Safavi

A 130-year-old Scottish church on Florence Street is an unlikely home for one of the region's most decorated coffee operations. Owner Saeid Shahzade Safavi took the SA regional barista championship three years running, across 2011, 2012 and 2013, and the pedigree shows in the cup, pours of Vittoria beans served beneath the timber-lined vaults of the converted nave. The room is light and airy, the meals unfussy, and the coffee milkshakes have a following of their own. In a Spencer Gulf smelter town not known for its cafe culture, it functions as the clear standout, catching travellers off the highway between Adelaide and the Flinders Ranges. Open weekdays from early morning, with shorter hours on weekends.