East End: Al Fresco's would be my first choice, too. Reason: social networks, mainly (kid's friend used to work there and the habit lingers), but convenience is a factor, along with good pizza, cakes, coffee. And I can usually still get an outside table there without being totally enveloped in cigarette smoke.

Hindley Street: ok, I'm old. I still pine for the old Flash Gelateria, before they moved across the road...

Market Precinct: on market days, craving coffee, The Big Table (had late lunch there Friday - brown rice lepinja with smoked turkey, oakleaf lettuce, avocado, and cranberry sauce and baked cheesecake with lots of lemon zest - yummm). Otherwise, I'd be more likely to be at any one of a dozen (two dozen?) Asian places for Laksa or Hokkien Mee or something like.

North Terrace: the State Library Cafe. I liked the food and the quiet corner it was tucked away in before the renovation - both the ambience and the food have been a little "modernised" since, but it's still good. And it still beats the Art Gallery (too glitzy/noisy) and the Museum (brash/often crowded) and the one near the Migration Museum (dark/gloomy).

Local: Cafe Va Bene, Gorge Road, Campbelltown. They do a great Penne Puttanesca. Good pizza and gelati.
Buongiorno, The Parade, Norwood. Breakfast heaven!

Squoonchy late-night exotica: Spats, Goodwood; The Elephant Walk, North Adelaide.

my fav's are at tha moment:

Cafe Cib on Gouger
De Cafe at Flinders Uni Sturt Campus

theres a big place on flinders st that sells lots of beans too and they rock! cant remember the name tho.

and yeah, most (not all) places in and around the central markets i've been for coffee have been gooood.

and i think Gloria Jeans (they're everywhere) is certainly the worst/lowest on my list for reasons of corporate imperialism and cultural oppression via gross americanisation...

peace
Audrey Autonomy