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Happy Alley

The main attraction at this Rockdale cafe is the still-warm cookies served with swirls of vanilla soft-serve.

Cheesecake cookie.
1 / 6Cheesecake cookie.Supplied
Outside Happy Alley in Rockdale.
2 / 6Outside Happy Alley in Rockdale.Supplied
Sandwiches and bagels.
3 / 6Sandwiches and bagels.Edwina Pickles
Happy Alley’s croissant.
4 / 6Happy Alley’s croissant.James Brickwood
Happy Alley’s red velvet cookie.
5 / 6Happy Alley’s red velvet cookie.Supplied
Bagels and cookies at Happy Alley.
6 / 6Bagels and cookies at Happy Alley.Supplied

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Sometimes it’s worth joining the queue. This one flows around communal tables of families with chicken parmi or pastrami sandwiches, beside displays of loaded focaccia and viennoiserie, before arriving at the main attraction: still-warm cookies in flavours such as red velvet and dark cocoa macadamia, served with swirls of vanilla soft-serve. Everything at Happy Alley – which relocated from its tiny, first shop earlier this year – is baked on site. The cinnamon-dusted iced matcha is a must.

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