All the staff and shop owners are pleasant and its a nice little plaza to get your needs. Pretty amazed that there are two coles given it is a small plaza!

Approximate cost: $25

It's a bit old and crumbly, but Northcote plaza is a pretty good place to do your shopping. There's the big stores like K-Mart, Coles and Aldi, with lots of smaller outlets like Bakers delight. In Amongst the recognized big brands, there are dinky little '$2' dollar shops (which are heaps of fun and kind of crap at the same time!), and an assortment of daggy clothing shops. The kind that Nonnas buy their cardigans from. You can grab a yummy smoothie, hot chips, fried rice and sushi as there are heaps of food outlets in there. It's like a very small, weird (but cute) little sister of Northland, and not as claustrophobic. If you live in Northcote you see everyone you've ever known up here at some point or another. It's handy and has a certain rough charm.

Approximate cost: $80