Classic Wellington cafes map

Hi...On Monday the 5th of September 2011 I bought an old Wellington Calendar - it was a giveaway from SUNSHINE MILK BAR 94 Manners Street WELLINGTON Phone 46220 The calendar is dated 1949 - It is headed SOUVENIR CALENDAR of the Royal Visitors to New Zealand followed by a picture of the King And Queen and Princess Margaret It also has a depiction of a Battle Ship .. I think it may an American Battleship, but not sure. To date I have tracked the existence of the Milk Bar from 1933 to 1957. It was origianally called the TIFFEN, with the registered business being called G.GEORGE & CO. LTD . and G. George was the proprietor. He lived at 9 Edge Hill Wellington (Edge Hill was off Kent terrace.) G. George was still shown as the registered owner of the company in 1957 SUNSHINE MILK BAR , according to WISES DIRECTORIES, was a trading name and the registered name of the business was TIFFEN & CO. LIMITED from around 1938 - 40 . This milk bar would have been very popular with the U.S. troops stationed in the Wellington region in 1942-43, as it was right in the middle of the area, Manners Street / Courtney Place, that the U.S. forces made their main off duty recreation area. I Hope that this information is of use to you.

Hello,I owned and operated the Woodward Buttery from 1986-1999.It was a real institution .We served freshly roasted Belaroma Coffee in Royal Grafton china to the Karori blue rinse set,politicians,captains of industry and anyone who enjoyed great coffee.Our sandwiches were famous, cream cheese date and ginger,egg and herb being the favourites.All with their crusts cut off of course.Rgds Ant

Hi, I look after the Ephemera Collection here, and have recently come across menus for the Montmartre Coffee House at 44 Molesworth Street in the late 1950s. Maybe more of a cafe/restaurant. Have a look on our TAPUHI site at http://tapuhi.natlib.govt.nz Yours sincerely Barbara Lyon Ephemera Curator Alexander Turnbull Library

Thanks, Dianna and Feijoa - I'll do some more digging on these and add them if they fit the criteria.

Another classic cafe in the 1960s was The Beachcomber in Oriental Bay, now occupied by Beach Babylon. It had wonderful semi-circular booths in brown leather and served great sugar-coated donuts.

The Woodward Buttery in Woodward Street (opp Midland Park): 1980s-1990's. Best known for serving good coffee in bone china cups.