An open kitchen with bar seats puts you in the perfect spot to watch chef Carl Canela whip up some Filipino fusion magic. Come for the sandos filled with crumbed pork longganisa sausage with slaw, steak with pickled onion and yuzu, or vegie options, all carefully halved and beautifully wrapped in paper. It wouldn’t be a Filipino cafe without a luscious, creamy leche flan, arriving danish-pastry-style atop a base of flaky pastry. Iced lattes or a strawberry matcha will help you beat the summer heat. 34 Wyatt Street, Adelaide; instagram.com/34wyattstreet.adl

My Grandma Ben (MGB) knows how to keep its customers happy, with coffee by Elementary, house-made vegan drinks, all-day brunches, toasties and a kids menu. Find the plant-strewn warehouse-style space in the refurbished Clipsal building, also home to the MGB’s pickle-making workshop space. The fruits of this labour are scattered liberally throughout the menu, and can be ordered alone as a side plate or purchased in a jar to go. Plant 4, Bowden; mygrandmaben.com

If coffee and a pastry is your idea of cafe perfection, then go no further than Abbots and Kinney for outstanding sweet and savoury baked goods and seeded, rye and white sourdough breads, fruit loaves and ciabatta. Come for the super-flaky croissants and classic pain au chocolat, then be distracted by morning buns filled with anything from blueberry cheesecake to hazelnut chocolate custard, or tempting pizza-style savoury pastry slices. Pick up frozen unbaked plain and chocolate croissants for your freezer for those late-night sweet-treat emergencies. Various locations; abbotsandkinney.com

Now in three locations, the official HQ for South Australia’s premier specialty coffee roaster is a glamorous, light-filled suburban warehouse where you can see and smell your beans being roasted while you wait. A small menu of sweet and savoury bites complements the brew. For a bigger menu, head to the HQ’s two sister cafes. 57 Boothby Street, Panorama, 65 Duthy Street, Malvern, and 243 Seacombe Road, South Brighton; harkcoffee.com.au

Thanks to its high-profile co-owner, TV chef Poh Ling Yeow, Jamface barely needs an introduction, and this cafe/stall, run with Yeow’s best friend and co-owner Sarah Rich, is an Adelaide favourite. Once a staple of the Adelaide Market, Jamface is now a Sunday regular at the Adelaide Showground Farmers’ Market. Spend the morning shopping for produce, then head to Jamface for delicious cakes, pies, pasties and toasties, and jams and relishes to go. Stirling Angas Hall, Adelaide Showgrounds; adelaidefarmersmarket.com.au

This cosy Unley cafe in a heritage building has stayed true to its vintage roots with brick walls, aged timber floors and an obligatory record player, its central coffee bar the only nod to contemporary design. The menu is also a mix of the classic and contemporary, with eggs any way and smashed avo, plus huevos rancheros, Portuguese sardines and chilli eggs. The roast of the day is on the board, brewed at the sparkling Synesso machine. Smoothies, juices and iced teas round out the offering. 105 Unley Road, Unley; instagram.com/amothersmilk/

It may be inspired by a classic New York Jewish delicatessen, but the Flying Fig’s produce is proudly local. If they’re not making their own pastrami, pickling vegies or making homemade soft drinks, they’re seeking out the best South Australian suppliers such as Harris Smokehouse, Fleurieu Milk Company for yoghurt and Skala Bakery. Go for a classic lox bagel or a pastrami reuben, latkes, shakshuka and challah French toast. Vegetarians are well catered for, too. Nab a shaded outside table on a sunny day. 161 Jeffcott Street, North Adelaide; theflyingfigdeli.com.au

Located in Bowden’s Nightingale apartment building, Jo Nguyen and Huy Bui’s A Place is designed to celebrate coffee while creating a welcoming space, and it succeeds on both fronts. As well as espresso, pour over and batch brew, there are espresso spritzes, iced filter coffee and housemade shrubs. With the focus on coffee, the menu is simple – a selection of excellent pastries from local baker Fold, biscuits and sandwiches. Order a coffee and pastry, and join the locals at the street-side tables. 37 Second Street, Bowden; aplacecoffee.com.au

Tiba’s bright, contemporary interior lets customers focus on the coffee and the food. The former sourced from 1645 Coffee Roasters, the latter a tribute to owner Niel Rezende’s Brazilian roots. Tropical, sunshiney, happy flavours dominate – order the ‘dream bowl’, a festival of mango, banana and house-made granola; or a sunrise juice with orange, carrot, lemon and ginger. A turmeric latte is the perfect accompaniment to chilli scrambled eggs, a bacon and egg roll, loaded banana bread or made-to-order crepes. 281 Flinders St, Adelaide; instagram.com/tibaespresso/

With a focus on local, South Australian produce, the spacious and sunny Banksia Tree is determined to present some of the best flavours in the state, sustainably. Along with small-batch roasted coffee by Monastery, you’ll also find Rustico sourdough, local crab and local haloumi. The menu comes in small and large plates to match your appetite, with bacon and eggs, granola with fresh fruit, Fleurieu yoghurt, lemon myrtle honey and blue swimmer crab scramble the highlights. 147 St Vincent Street, Port Adelaide; ​​thebanksiatree.com