Gippsland Coffee Emporium

Darren and Veronica have run a specialty-coffee operation from this McNamara Place site for more than a decade, adding the Emporium cafe alongside their wholesale supply and espresso-machine service. Coffee is the point, beans drawn from respected Australian roasters and pulled by a team that clearly cares, but the cabinet holds its own with scones, slices and cakes baked in-house and a short lunch menu that covers vegetarian and vegan. The room is casual and unpretentious, a serious cup in a town where the choice was once thinner. Tucked just off the main street rather than on it, it has quietly become the reference point for coffee in Leongatha.