Nancy Eatery

Nancy Eatery is a brunch cafe sharing a site with the Robert Gordon Pottery on Mulcahy Road, Pakenham, with a rustic outdoor courtyard that looks out over the local hills. The dogs come for the courtyard, you come for the coffee and the chance to browse pottery while you are there.

The dog setup. Dogs are welcome in the spacious outdoor courtyard, which has picnic tables. They are not allowed inside the cafe or the pottery retail shop, which is fragile, stock-filled and no place for a lead. If you want to browse the pottery, it helps to have a second person to mind the dog. Keep your dog on lead and bring a water bowl, since staff are accommodating but a bowl is not guaranteed.

Good to know. The kitchen leans towards brunch with strong plant-based options and a reputation for its cakes, the carrot cake in particular. Open seven days, 8am to 4pm.

Getting there. There is a large, free gravel car park shared with the pottery, so parking is rarely the problem it can be elsewhere in Pakenham. It sits a fair way from the station, so this is an easier trip by car.

Mornings are calmest before the brunch rush builds. Pair it with a walk around the grounds or a short drive to the Pakenham lakeside paths to make a morning of it.

Sources

• Nancy Eatery: Home · nancyeatery.com.au
• Review: Nancy Eatery, Pakenham · suziescribbles.com
• Contemporary cafe meets country cooking at Nancy in Pakenham · smh.com.au
• Nancy Eatery - Pakenham · happycow.net

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