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Alex: Quite possibly the most well-known and charming little cafe in Melbourne’s CBD is none other than ‘The Hardware Societe’.  A rather unassuming little eatery in term’s of Melbourne’s standards, walking along Hardware Lane if you weren’t in the know you could easily walk on past – if it wasn’t for the throngs of people littering the streets waiting for a table, big tip-off.  The French inspired cafe seats a number of people but the space is somewhat cramped, but we’ll just use the word quaint and move on! Lines can go down Hardware Lane which is ridiculous but luckily on this weekday myself, B, Madre, and Zoe had to wait maybe 10 minutes and got a cute little corner spot of the cafe. I ordered a Skim Mocha $5, but I quite liked the idea of having a de-constructed mocha and I liked the fact you could put however much of the ‘hot chocolate’ you want into the coffee. It’s almost like having one mocha and one hot chocolate. Definitely good value for money. I also …