219–221 Smiths Beach Road, Phillip Island Dog friendly Friday seafood from 5pm Bottleshop cold by 11am 30 seconds from the sand Local pies + made-today muffins Surf checks on the chalkboard Call · 0459 096 481 219–221 Smiths Beach Road, Phillip Island Dog friendly Friday seafood from 5pm Bottleshop cold by 11am 30 seconds from the sand Local pies + made-today muffins Surf checks on the chalkboard Call · 0459 096 481

Journal

What we mean by "made today".

"Made today" gets stamped on a lot of cafe windows. Sometimes it means a wholesaler dropped it off at 6am. We use it to mean something stricter.

"If it's on the counter at 2pm and it wasn't made here this morning, it doesn't go out."

The muffins

The raspberry coconut white chocolate, the banana, the rotating special. All baked in the kiosk between 5 and 6am. Out of the oven by 6:45, cooling on the rack when the doors open. Sell out by 1pm most days.

The sausage rolls

Hand-rolled the night before, baked off at 7am, out of the oven hot. The recipe hasn't changed since the kiosk was first kicking — we just bake them here, not down the road.

Sandwiches and wraps

Built at 8am from local bread that landed in the kitchen at 7. We make 30 to 40 a day. When they're gone, they're gone.

Why we sell out

If we baked enough to last to close, we'd be selling cardboard by 4pm. The trade-off of "made today" is "made today, not yesterday, not tomorrow." Come early on a Saturday.

— Kade