The Colour Nine

The Colour Nine is a corner cafe on Mawson Street in Stafford Heights with a menu that reaches past the usual bacon and eggs: corn fritters, dahl, roti and eggs benedict all get a look in. The cafe calls itself a pet friendly cafe on its own homepage and describes the space as family and pet friendly, so the dog welcome here is the venue's own wording, not hearsay. Hours run 7am to 1pm on weekdays and 7am to 2pm on weekends.

The dog setup

The venue site states the cafe is pet friendly, with outdoor seating on the footpath side where dogs fit naturally into the setup. Ask for an outside table when you order at the counter, keep your dog on lead close to your chair, and note that the outdoor area is street adjacent, so dogs that lunge at passing prams are better off at a quieter hour. Early weekday mornings are calm, and the 7am open makes it an easy first stop before a walk.

Worth knowing

The menu is the reason locals queue: the dahl and corn fritters have a following, and there are gluten free options across the board. Seating is tight inside, which is another reason the outdoor tables suit dog owners. Street parking on Mawson Street and the surrounding blocks is free and usually easy on weekday mornings. The cafe sits in a suburban pocket, so everything here is a short drive rather than a stroll, but the local park is close enough to walk.

For the walk after breakfast, Grey Gum Park Fenced Dog Park is in the same suburb with a fully fenced run, and more off lead options are on the parks in QLD page. If you are scouting other breakfast spots, the dog friendly cafes in QLD list has the rest of Brisbane covered.