Our Story
A warm, timber-clad café and bar on Lygon Street, inspired by Japan’s neighbourhood haunts.
Est 2021Carlton, 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.
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Day to Night
One room, two lives. Filter coffee and sarnies while the sun’s up; vinyl, cocktails and Guinness once it sets.
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Specialty Coffee
Code Black beans, a sage-green La Marzocco and our cult Mont Blanc — coffee taken seriously, served without fuss.
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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.
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.
