Thought some of you might like to know that these two iconic cafes are no longer as of last Tuesday's earthquake. I haven't seen it, but apparently C1 collapsed completely. I've seen Lyttelton Coffee Co, and the brick walls have crumbled for the most part, held together only by the steel earthquake strengthening framework. I'd imagine there would've been other cafe casualties. Supreme's christchurch shop is opposite the CTV building that collapsed with a whole bunch of people inside, and that whole area was a total wreck.
Christchurch also lost a good barista, a long-time employee of Underground Coffee, Matti Mceachen. He'd moved on from coffee to train as a tattoo artist, and was missed. He will be missed infinitely more now.
RIP.