Melbourne's Best Delis, Bottle Shops, Bakeries and Cheese Stores for Picnic Supplies
No matter your picnic style or location, this lineup has everything you need for total picnic success.
Thanks to ongoing restrictions and indoor capacity limits, picnics are set to take centre stage once again in Melbourne. We might not be allowed to drop by a mate's house or dine inside a restaurant, but you can throw down a picnic blanket on a patch of grass, and catch up with friends over some top-notch snacks and vino.
While good company is the most important thing at any picnic, a little extra luxury can take your park session to the next level. To help you excel in all your future picnicking endeavours, we've rounded up some of Melbourne's best spots to hit for quality picnic supplies — cheese stores, delicatessens, bakeries, gourmet grocers, bottle shops and everything in between. Go forth and stock that picnic basket like a boss, and pray to the weather gods for some decent sunshine.
Top Image: Maker & Monger
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ShopSimon Johnson Providore
471 Toorak Road, Toorak
This well-stocked shop on Toorak Road has been providing Melburnians with top-quality cheese and goods for 25 years.
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ShopSouth Melbourne Market
Coventry Street, South Melbourne
A 150-year-old market with some of Melbourne's best coffee, seafood and fresh produce.
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ShopPrahran Market
163 Commercial Road, South Yarra
A go-to for fresh produce and specialty foods south of the river.
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ShopObelix & Co
217 St Georges Road, Fitzroy North
This Fitzroy North deli and larder sells house-made charcuterie, sausages and terrines.
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ShopSpring Street Grocer
157 Spring Street, Melbourne
Some of Melbourne's best cheese, gelato and artisan goods all in one place.
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ShopThe Cookie Box
51 Chapel Street, Windsor
A Chapel Street pitstop selling chunky handmade cookies and loaded cookie bowls.
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RestaurantMaker & Monger
Shop 98, Prahran Market, 163 Commercial Road, South Yarra
This cheesy haven inside Prahran Market is part-shop, part-cafe — and all cheese.
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RestaurantHarper & Blohm Cheese Shop - CLOSED
365 Sydney Road, Brunswick
This Sydney Road cheese shop is serving up some of the city's best toasties.
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BarMilk the Cow St Kilda
157 Fitzroy Street, St Kilda
This Fitzroy Street fromagerie is where you go when you want cheese for dinner.
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RestaurantJuliette Coffee & Bread
360 Wattletree Road, Malvern East
This Malvern cafe is from the minds behind Bentwood and Glovers Station.
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RestaurantFalco Bakery
288 Smith Street, Collingwood
You'll find sourdough baguettes, chocolate-halva brownies and egg and cheese muffins at the Bar Liberty Team's Collingwood bakery.
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RestaurantLune Croissanterie
119 Rose Street, Fitzroy
Prepare to queue — these are some of the best croissants in Melbourne, if not the world.
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RestaurantLune Croissanterie CBD
161 Collins Street, Melbourne
Some of the best croissants in the world are now being baked in the CBD every weekday.
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RestaurantAll Are Welcome
190 High Street, Northcote
A Northcote bakery pairing specialty coffee with Czech honey cakes and Spanish spiral pastries.
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BarMilton Wine Shop
1427 Malvern Road, Malvern
The best spot in Malvern to buy a bottle to take away or enjoy a glass with a plate of cheese.
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RestaurantBistro Morgan
190 High Street, Prahran
Melbourne's 15-year-old doughnut wiz has opened his own permanent store.
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RestaurantCromwell Streat
66 Cromwell Street, Collingwood
The social enterprise has opened a permanent cafe, bakery and roastery in Collingwood.
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RestaurantAgathe Patisserie
322 Coventry Street, South Melbourne
Pastries worth standing in line for.
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RestaurantTivoli Road Bakery
3 Tivoli Road, South Yarra
Come here for the stone-ground sourdough, stay for the apple and rhubarb tart.
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RestaurantDench Cafe
109 Scotchmer Street, Fitzroy North
This bakery and cafe is known for its freshly baked organic sourdoughs.
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RestaurantAll Are Welcome Thornbury
887 High Street, Thornbury
The Northcote favourite now has a second spot further up High Street.
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RestaurantMonforte Viennoiserie
585 Canning Street, Carlton North
This Carlton North hole-in-the-wall bakery is serving a delightful array of small-batch seasonal pastries.
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RestaurantCandied Bakery
81A Hudsons Road, Spotswood
An inner west bakery known for its decadent sweet treats.
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RestaurantBrunetti
380 Lygon Street , Carlton
It's been 30-odd years, but Melbourne's Brunetti Caffe has moved home to Lygon Street.
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ShopSamuel Pepys
96 High Street, Northcote
A boutique beer, wine and spirit-selling bottle shop from the Bomba crew.
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RestaurantBrunetti
250 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
A Melbourne cafe institution has a modern makeover on Flinders Lane.
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RestaurantEat Cannoli
132 Wood Street, Preston
A Coeliac Australia-accredited cafe and bakery serving up gluten-free cannoli and piadini to Preston.
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RestaurantThat's Amore Cheese
66 Latitude Boulevard, Thomastown
This deli and producer in Melbourne's north has an enviable fromage cabinet, house-made gelato and a cheese-laden brunch menu.
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ShopBottle House
199 Toorak Road, South Yarra
This independent South Yarra bottle-o has you sorted for the weekend.
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RestaurantSaluministi Flinders Lane
388 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
A family-run salumi and panini bar with true Italian roots.
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RestaurantVincent's Marketplace
379 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy
Everything from this Fitzroy supermarket and cafe — from the doughnuts to the dumplings, 'fried chicken' and condensed milk — is vegan.
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RestaurantKing & Godfree — Temporarily Closed
297 Lygon Street, Carlton
The 135-year-old institution has been reborn as a three-level Italian food mecca.
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RestaurantWombat Cafe & Store
230 Boundary Road, Dromana
The Mornington Peninsula's all-vegan cafe where you pay for delicious plant-based fare and help fund an animal sanctuary at the same time.
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BarMr West Bar & Bottleshop
106 Nicholson Street, Footscray
A two-storey bar and bottleshop in the heart of Footscray.
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BarThe Craft & Co.
390 Smith Street, Collingwood
A Fitzroy cafe that's also a brewery, a roastery and a deli.
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RestaurantCibi
39 Keele Street, Collingwood
Love the food at this Collingwood cafe? Buy the cookbook and recreate such dishes at home. Equally enamoured by the plate it was served on? Those are for sale, too. Even the chair you sit on could have a price tag underneath it. Synergy is in full swing here.
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ShopBlackhearts & Sparrows Prahran
Shop 813-814, Prahran Market, 163 Commercial Road, South Yarra
The Prahran Market branch of this Melbourne favourite boutique bottle-o.
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RestaurantThomson Cafe and Food Store
81 Thomson Street, Northcote
A home away from home in Northcote.
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RestaurantMorning Market Prahran
579 High Street, Prahran
Andrew McConnell's southside outpost offers grab-and-go lunches, groceries and gourmet pantry items.
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RestaurantOlive Oil & Butter
196 Somerville Road, Kingsville
A charming, family-run spot plating up Greek-inspired brunch and excellent homemade pastries.
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RestaurantThe Stables of Como
Como House, Corner Williams Road And Lechlade Avenue, South Yarra
Como House's quaint cafe does brunch, high tea and picnics in the grounds.
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ShopBlackhearts & Sparrows
131 Lygon Street, Brunswick East
A boutique wine store with a difference.
