History of the Bakery Mark
Allen and Neville Steel go way back. All the way back to
Boort, a small town in Victoria, Australia. Childhood mates,
later reunited while attending bakery school, they ran a cafe together
in Bendigo, Victoria. Mark came to the
U.S. in 1991, working in the corporate food industry and it
was Mark who introduced the Australian meat pie to America.
Neville visited
Mark in 1999, and the two decided to become business partners once
again, and open the Australian Bakery Cafe.
The shop
opened on Marietta Square in
December 2001, Mark and Neville opened a new shop in East Atlanta in early 2004, and look forward to expanding to additional locations soon. Stop in soon for an authentic Australian meat pie and an authentic "G'Day". |
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Mark
Allen and Neville Steel go way back. All the way back to
Boort, a small town in Victoria, Australia. Childhood mates,
later reunited while attending bakery school, they ran a cafe together
in Bendigo, Victoria. Mark came to the
U.S. in 1991, working in the corporate food industry and it
was Mark who introduced the Australian meat pie to America.
Neville visited
Mark in 1999, and the two decided to become business partners once
again, and open the Australian Bakery Cafe.
and draws locals as well as Aussie and New Zealand
expatriates from
all over the Southeast. Being the only authentic Aussie meat
pie
on the eastern coast, homesick Aussies arrange their travel so that
they pass through Marietta. The Bakery also ships Australian
Pies and other products nationwide, and supplies the Australian Embassy
in Washington, D.C.