Ross Village Bakery

Top choice in Midlands & Central Highlands


Overdose on pies and astonishingly tall vanilla slices. The owners get up before dawn every day to set the 1860 wood oven blazing. Wood-fired pizzas on Saturday nights in summer, and fresh-baked sourdough loaves for that Midlands picnic.


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