A small-batch sourdough baker at the top of Mornington's Main Street, long-fermented loaves, a tight pastry line, and the best bread in town.
Known for Long-Fermented Sourdough LoavesMorning BunsTight Pastry LineTop of Mornington Main Street
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Why we’d goThe Mornington baker that wine-room people quietly recommend when someone asks where the best bread is, bread-first, small room, loyal locals.
Sourdough Kitchen is the Mornington baker that wine-room people quietly recommend when someone asks where the best bread in town is. The loaves are long-fermented, the crust is proper, and the tight line of pastries in the cabinet, croissants, morning buns, a Danish or two, is pitched at people who actually care about the detail. The coffee is good. The room is small. The locals are loyal.
This is a bread-first shop, and that is its charm. Buy a loaf, a couple of pastries, and something to drink from the bottle shop around the corner, and you have the bones of a Peninsula picnic. The morning bun is what sells out first, it routinely goes before 11am on weekends, which is a reliable indicator of how good it is.
Go early on weekends, the morning bun is gone by eleven.
Worth knowing
If you only do one thing
Go early on weekends, the morning bun is gone by eleven, and it is worth the early alarm.
Works well with
Mornington Farmers' Market · Commonfolk Coffee
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