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Penang Coffee Shop Directory lists the coffee shops in Penang. The name "coffee shop" came about because coffee, or to be exact, Penang black coffee or kopi-o, was the primary beverage sold at these eateries. Over time, other beverages were added to the drinks menu including tea, MiloTM, barley, NescafeTM, and other local drinks including patpoh, ambra, almond, and so on.

In this directory, the term "coffee shop" refers to all eatery premises in Penang where street fare is sold by hawkers. Traditionally, coffee shops are link shophouses built in the Straits Eclectic style where the eatery business is conducted below, while the coffee shop owner and his family live upstairs. Most coffee shops occupy the corner lot of these link rows.

Nowadays, coffee shops can also be open-air locations where they are more commonly referred to as hawker centres. The owner or anchor tenant of the hawker centre is once again the beverage provider who rent out space to hawkers to ply their food. As for the hawkers, while once most were itinerant vendors, today the majority have a permanent station within the eatery. Today only a minute fraction of Penang hawkers remain itinerant, pushing their carts or three-wheelers through the city streets plying the fare.

It is the hawkers rather than the beverage provider that become the actual stars of the location. Many coffee shops gain fame through the food sold there. It has however been noted that the food and the location quickly become one - many famous hawker stalls quickly lose their clientele as soon as they move to a different location. This combination of food-and-locale is so entrenched that many of the most famous Penang food stalls have been occupying the same lot for decades.

On this page, we try to list as many coffee shops as we can find. The list, if you observe it regularly, continues to grow, as we add more to it. Each thumbnail links to details about the coffee shop. We have also included roadside food stalls and itinerant vendors. Coffee shops marked with New! have just been added on 20 July, 2008.

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Name of Eatery

Location

Apong Guan Burmah Road
Bali Hai Gurney Drive
Bangkok Lane Roadside StallPulau Tikus
Bee HooiPulau Tikus
Chang Yen Vegetarian FoodPulau Tikus
Edelweiss CafeLebuh Armenian
Good Friend SeafoodTeluk Kumbar
Guan HiangPulau Tikus
Gurney Drive Hawker CentreGurney Drive
Hai Beng Pulau Tikus
Ho Ping Kampung Malabar
Hup GuanPulau Tikus
Hup KeePulau Tikus
Jin Hoe CafePulau Tikus
Jolly CafeJln Masjid Kapitan Keling
Kong Bee LeePulau Tikus
KristalPulau Tikus
Kwai LockPulau Tikus
Loong HengPulau Tikus
Mr Pot Cafe Persiaran Gurney
Nanyang Chinese CuisineJln Masjid Kapitan Keling
New World ParkBurmah Road
Northam Beach Cafe Northam Road
Perak Road Bee Koh Moy SellerPerak Road
Poly Coffee GardenPulau Tikus
Pulau Tikus Goreng Pisang SellerPulau Tikus
Pulau Tikus Tua Pek Kong TemplePulau Tikus
Restoran Mohd RaffePulau Tikus
Seng Lee CafePulau Tikus
Sin Hup AunPulau Tikus
Sin HwaPulau Tikus
Sin Yin Nam Cafe New Lane
Swee Kong Burmah Road

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