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Shortstop Coffee & Donuts

This venue is a finalist for best treats in Good Food’s Essential Sydney Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

Six mixed doughnuts.
1 / 5Six mixed doughnuts. Supplied
Maple walnut & brown butter doughnut.
2 / 5Maple walnut & brown butter doughnut. Supplied
Hot doughnuts in oil.
3 / 5Hot doughnuts in oil. Edwina Pickles
Australian honey and sea salt crullers.
4 / 5Australian honey and sea salt crullers. Edwina Pickles
Chocolate doughnuts being iced.
5 / 5Chocolate doughnuts being iced. Edwina Pickles

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It’s been nearly 10 years since Shortstop opened its first Sydney outpost, and the Barangaroo store still occasionally sells out. So, what’s the secret? It’s the discerning approach to doughnuts in their forms. Flavours are seasonal (pumpkin spice, apple pie) and never too-sweet, with subtle nods to new trends (strawberry matcha, Thai milk tea) and a solid selection of classics (cinnamon sugar with cardamom, Mexican hot chocolate).

Must order: The Australian honey and sea salt cruller has become a staple.

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