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Wild Life Bakery

Specialty loaves, pastries and sandwiches in an airy, industrial-style space.

Emma Breheny

Inside Wild Life in Brunswick East.
1 / 7Inside Wild Life in Brunswick East.Supplied
A selection of lunch goodies from Wild Life.
2 / 7A selection of lunch goodies from Wild Life.Supplied
Wild Life Bakery sausage roll.
3 / 7Wild Life Bakery sausage roll.Shelley Horan
Inside the Brunswick East cafe.
4 / 7Inside the Brunswick East cafe.Supplied
Coffee and cake.
5 / 7Coffee and cake.Supplied
Selection of loaves from Wild Life in Brunswick East.
6 / 7Selection of loaves from Wild Life in Brunswick East.Supplied
Wild Life hot cross buns.
7 / 7Wild Life hot cross buns.Tom Cutbush

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In a neighbourhood that’s become spoilt for carbohydrate choices, the queues that still weave out of this bakery are an excellent sign. Sourdough bread has a serious crust and forgiving chew. Special loaves - light rye, olive, porridge - come out on select days of the week. But every day is a great day for pastry fans.

Savoury bites include kimchi and cheddar croissants erupting with crunchy rivers of cheese. Kids devour the coils of gently spiced morning buns. Classic croissants, decadently frosted cakes, danishes topped with the season’s finest fruit, and petite sweets including pastel de nata fill the cabinet.

Coffee is made with Market Lane beans, and there’s also a full menu of sandwiches and toasties, plus rotating topped focaccia. Nab a seat if you can or head to the nearby park - and don’t forget to pick up Assembly tea, house-made ferments or some good cultured butter from the retail section before you go.

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Emma BrehenyEmma BrehenyEmma is Good Food’s Melbourne eating out and restaurant editor and editor of The Age Good Food Guide.

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