Herald Rating: 3/5
Address: 20 New North Rd, Kingsland
We came here because it's something of a classic. This is where we get our weekly bean bag (the price for 250g recently went up from $10 to $11, but I'm tight-fisted enough for the free flat white to be a deal-maker).
Parking was fine on the weekend. But Kingsland can sometimes be problematic, though we've never had to walk too far.
We walked in and immediately thought their recent revamp has paid off. Atomic has spread into the building next door, making more room for the production and guzzling of java. They still roast beans on site and their own kitchen produces the counter food. This is a big, slick coffee emporium, with a range of extraction machines for sale on site - which, unless you've actually come to buy an espresso machine rather than a mere espresso, seems a waste of space.
The most unusual thing on the menu is the siphon coffee. Along with the revamp, they've set up a new coffee bar for drip filters and bunsen-fired siphons.