Providores on the Mornington Peninsula
The farmgate shops, cheesemongers, fishmongers, and produce stores selling direct. This is where the Peninsula pantry actually comes from.
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The farmgate shops, cheesemongers, fishmongers, and produce stores selling direct. This is where the Peninsula pantry actually comes from.
Peninsula providores
Cheesemongers, fishmongers, and farmgate stores, by what they sell.
295 Main Creek Rd, Main Ridge VIC 3928 · $$
A working farmhouse goat dairy on the Main Ridge, farm-made cheeses, goat-milk gelato, and a café with views across the paddocks to the herd.
50 Cook St, Flinders VIC 3929 · $$
Handmade chocolates, rich hot chocolates, and a small café, a reliable family stop with enough seasonal stock to justify the detour.
170 Baxter-Tooradin Rd, Baxter VIC 3911 · $$
A working certified-organic market garden with a farm-gate shop, straight-out-of-the-ground vegetables and the best salad of your week.
34 Pier St, Dromana VIC 3936 · $$
A proper old-school fishmonger and takeaway on the Dromana foreshore, point, pay, and walk the parcel across to the sand.
81 William Rd, Red Hill VIC 3937 · $$
Small-batch cheesemaker with a tasting room, hard sheep's milk styles, washed rinds, and a rotating seasonal list.
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