Eat
CocoBananas.
Coffee through the window. Vinyl in the bins.
Location
What people get wrong
32 Chambers. Closed Monday. House prints Co-Co Bananas. Same door. Call 0481 867 188. Confirm glass. We last walked this on 2026-09-21. Hours move with the week. Checking the shopfront keeps the night easy.
What is Coco Bananas known for?
Coco Bananas is known for a laneway coffee window and bins of new and used vinyl: a white box, coloured records hanging from the ceiling, a Soundofever crate facing the door.
You walk from Footscray station toward the plaza, then Chambers, the short street between Nicholson Mall and Maddern Square. 32 is the glass. Inside it is an independent record store that also pours coffee. The house site, fetched 20 September 2026, still prints that job in plainer type: buy and sell, local and international, take a seat or take away. Established 2023. You sit because a cup from this window is how Chambers does morning, and because a Saturday browse still means the bins are the room. Stay for one crate after the pour. A Monday walk is a dark window. Sunday 2pm is the kill.
O'Meara and Richmond opened here in October 2023. Clan Analogue, 26 March 2025, added turntables and speakers if you needed a deck. Star Weekly later quoted O'Meara: they love the people, they like doing business here. House still talks instore performances, art, book signings, gift vouchers, buying collections. Instagram is @cocobananas.store. You came for this window, not for a predecessor disco ball and not for an upstairs night room.
Phone 0481 867 188. Email admin@cocobananas.com.au. Site cocobananas.com.au. The house hyphenation is Co-Co Bananas. Search engines want Coco. Same door. You need a cup or a sleeve, not a founding fight. You sit because a cup from this window is the whole theatre of Chambers: coloured vinyl on the ceiling, a crate facing the door, a Saturday browse that still means the bins are the room. You came for this glass, this pour, this sleeve.
What should you order at Coco Bananas?
You should order coffee from the window if that is why you walked, then decide whether the sitting still wants a toastie or a bin.
House copy does not name a roaster. Do not invent one. Good Food's July 2025 line is caffeination first, then the browse. Sit if there is a seat. Walk if you wanted the cup on Chambers. A toastie if Valent's crawl still matches the board. The house about page we fetched does not print food. Ask.
Used bins first if you wanted cheap. New and repress if you wanted sealed. Clan Analogue still says they sell turntables and speaker setups. That is hardware, not a cafe gadget wall. Gift vouchers are on the shop. Email a collection before you dump a van on Chambers.
Eat or drink it here, or walk it while it is hot. This is daylight coffee and vinyl. Do not invent a dinner kitchen. Sunday closes at 2pm. Monday the window is dark. Stay long enough to flip one sleeve after the cup. Ask what the board is actually doing. Valent's toastie is a crawl beat, not a printed kitchen. Stay for one more crate if the cup still has heat. This is a window. Behave like that is true.
Hours, payment and queues at Coco Bananas
Quoted week from the house site, 20 September 2026: Monday closed, Tuesday and Wednesday 9am to 3:30pm, Thursday to Saturday 9am to 5pm, Sunday 10am to 2pm. Each open day is marked new on that page. Call 0481 867 188. Last checked 2026-09-21. Glance at the glass.
Walk-in. There is no booking widget for a coffee window. Cards are normal on a Shopify counter. Instore gigs sit on the about copy. They are not a walk-in promise tonight. Instagram @cocobananas.store is the live card.
The about line still says six days. The table says Monday closed. We put that fight in the hours note. Cite the shop. Sunday 2pm is a hard kill. A Monday walk is a dark window. Instagram is the live card if a gig claimed the night. The house table still wins the morning. Stay for the cup at this window. You came for this sitting.
How do you get to Coco Bananas in Footscray?
You get to Coco Bananas by walking from Footscray station toward the plaza, then onto Chambers, to 32, a coffee window and vinyl room, not an upstairs night bar.
Read 32 on the glass. You are on Chambers. Albert is the plaza park if you drove. Irving is the market deck on a Saturday. You do not need a reservation. You need to arrive before Sunday 2pm and not on a Monday. Stay for the cup at the window. Flip one sleeve before you leave. The glass is the lock. You came for this room.
After dark this page is already closed. Chambers is a lane off the mall. Walk out to Nicholson or Hopkins before you call the car. Vinyl under the arm is how you know you came to the right bin. You walked 32, not an upstairs night room and not a predecessor disco ball. The glass is the lock. Stay long enough to flip one more sleeve. Then leave the lane while it is still daylight. The cup is the sitting. You came for this window, this crate, this room.
What do people mix up about Coco Bananas?
They send 30 Chambers, or they come Monday, and they miss the coffee window that only lives at 32.
- 32 Chambers Street, Footscray VIC 3011 only. Phone 0481 867 188.
- Mon closed. Tue-Wed 9am-3:30pm. Thu-Sat 9am-5pm. Sun 10am-2pm on the house site.
- Site cocobananas.com.au. Instagram @cocobananas.store.
- Coffee window and vinyl. Confirm the glass.
Questions people ask next
- Where is Coco Bananas?
- Coco Bananas is at 32 Chambers Street, Footscray VIC 3011, between Nicholson Mall and Maddern Square. Footscray station is the nearest train. House prints Co-Co Bananas. Same door.
- What are Coco Bananas hours?
- Monday closed. Tuesday and Wednesday 9am-3:30pm, Thursday to Saturday 9am-5pm, Sunday 10am-2pm on the house site. Those open days are marked new. Call 0481 867 188. Last checked 2026-09-21.
- What should I get at Coco Bananas?
- Coffee from the window if Good Food sent you. Used or new vinyl if you came to browse. A toastie if the July 2025 crawl still matches the board. Ask. This is not a dinner kitchen.
- Is Coco Bananas open Monday?
- No. The house table prints Monday closed. Instagram @cocobananas.store. Confirm the glass.
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