Johhny Baker

Top choice in Victoria


Not your usual country bakery, here it's all about hand-rolled croissants baked with Belgian butter, among other mind-blowing sugary pastries. Its pies are equally popular, with favourites including the vegan lentil-and-eggplant shepherd's pie, or Wagyu sherry, and a heap of baguettes that you can wolf down on the milk-crate seating out the front. Coffee is locally roasted too.


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