governor's cafe

WE NEED YOUR HELP! Not because we're sad, or injured, or anything like that, but because we are going to start collecting stories, photos, and other things for our 40th anniversary next year. We'll have something a bit more formal later in the week, but for a start, we'd be very keen to get any photos you might have, or even old flyers, ads, menus, or other images going back to 1977, when the Governor's first opened. You can bring them to us in person (we'll scan them and look after them like they were our own children, but quieter) or email them to info@governorscafe.co.nz. Anything you've got would be much appreciated, like this shot by Arne Leuchs from the early 2000s, during our Rasta phase. Thanks! Also, we haven't had a single right answer to the Menu Challenge below, so there are still five free coffees here for the astute reader.

NEW MENU CHALLENGE: Free coffee (potentially) for literary types In a fit of bookish glee this evening, I coded a very obscure literary reference into some of our snazzy new menus (designed by Seiya Ogino at Dunedin's Kaiser Creative). An image of the first page of the menu is attached to this post, but the paper menus won't be on the tables until Friday morning. I'll shout the first five people who can find it a coffee. Just come in and tell us about it. It's not the nod to the Kris Kristofferson song that's been on the menu for ages, but something else, an allusion to a novel from the year 2000. Happy hunting.

NEW WEEKDAY SPECIALS!! After faffing about with this a bit last week, let us make this official: each and every weekday from 7:00am to 3:00pm, we will have a different special meal on offer for $14.00. These are rare - but not collectible - meals that you can't get any other time, so they really are something special. I've posted the menu for the next couple of weeks below, and have added snazzy images for those of you who prefer pretty pictures to all these pesky words. Bring a date. Tell all your friends. We'll be waiting. Possibly even smiling. See you soon.

It's late (or it's late if you're as damned old as I am), so this will be short and sweet: Friday's special is some lovely blueberry and white chocolate pancakes. These look so good that I am almost happy that I am working tomorrow, just so I can have some. Almost. Have some for lunch, because breakfast is the new lunch.