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To Be Frank

This bakery is a finalist for best bread and pastries in Good Food’s Essential Melbourne Cafes and Bakeries of 2025.

May 16, 2025

1 / 9Pastries at To Be Frank’s new East Brunswick Village location.Stephanie Bailly

2 / 9Outside the new store.Stephanie Bailly

3 / 9Grab freshly baked pastries and bread.Stephanie Bailly

4 / 9Grab-and-go croissants and focaccia.Stephanie Bailly

6 / 9Sit in for coffee and morning tea.Stephanie Bailly

7 / 9Preparing the dough.Stephanie Bailly

8 / 9A baguette for the road.Stephanie Bailly

9 / 9There are several pastries to choose from.Stephanie Bailly

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Following the closure of its Elsternwick outpost, Collingwood favourite To Be Frank has brought its baked goods to East Brunswick Village. At the new architecturally designed bakery, watch the magic of pastry lamination, rolling and piping through the window of a light-filled open pastry kitchen. Crowd-pleasers include baguettes, fruit loaves, focaccia and deli-style sangers.

Must order: The coconut dulce de leche bomb that nods to co-owner Franco Villalva’s Argentinian roots.