If you 're a curious soul with a taste for the unusual , or just a bad hangover on a Sunday morning , one of Cleveland Street 's newest cafes in Sydney 's Surry Hills might have just your fix . Since opening its doors in January , Dr Faustus , a 1920's-feel brunch spot in a re-styled old pharmacy , has been serving an eclectic menu of 'remedies and elixirs ' for the urban hipster crowd . It 's owners call themselves 'alchemists ' of food & drink . Cereal flavoured milk and The Arnold Palmer - home made ice-tea with lemonade - are just some of the unusual 'elixirs ' on offer at Dr Faustus in Sydney 's Surrey Hills . Unusual elixirs on offer include bourbon piccolo lattes with a side of fried bacon , 'devilish coffees ' , home-made iced teas and a new take on an old favourite - the cereal milkshake . Popular 'remedies ' on the menu are the cafe 's signature 'drunken ' fries for a pounding hangover head and the Pulled Mushroom Bunhouse with smoked wild mushrooms and 'kaleslaw ' . The Foie gras BLTs , brussel sprout caesars and quail eggs with caviar have also proven to be hits with the locals . 'Get 'em while they 're hot ' : The glazed bacon , vanilla bourbon piccolo latte at Dr Faustus . Dr Faustus on Cleveland Street opened is doors as a cafe in January . Owners kept many of the original features from the shop 's past life as a pharmacy , built in 1908 . Dr Faustus : 'Offering remedies and elixirs for curious souls ' in Surry Hills . The cafe takes its name from the 16th Century Robert Marlow play in which Faustus , a German scholar , dabbles in the dark arts and sells his soul to the devil in a quest for knowledge and power . Owner and former bartender , Adam Kane , says he was inspired by the old building with its original pharmacy cabinets to create something quirky for Surry Hills . ' I wanted to trade off the idea of the alchemist , the snake-oil salesman , the bluesman that meets the devil at the crossroads . All in some way striving to reach some higher ground , that I believe food and drink can attain , ' Kane told Broadsheet Media . Fruit Loop doughnut balls for the child at heart at Cleveland Street 's Dr Faustus cafe . Coco-pop topped doughnuts are just some of the unusual offerings for the urban hipster at Dr Faustus . Dr Faustus claims its 'Drunken Fries ' are the perfect hangover cure . One of Kane 's favourite concoctions is cereal milk , something he says has become a big thing in New York , where it 's used in cocktails , and to make pannacotta and ice creams . Dr Faustus currently offers Coco Pops , Cheerios and Nutri-grain flavoured milk as part of its breakfast menu - and has plans to create many more . 'Everyone has a favourite type of cereal , ' Kane told Fairfax Media . 'We could n't just stock one brand in the fridge . ' The cereal milk is sold as a caffeinated Coco Pop latte or sprinkled with cinnamon or dark chocolate in your choice of full cream , skim or soy milk . Find Dr Faustus on the trendy Cleveland Street cafe strip in Sydney 's Surry Hills . Going forward , Kane says the cafe is thinking about creating doughnuts with a cereal milk glaze . But so far , given full-house weekends since Dr Faustus opened its doors , he thinks 'all beasts are happy ' . Find Dr Faustus at 380 Cleveland Street , Surry Hills .
A quirky newcomer to Faustus 's trendy cafe scene offers cereal-flavoured milkshakes , 'drunken ' fries and eggs with caviar for breakfast . Dr Sydney , a re-styled 1900s pharmacy on Cleveland Street , opened its antique doors as a cafe in January . Its menu offers fatty 'fixes ' and curious elixirs for the urban hipster .