best cafes/hangouts north island

[betti]

apologies if this has been covered before, but your top stops for brekkie and brews would be most welcome, especially cafes that are popular with local bikers anywhere in nz, so I can work some runs out!. :ride:
thanx in advance
betti in palmy

[MSTRS]

Burglar Bills just north of Dannevirke is good

[jimbo600]

Flying Fish in Martinborough is a good bike friendly stop, as is the Chocolate Fish in Karaka bay Wellington. Ujazi in Napier.

Enjoy

[Jackrat]

The Hukarenui Pub,
30 kms north of Whangrei.Top place to stop for the night,rooms $35,resturant,bar,security for the bike,Really good food.
Old style country hospitality.

[Blakamin]

Sorci Cafe, Hastings (motorcycle friendly...It'd wanna be, my sister owns it)
Motorcycle cafe, nth of Levin
Flying Fish is probably the most famous one for anyone that rides the rimutakas..
FAQ (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/faq.php?faq=kb_places_events#faq_new_faq_item) has some info..... ;)

[mini_hooks_]

apologies if this has been covered before, but your top stops for brekkie and brews would be most welcome, especially cafes that are popular with local bikers anywhere in nz, so I can work some runs out!. :ride:
thanx in advance
betti in palmy

the brown suger cafe in ohakune is really nice and every time we go there, there is a few bikers in there, not sure if they are KBers tho... :cool:

[mini_hooks_]

apologies if this has been covered before, but your top stops for brekkie and brews would be most welcome, especially cafes that are popular with local bikers anywhere in nz, so I can work some runs out!. :ride:
thanx in advance
betti in palmy

or maybe the starbucks in taupo, thats good

[mattt]

or maybe the starbucks in taupo, thats good

Or the starbucks in Palmy
or the starbuckseseses in Auckland
or the starbucks in..... mmm - someone say starbucks? I'm outta here! :2thumbsup

[avgas]

That Okarorei (sorry my spelling sucks if i got it wrong)
is a great pub for bikers to stop off at.
Then there is the Talisman Tavern in Katikati, Coroglen in Coromandel.
What is the Ace Cafe' equivelent of Auckland guys????

[avgas]

Or the starbucks in Palmy
or the starbuckseseses in Auckland
or the starbucks in..... mmm - someone say starbucks? I'm outta here! :2thumbsup
Ever heard that quote
"Crack is for them :shake: not for you!!!!,
Starbucks...........Cos you are better then them" When referring to hobos

[mini_hooks_]

Or the starbucks in Palmy
or the starbuckseseses in Auckland
or the starbucks in..... mmm - someone say starbucks? I'm outta here! :2thumbsup

yes, there are a couple of them out there...mmmmmm starbucks

bye, :wavey: need coffee

[James Deuce]

Sorci Cafe, Hastings (motorcycle friendly...It'd wanna be, my sister owns it)

Does she have teeth?? Has she stopped pretending to be Australian??

[James Deuce]

Or the starbucks in Palmy
or the starbuckseseses in Auckland
or the starbucks in..... mmm - someone say starbucks? I'm outta here! :2thumbsup

You need help.

Horrible coffee at premium prices - mmm mmm.

[betti]

i wouldnt be seen dead in starbucks mate, they are on a mission to take over the world! why do people go in there???? :sick:

[MSTRS]

i wouldnt be seen dead in starbucks mate, they are on a mission to take over the world! why do people go in there???? :sick:
Like MickeyD's - same horrible shit anywhere in the world. Much better to go to an unknown - at least there's the thrill of not knowing in advance if the contents of your mug/cup will be drinkable :unsure: Oh, and the truckstop just uphill of DeBretts on the Napier/Taupo isn't too bad for a decent feed.

[James Deuce]

i wouldnt be seen dead in starbucks mate, they are on a mission to take over the world! why do people go in there???? :sick:

Exactly - Has no one seen "The Spy Who Shagged Me"?

They are the McDonalds of the Cafe world, and they most certainly do their best to keep coffee bean prices so low that the people growing and harvesting them experience a subsistence existence.

[Will]

I know a lot of Aucklanders that use Kaiaua, either the Fish n Chip place or the Pub, because it is a good little ride to get there. And to leave from there.

[marty]

Loose Goose - opposite the pub in Tirau. awesome anti pasto platters.

Alley Cats in Tirau (behind the towie) has awesome coffee and choc cake

[FROSTY]

best fish and chip shop in the world is 3 km from miranda
Bacon and eggs -theres a cafe in devonport that does that absolutely delishimo

[spookey]

Pub n Grub...(old Red Barrell on Lake front), then out the back roads is Rock climbing cafe on way to Te Kuiti...
Rotorua is Highly Devious by the Rotorua Hospital :yes:

[spookey]

is at Wharepapa

[Blakamin]

OK ... who wants to compile all these so I can stick it in FAQ's ????
anyone???

[Hitcher]

Cuba Cafe at Palmerston North
The Exchange at Taihape
Cafe Rosetta at Raumati
Caffiend at Petone
Ujazi at Napier
Main Street Deli at Greytown
Aikmans (Merrivale) at Christchurch
McFarlanes at Inglewood
Manns Bakery at Dannevirke, and of course
The Flying Fish at Martinborough

[Al]

Good cafe is Najas in Mangawhi Heads, nice ride and walk through a garden centra to get to the cafe.
There is also the Dome View in the Brynderwyns, Puhoi pub nearly always has motorcycles parked outside!

Al

[Krusti]

apologies if this has been covered before, but your top stops for brekkie and brews would be most welcome, especially cafes that are popular with local bikers anywhere in nz, so I can work some runs out!. :ride:
thanx in advance
betti in palmy :first:
Tarawera pub, Napier /Taupo Hwy

New owner is Pommy guy who brought his Duke and Royal Star out with him, hell of a nice guy, took us out back showed us his babies. Never drive past without stopping! Friendly locals as well.

Venison sammies with gravy are yummmmmy.

:second:

Okoroire pub, our local, allways popular.

[mangell6]

They are the McDonalds of the Cafe world, and they most certainly do their best to keep coffee bean prices so low that the people growing and harvesting them experience a subsistence existence.

Umm bullshit, there a bigger coffee manufacturers than that little company known as Starbucks.

[James Deuce]

Umm bullshit, there a bigger coffee manufacturers than that little company known as Starbucks.

Growers (manufacturers) have a stratified system to sell coffee through. They don't make a great deal of profit. The distributors and futures markets on the other hand encompass everything that is unpleasant about capitalism.

Starbucks add another layer to the distribution model, though they don't gouge to the same level as McDonalds according to Fortune.

They do at least make money though.

http://www.hoovers.com/starbucks/--ID__15745--/free-co-fin-annual.xhtml

[What?]

apologies if this has been covered before, but your top stops for brekkie and brews would be most welcome, especially cafes that are popular with local bikers anywhere in nz, so I can work some runs out!. :ride:
thanx in advance
betti in palmy
I started a similar thread way back called "Touring: places to see/avoid" or something similar. Quite a few mentions on eats and museums.
Maybe a moderator could merge them and make it sticky?

Here it is: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=340

[spookey]

Agree abt the venison sndwiches...it's a gotta stop place.
Okoirore great hang out, awesome hotel for the night

[Hitcher]

Growers (manufacturers) have a stratified system to sell coffee through. They don't make a great deal of profit. The distributors and futures markets on the other hand encompass everything that is unpleasant about capitalism.
Coffee beans are a commodity good produced by a plethora of growers and nations -- generally third world. Prices, like all commodities, are set by supply and demand. Growers generally have little leverage so therefore end up as residual price takers -- just like New Zealand sheep and beef farmers. It is those further up the supply chain who make the most money, arguably because they take the greatest risks.

On the subject of futures' trading, this is an inevitable response to the volatility of commodity markets and is an effective mechanism for legitimate hedgers. It is also an opportunity for speculators. But as futures' trading is genuinely a "zero-sum game" (for every winner there is an equal and opposite loser) I don't have a problem with that.

Returning to the subject of coffee, I have more difficulty with the interventions of the World Bank and the IMF on the economies of the third world than I do with "capitalism".

[Coldkiwi]

since someone mentioned the vile slop that starbucks pass for quality coffee (or so they would have you beleive at their prices), I feel obliged to list the following joints around the NI that supply Atomic coffee (guaranteed to be good beans, well roasted and well made)
From North to South...
Funky Fish - Baileys Beach outside Dargaville
Umu - Coromandel Pensinsula (can't recall which settlement, anyone seen it?)
Waititi Orchards - Waihi
Country Lane Cafe- Cambridge
Langtons (Govt Gardens) - Rotovegas
Pimentos - Taupo
The Station - National Park (old railway station)
Marlows- Feilding
The Fig Tree - Heretaunga, lower Hutt

And there's a good one in Taihape on the right hand side heading south that does Atomic too (big wooden place) that I've forgotten the name of

(and no, I don't work for Atomic, I just like good coffee and have never been dissapointed by them!)

[Pickle]

Hum n Buzz in Waipawa I think its called that, heading north take the first turn left after crossing the bridge.
Oslo's in Wairoa - great bakery
Twin Rivers in Taumarunui
Cafe in Oakura ( just South out of New Plymouth on the coast ) next to the pub
Wild Oats in Carterton
Laughing Fox - Foxton