Open in the long-empty corner retail spot (can anyone recall a tenant?) at 310 Greenwich, the south corner of Independence Plaza with floor-to-ceiling views of Washington Market Park, is Toby’s Estate, a chain of coffee roasters and shops out of Sydney.

The company was founded in 1997 by Toby Smith, an Australian lawyer who ditched his day job to travel the world to learn coffee production, then turned his mother’s garage into a mini roastery. If LinkedIn is up to date, he is the global president and CEO. They have tons of cafes in Australia and the Middle East, plus a popup in the West Village.

I am not a coffee drinker, so I leave it to readers to comment on that. But the coffees are sourced all over the world and the offerings at the cafe are rotated regularly, both blends and single origins. There are little acrylic labels at the counter that show you what’s brewing, and of course there’s the usual array of styles. Cold brew is self-serve from taps. A large long black is $5.75; a latte is $7.75; a single espresso $3.50. Tea is $5.

The menu offers an avo toast of course though I got the soft boiled eggs with labneh mistakenly thinking it was a grain and learning the hard way that it is yogurt. But after I adjusted to the fact that the whole thing was cold, it was quite good — served with sourdough toast ($15). There’s a peanut butter banana toast for $7.

The renovation is one of the loveliest I have seen in the neighborhood in a while. Mirrored wall aside, it is warm, generous in its layout, and uses lovely materials, including a dropped ceiling that looks like a teakwood grid. I am a huge fan of those cantilevered tubular steel Breuer Cesca chairs (I assume these are reproductions from Wayfair or something) — all of us of a certain age knew someone with those in their dining room.

They have not settled on their permanent hours or even updated the website. For now, try 8a to 3p. Will update.