Crooked Letters

Crooked Letters is a café in Prahran focused on coffee and bagels, now located at 293 High Street after moving from its former Murray Street site. The business also operates a Notting Hill drive-through, with the same team, coffee and bagels across its locations.

The bagel menu covers a broad mix of breakfast and savoury fillings. Options include bacon with fried egg, provolone and white Alabama barbecue sauce; soft-boiled eggs with avocado, caper and dill cream cheese, dukkah and pickled red onion; and house-cured pastrami salmon with pickles and cream cheese. Other choices include confit chicken salad, grilled halloumi with chilli jam, beef pastrami with sauerkraut and Swiss cheese, chorizo with mushroom and onion jam, and a vegan mushroom bagel with sundried tomato and red pepper pesto.

For something simpler or sweet, Crooked Letters offers spreads including plain cream cheese, caper and dill, blueberry, blueberry and orange zest jam, strawberry and rhubarb jam, peanut butter, Nutella and PB&J. Customers can also add extras such as fried egg, avocado, bacon, halloumi or salmon. It suits a quick coffee and bagel stop, with the Prahran location providing a central option and the Notting Hill site catering to drive-through visits.