The Grumpy Baker

Walking into this place today, it was packed to the rafters! A hot day seems to have brought out everyone and their dog. It was a veritable pet shop outside. I got to pet all the pooches.

Walking in you smell the divine baking smells. There's racks of dough that's been shaped waiting to go in the oven, there's things that smell divine that's just come out of ovens and they have a barista working his butt off with coffee orders. Hello little slice of ...read more

The new Israeli Street Food concept menu takes the nostalgic elements of the old Grumpy Baker we knew and love when we were first introduced to it 14 years ago. The Vaucluse outlet tells a unique food story that is typically pulled apart across Mediterranean speacialty venues in the Sydney dining landscape. Baking, pickling, slow cooking meats and vegetables over a charcoal woodfire oven, the Vaucluse store differentiates itself from its sister outletd by focusing on an untapped cuisine not fully utilised by restauranteurs of our city.The picks for me were the Eye Fillet filled pita with Chimchurri, beautiful cooked meet absorbing the smokiness of the grand oven that features in the centre of the space. For dessert I had the watermelon feta which is a wonderful contrast of saltiness and sweet - the ideal 'go to' this summer which is refreshing and light. Their daily specialis alternate so keep an eye on the board, when i was there I tried a lamb 'kofta-like' mince kebab ...read more

The only thing to be grumpy about are the queues.
Perfect wholesome breakfasts to break winter blues.
Take a loaf away for your lunch.
And a pastry or two to munch.
From there, walk it off to Watsons Bay
Brave the cold, come out to play!