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Hello, Eaters! Perch Coffee is a new Australian coffee shop at 1295 Miller Ave., Suite 6, in the Brickyard area of Millcreek. I visited last week and talked about cuppas, bikkies and Australian coffee culture with owner Adrian Dean and manager Christian Biddle.

The origin story: Dean comes from a tiny town in Australia called Bungendore, 40 minutes outside the capital city of Canberra (if you want to pronounce it like an Australian, say “can-bruh”). He has lived in the United States for 10 years, and moved to Utah during the pandemic. He met Arizona native Biddle as Dean became a regular at the bakery that Biddle was managing, and the two of them bonded over a love of specialty coffee. They opened Perch Coffee in March.

The vibe: Like the larger-than-life kookaburra painted by artist Chris Peterson on one of the coffee shop’s walls, people can land and perch for a while at Perch Coffee. It’s modern and light-filled, with the south wall almost entirely made up of windows. There are tables downstairs where you can linger over a cuppa, and a laptop bar upstairs where you can get some work done.

Italian and Greek immigrants to Australia after World War II brought coffee with them, and helped create a strong culture around coffee in their adopted land, Dean said. Australians will sometimes visit cafes three times a day, he said, adding that going to get coffee is an “all-day experience in Australia, and it’s not purely just convenience to get caffeine.” In Australia, coffee shops are community hubs, Dean said, and he wanted to create that experience for all the new people moving to Brickyard.

The menu: Australian drinks like the flat white, Magic, and Mont Blanc, which is an interesting mix of orange juice and cold brew. Perch Coffee serves pastries from Forty Three Bakery, Dough Lady (famous cinnamon rolls!), Bondi Bikkies (“bikkie” means “biscuit,” which is Aussie for “cookie”) and Sagato Bakery & Cafe. To read about my order, scroll down to “Drink & Pastry of the Week.”

The hours: Monday through Friday 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Live deliciously,

Kolbie

Food News

• Snuck Farm, at 504 W. 1100 North in Pleasant Grove, has released the dates for two upcoming workshops about eating local produce called Seasonal Eating: Summer Edition (July 15, 6 p.m.) and Seasonal Eating: Autumn Edition (Sept. 9, 6 p.m.). Both workshops — which are $75 each — will include a demonstration of how to use seasonal produce in recipes, and end with a shared meal. Get your tickets now; Snuck events sell out fast.

• Bout Time Pub & Grub at 475 W. 14600 South in Bluffdale has debuted its new Neighborhood Grill experience, a family-friendly dining area featuring a “dirty soda” fountain on the main floor of the restaurant, according to an email from a publicist. Patrons will find Bout Time’s classic sports bar experience upstairs, the email said. The pub got its bar license in 2023, and it remains the only licensed bar in Bluffdale.

Openings:

• Brooker’s Founding Flavors — an American Revolution-themed local ice cream chain — has opened a new location in Midvale at 7186 S. Union Park Ave., Suite 136, in the Fort Union area, according to an Instagram post. Brooker’s also has Utah locations in Bluffdale, Draper, Herriman, Lehi, Logan, Provo, Saratoga Springs, Spanish Fork and Vineyard, and one location in Chandler, Arizona.

• In more ice cream news, Sub Zero Nitrogen Ice Cream has opened a new location at 148 S. Pleasant Grove Blvd. in Pleasant Grove, according to a news release. Sub Zero, which was founded in 2004 in Orem, is known for flash-freezing its ice cream with liquid nitrogen at -321 degrees Fahrenheit, the release said. The Pleasant Grove location will also feature soda, shakes, bubble waffles and more.

• In even MORE ice cream news, national ice cream chain Stella’s Ice Cream is opening in Pleasant Grove at 2067 W. Pleasant Grove Blvd., Suite C. The shop is holding a grand opening celebration on May 30 with free ice cream for the first 100 guests, plus giveaways, music and games.

• Taste of Red Iguana is now open in Daybreak at 5434 Centerfield Drive in South Jordan, next to The Ballpark at America First Square. Taste of Red Iguana serves the same Mexican food as the O.G. Red Iguana at 736 W. North Temple and Red Iguana 2 at 866 W. South Temple.

• Has a restaurant opened or closed in your neighborhood? Let us know at food@sltrib.com.

Drink & Pastry of the Week

When I visited Perch Coffee, I enjoyed a Sugar & Spice latte with a quintessentially Australian cake called a lamington.

The Sugar & Spice latte was exactly how it sounds, mildly sweet and deliciously spiced, with notes of cardamon, cinnamon and vanilla bean. Unless you specifically request ice, Perch Coffee shakes its iced coffees in a cocktail shaker for an iceless, chilled drink that’s creamy and cold but doesn’t contain melting ice cubes. That’s how I had my latte, and I loved it. (The owner told me this idea came from a place in San Diego called Goldchild Coffee Roasters.)

And OK, I’m obsessed with lamingtons now. This is a square of vanilla-flavored sponge cake that’s iced on all sides with a thin layer of chocolate, then the whole thing is coated with coconut. It’s light and delicately sweet, and a lot more moist than I was expecting. Just the perfect thing to go with a cup of coffee.