm Monday through Friday. We’ll be sticking to the one in, one out ordering system for now, and it’ll be takeaway with card payments only, and no reusable cups until SA is 100% in the clear. It broke our hearts to close at the end of March, but without knowing where Covid-19 would take us, we were relieved, too, to know we wouldn’t risk becoming a hub for transmission to... vulnerable people. We feel comfortable about opening now. We hope there’ll be enough of you working in town to come in for your coffee, and hope that the strangeness and difficulty of lockdown came with good things, too. We can’t wait to see you

23.01.2022 Two days to go to @bowerbird.au ! Well be serving up @degrootcoffeeco caffeination to power you through two and a half days of wondrous shopping at Wayville Showgrounds. See you there!

23.01.2022 2019 flew past and here we are already, opening for the last time this year. We close at 2pm today and open again on Monday 13th January. Wishing you all a very merry Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and Festivus. Thank you for your support this year, customers and suppliers all. Heres to a shiny new year may 2020 bring all the positivity and progress this world needs

23.01.2022 Lachie = Its become an annual tradition, and its happening again this morning. Lachies one of our fave regulars who saves up his @rewardle points all year so he can give free coffees to customers in the queue behind behind him. How nice is that? (He wont be making the coffees though he stepped the other side of the counter because we kinda think he looks cool behind the coffee machine)

22.01.2022 New The New Yorker magazine in da house for you to read while drinking your cawfee

22.01.2022 Kindness is catching. Rob joins Lachie in his Santagang . When Rob heard how Lachie gave away his Rewardle points as free coffees for others in the line behind him, Rob decided to do the same. Three people are going to benefit this morning! Seriously. We have. the. best. customers. #kindnessbegetskindness #payingitforward #realchristmasspirit #merrychristmas

21.01.2022 Its obvious we need to get back to the shop. So well be re-opening tomorrow for half-days only, 7am - 1pm Monday through Friday. Well be sticking to the one in, one out ordering system for now, and itll be takeaway with card payments only, and no reusable cups until SA is 100% in the clear. It broke our hearts to close at the end of March, but without knowing where Covid-19 would take us, we were relieved, too, to know we wouldnt risk becoming a hub for transmission to... vulnerable people. We feel comfortable about opening now. We hope therell be enough of you working in town to come in for your coffee, and hope that the strangeness and difficulty of lockdown came with good things, too. We cant wait to see you

21.01.2022 Plant-based lovers, were just two days away from the splendid Vegan Festival Adelaide. Well be there, serving up our De Groot Coffee Co. deliciousness with all the plant-based milks. See you there! #veganfestivaladelaide

21.01.2022 Hello Booknook friends, Katherine here again. Time's been doing strange things; I can hardly believe we've been open for almost six weeks now, though we're still only operating from 7am to 2pm. You might have seen Paul, Kirra or Brooklyn in the shop, but I've missed you all, as I've been busy with bookish business. On which note, another unashamed post for those of you who might be interested: next Tuesday evening there'll be a free Zoom event hosted by Matilda Bookshop in St...irling, where I'll be in conversation with bookseller Molly Murn (author of the heart-stirring novel Heart of the Grass Tree) about my novel The Things She Owned which was released at the end of April. There are still a few places available. It'll be the last significant event for a while and the closest to a launch, late as it is, since my planned event was Covid-cancelled. Hope you can join us. Katherine. See more

20.01.2022 Hey everyone, we’re accepting Keepcups and cash again Slowly steering towards (a new) normality makes us happy happy happy. Kirra’s colour-coordinated yellow and black tartan trousers makes us happy too

20.01.2022 Whether or not youre into Valentines Day, this scrumptious, flirty, chilled dessert from @sweetloladesserts might make your heart beat faster. Its a dark chocolate mousse on a coconut shortbread base, topped with milk chocolate custard and raspberry jelly. And its gluten-free! Our crew like to call it The Love Bomb. Destined for yours or a loved ones belly while stocks last. #adelaidecoffee #adelaidecafe #valentinesdaytreat #glutenfreedessert

19.01.2022 Never too early in the morning for a spro and a slice of a @fourseeds_sa limited edition raspberry and almond blondie

18.01.2022 Were back at WOMADelaide the BEST music festival in South Australia Weve got all your dancing energy needs sorted: delicious coffee from genius SA roaster De Groot Coffee Co., kick-ass cold brewed coffee potion from Mischief Brew Coffee and zingy cold pressed juice from Juice Quest. Come and find us by the Hackney Gate entrance see you soon!

17.01.2022 Lookeeeee! The Beigelry bagels! We can only sell them pre-filled but theyre super fresh. We have blueberry with cream cheese, everything with avo, hummus and spinach (vegan) and everything with cream cheese and spinach. Come and get your fix and wipe away your bye-bye-Beigelry tears

15.01.2022 EFTPOS is back and working (no thanks to Telstra we bought our own mobile modem). PayWave away! Thanks, yall, for your support and patience, and for being wonderfully honest and settling up your IOUs.

14.01.2022 For the fifth day in a row, @telstra outages are seriously affecting our small business. Sorry folks please bring cash if you can. We are doing IOUs, but theyre building up and its having an impact. Well let you know once Telstra get their **** together.

14.01.2022 Smoky kale and butter bean soup with a slice of home baked rye sourdough. Gourmet shot this time. Vegan!

14.01.2022 Weve got delicious hot cross blondies for you this week from Four Seeds. White chocolate and all the happy Easter spices.

13.01.2022 We have a damn fine soup of the week: roasted cauliflower soup made creamy with cashews. Vegan-friendly and delicious!

12.01.2022 A~nd were back! Happy New Year folks. Were open this week Monday-Friday, 7am to 12 noon. Weve missed you!

12.01.2022 The world sure has changed since our last post. This is an important message to all our customers. In line with the federal government announcement on Sunday, we now operate on a takeaway basis only.... Our aim is to keep Booknook & Bean open and our crew employed for as long as its safe to do so, while taking our responsibility to protect customers, staff and the wider community seriously. To this end, weve taken the following steps: We no longer accept cash or re-usable cups Weve trained our staff to be extra vigilant, regularly washing hands in line with WHO guidelines, regularly sanitising and disinfecting all surfaces and maintaining the standards that earned us our Excellent five-star South Australian food safety rating To comply with restrictions on indoor gatherings to 1 person per 4 square metres of indoor space, please enter the shop one at a time to place your order, and return outside to wait for us to bring your order to the door. Please be mindful of the recommended 1.5 metres of social distancing as you wait to order or to pick up. We understand the steps weve taken will be an inconvenience. These are extraordinary times, and were taking these extraordinary measures to protect the wellbeing of everyone in our state. We thank you in advance for your patience. Stay well, stay safe and keep smiling. Wash your hands; breathe Thank you for your support. Well keep you updated. Together, well get through this!

12.01.2022 After a jam-packed year were taking our annual summer break. We close at noon this Friday, and then: Monday 24th Dec - Friday 4th Jan: CLOSED Monday 7th Jan - Friday 11th Jan: 7am - 12 noon only Monday 13th Jan: back to normal hours (7am - 3:30pm) Thank you all for your friendly support this year. Wishing you a very happy Christmas, Hannukah, Festivus and New Year

11.01.2022 THANK YOU to our landlord, City of Adelaide, for waiving our rent for three months. We’re still open just with one customer in the shop at a time and stringent hygiene measures. But as the situation here worsens we’re pondering the dilemma of providing a service to the few remaining in the city while keeping the public safe. Business has become unviable; Paul and I must engage survival mode. It’s likely that tomorrow, Friday, we’ll close our doors indefinitely. Our staff,... Kirra, Brooklyn and Annabel, have been a source of strength; they assure us they’ll be looked after, or can find alternative means of support. They’re family to us, and families stay together. Desperate measures equal desperate times, so I leave this here: Some of you may know I’ve been working on a novel for ten years which was contracted to a publisher last year. One of the reasons I’ve largely been absent from the shop is because I’ve been preparing for publication. The launch was due April 30th and its cancellation, along with other publicity events, means the book will struggle to shift the copies pre-ordered by booksellers before the outbreak in surprisingly large quantities. I hope you won’t mind if along with cheery coffee-related posts I make use of this page to find as many readers for it as possible. I’d be grateful if you’d spread the word to those readers you know who can still afford to buy books. The survival of Australian bookselling and publishing is at stake, too. My novel is called ‘The Things She Owned’, and my name is Katherine Tamiko Arguile. Details are already online and I’ll post more in the weeks to come. To everyone who has continued to support us to the end: our hearts are full. For your warmth and compassion, thank you. We’ve received cards and extraordinary gestures of kindness. We won’t let ten years of hard graft go down the drain we’ll fight to survive so that one day we might open our doors again. You’ll walk in, and the smell of coffee will wake you up to your working day as Kirra, Brooklyn, Annabel, Paul or I look up, smile and say: Morning! What can we get you today? Keep smiling, keep being kind to one another, keep well. Keep on keeping on

11.01.2022 Cash has to be Queen today. Our EFTPOS is still not functioning, hot spotting using our phones is no longer working. Were so sorry for the inconvenience

10.01.2022 THANK YOU to our landlord, City of Adelaide, for waiving our rent for three months. Were still open just with one customer in the shop at a time and stringent hygiene measures. But as the situation here worsens were pondering the dilemma of providing a service to the few remaining in the city while keeping the public safe. Business has become unviable; Paul and I must engage survival mode. Its likely that tomorrow, Friday, well close our doors indefinitely. Our staff,... Kirra, Brooklyn and Annabel, have been a source of strength; they assure us theyll be looked after, or can find alternative means of support. Theyre family to us, and families stay together. Desperate measures equal desperate times, so I leave this here: Some of you may know Ive been working on a novel for ten years which was contracted to a publisher last year. One of the reasons Ive largely been absent from the shop is because Ive been preparing for publication. The launch was due April 30th and its cancellation, along with other publicity events, means the book will struggle to shift the copies pre-ordered by booksellers before the outbreak in surprisingly large quantities. I hope you wont mind if along with cheery coffee-related posts I make use of this page to find as many readers for it as possible. Id be grateful if youd spread the word to those readers you know who can still afford to buy books. The survival of Australian bookselling and publishing is at stake, too. My novel is called The Things She Owned, and my name is Katherine Tamiko Arguile. Details are already online and Ill post more in the weeks to come. To everyone who has continued to support us to the end: our hearts are full. For your warmth and compassion, thank you. Weve received cards and extraordinary gestures of kindness. We wont let ten years of hard graft go down the drain well fight to survive so that one day we might open our doors again. Youll walk in, and the smell of coffee will wake you up to your working day as Kirra, Brooklyn, Annabel, Paul or I look up, smile and say: Morning! What can we get you today? Keep smiling, keep being kind to one another, keep well. Keep on keeping on

10.01.2022 Were at Vegan Festival Adelaide at Rundle Park this weekend folks. Delicious food, great stalls, fascinating talks and (of course ) great coffee! Open now until 9pm tonight, and tomorrow 10am - 4pm. VEGAN FESTIVAL ADELAIDE https://g.co/kgs/Kxgqfm

09.01.2022 Changing of the guard: Our beloved Kirra is in London on the first stage of her world adventures. Welcome to Annabel who joins our crew. She and Kirra used to work together and its sheer coincidence Annabel applied. Hows that for fate?

08.01.2022 Nice cold ice cold Mischief Brew Coffee. Delicious, refreshing, coldbrew pick-me up with a zingy caffeine kick. Perfect drink for a scorcher of a day ahead.

08.01.2022 Weve come to a fine pass when were having to Hotspot our EFT terminal because @Telstra wont help us (because we dont have a landline). But at least our EFT Is working. Whoosh goes my data usage....

07.01.2022 Hi, Katherine here I said Id post here about my novel, The Things She Owned, when it was released, since the lockdown blew out the launch and all face-to-face publicity events. It arrived in bookshops last week, but I didnt do anything for an online launch in the end. So here goes (along with my first review). It took ten years and a hell of a slog to write tip for getting novels written faster: never open a coffee shop in the middle of it all. For anyone interested to ...know more, I have various links to articles, readings, Q&As, interviews and extracts on my author page Katherine Tamiko Arguile. Id hugely appreciate your support following me there. Ill come in at some point soon with books Ive been asked to sign some for regulars, so Ill keep you posted so you know when Ill be popping in to Topham Mall. Were open at BN&B, but for now Im having to focus on online publicity work. I hope youre all keeping well and cheery. See you soon! https://www.betterreading.com.au//the-things-she-owned-by/

06.01.2022 Soup of the week: creamy golden turmeric vegetable soup. All our soups are vegan-friendly

06.01.2022 Getting busier... its going to be a beautiful night At WOMADelaide. Perfect temperature, golden light in the setting sun. We got the coffee to keep you going all night

03.01.2022 DELICIOUS raw vegan treats from Guilt Free Delights in our Topham Mall shop. Healthy and luscious all at the same time #vegantreats #vegancafe #adelaidecafe #vegansofadelaide

03.01.2022 See? Aint it golden-gorgeous? The view from the line-up in front of our coffee stall at WOMADelaide. Makes the wait for our @degrootcoffeeco coffee worthwhile

02.01.2022 Hi, Katherine here I said I’d post here about my novel, The Things She Owned, when it was released, since the lockdown blew out the launch and all face-to-face publicity events. It arrived in bookshops last week, but I didn’t do anything for an online launch in the end. So here goes (along with my first review). It took ten years and a hell of a slog to write tip for getting novels written faster: never open a coffee shop in the middle of it all. For anyone interested to ...know more, I have various links to articles, readings, Q&As, interviews and extracts on my author page Katherine Tamiko Arguile. I’d hugely appreciate your support following me there. I’ll come in at some point soon with books I’ve been asked to sign some for regulars, so I’ll keep you posted so you know when I’ll be popping in to Topham Mall. We’re open at BN&B, but for now I’m having to focus on online publicity work. I hope you’re all keeping well and cheery. See you soon! https://www.betterreading.com.au//the-things-she-owned-by/

02.01.2022 We have a hearty warming soup in da house! Smoky kale and butter bean folks, its delicious tasty and its vegan. #vegansofadelaide #adelaidevegans

02.01.2022 Its our 4th birthday today. Should have been Beigelrys too, but oh all you lovely folk at the Beigelry, oh The Beigelry, how we miss you already! A bittersweet birthday without our best mates. We started alongside each other in 2015 through Renew Adelaide and theyve been such fantastic neighbours. We wish Brendan and all the Beigelpeople all the best with their next ventures. Meanwhile, if you miss your bagels, well be selling a select few, with fillings, from tomorrow onwards.