Bourke Street Bakery Surry Hills ★ 4.6
Sydney's most-imitated bakery on Bourke Street, Surry Hills. Open daily from 7am; the bacon-and-egg ciabatta roll is the menu signature, retail till 4pm.
Worth the queue: Pork and fennel sausage roll
Humble Bakery is a bakery in Surry Hills, Sydney.
Italian-leaning bakery on Foveaux Street, Surry Hills, Sydney. Sister to Porteño and Bastardo; panettone, sfogliatelle and cornetti from the morning batch.
Address: 61 Foveaux Street, Surry Hills NSW 2010, Sydney
Sydney's most-imitated bakery on Bourke Street, Surry Hills. Open daily from 7am; the bacon-and-egg ciabatta roll is the menu signature, retail till 4pm.
Worth the queue: Pork and fennel sausage roll
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Worth the queue: Heritage wheat sourdough
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Worth the queue: Friday challah
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Worth the queue: Marinated chicken Maryland roll
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Worth the queue: Pork-and-pate banh mi
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Worth the queue: Sonoma miche
Sydney's most-imitated bakery on Bourke Street, Surry Hills. Open daily from 7am; the bacon-and-egg ciabatta roll is the menu signature, retail till 4pm.
Worth the queue: Pork and fennel sausage roll