---
title: "Our Story"
canonical: "https://goodmeasure.site/about-us/"
author: "Liam O'Connor"
published: "2026-06-24T12:17:20+00:00"
modified: "2026-10-06T00:22:39+00:00"
language: "en-US"
site: "Good Measure"
description: "A warm, timber-clad café and bar on Lygon Street, inspired by Japan's neighbourhood haunts.Est 2021Carlton, MelbourneHow it startedThree friends…"
attribution: "Good Measure (https://goodmeasure.site/)"
---

# Our Story

A warm, timber-clad café and bar on Lygon Street, inspired by Japan’s neighbourhood haunts.

     

![A Good Measure barista at work](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/about-1.jpg)

 

**Est 2021**Carlton, Melbourne

   

How it started

 

## Three friends, one
versatile little room.

 

Good Measure opened in 2021, started by Max Allison, Brandon Jo & Mitchell Miller — friends who loved the intimate, do-anything neighbourhood bars they’d found in Japan and wanted to build one of their own on Lygon Street.

 

The result is a space styled like a quintessential northside living room: timber cladding, house plants, vintage furniture and a magpie-emblazoned sign by the door, just near Argyle Square.

 

By day, it’s all coffee and sarnies — the signature Mont Blanc, a sage-green La Marzocco and Code Black beans. By night, the vinyl spins, the cocktails pour and the Guinness settles. One room, two lives.

      

What we’re about

 

## Coffee taken seriously,
served without fuss.

    

01 / 03

 

### Day to Night

 

One room, two lives. Filter coffee and sarnies while the sun’s up; vinyl, cocktails and Guinness once it sets.

   

02 / 03

 

### Specialty Coffee

 

Code Black beans, a sage-green La Marzocco and our cult Mont Blanc — coffee taken seriously, served without fuss.

   

03 / 03

 

### A Northside Living Room

 

Timber, house plants and vintage furniture inspired by Japan’s neighbourhood haunts. Walk in, stay a while.

      

The Room

 

## A northside living room,
morning to midnight.

  

- [![The Mont Blanc & a slice of Basque cheesecake](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g1-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g1-1.jpg)
- [![Cocktails coming together behind the bar](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g5-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g5-1.jpg)
- [![The sage-green La Marzocco & house plants](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g2-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g2-1.jpg)
- [![Genmaicha & mango sorbet float with a hot chocolate](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g4-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g4-1.jpg)
- [![A glass of Victorian red and crispy chicken](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g3-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g3-1.jpg)
- [![Nitro cold brew on the pour](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g6-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g6-1.jpg)
- [![A matcha milk punch in hand](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g7-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g7-1.jpg)
- [![Late-night jaffles and lemonade by candlelight](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g8-1.jpg)](https://goodmeasure.site/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/g8-1.jpg)

    

Pull Up a Chair

 

## Coffee now,
cocktails later.

 

No bookings, no fuss — just walk in. We’re on Lygon Street every day from 8am, with the vinyl spinning long after dark.

 [Get Directions →](https://www.google.com/maps/search/?api=1&query=Good+Measure+193+Lygon+Street+Carlton+VIC+3053)[See the Menu](/menu/)