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Austro Bakery, North Melbourne

Much-loved bakery Austro has swapped South Melbourne for North Melbourne, in the inner northwest, as owners Sally Roxon and Christian Gattermayr focus on wholesale. The no-frills Lothian Street shopfront, open Friday and Saturday only from 8am to 1pm, sells laminated pastries galore, from the typical (buttery croissants) to the not-so-typical (pastries with soft white cheese and Turkish pickles), plus focaccia.

Signature item: “My current favourite is karpatka ($9.50),” says Roxon. “It’s a Polish cake ... commonly referred to as an eclair cake, as it consists of two layers of choux pastry filled with plum jam and stiff, whipped mousseline creme.”