Best Brunch Spots in Bendigo: 12 Cafes Worth the Weekend Trip

Bendigo's cafe and brunch scene is one of regional Victoria's most impressive, driven by the city's extraordinary arts culture (the Bendigo Art Gallery is one of the most visited regional art galleries in Australia, and the series of major international art exhibitions it has hosted over the past decade has brought significant visitor traffic to the city), its proximity to the Heathcote and Macedon wine regions, and a growing population of Melbourne tree-changers bringing city-level food expectations to Bendigo. Pall Mall (the grand heritage boulevard running from the Town Hall to the Lake Weeroona precinct) and the Hargreaves Street pedestrian mall provide the most celebrated Bendigo cafe settings.

Pall Mall and the CBD Heritage Precinct — Pall Mall (Bendigo's grand Victorian-era boulevard, named after the London thoroughfare) provides one of Australia's finest heritage cafe settings: the extraordinary 1880s-1890s buildings (including the former post office, the law courts, and the grand Shamrock Hotel) create an outstanding backdrop for the specialty cafes and providores that have established themselves in the CBD precinct. Le Trobe (Bridge Street) is Bendigo's most celebrated specialty coffee bar, with a commitment to single-origin coffee and exceptional roasting that meets Melbourne standards. Brewhouse Bendigo (Queen Street) provides outstanding food alongside its craft beer offering, with a weekend brunch menu that draws on the best of central Victorian produce.

Hargreaves Street Mall — Hargreaves Street (Bendigo's pedestrianised shopping precinct) provides the most accessible and populated cafe strip in the city, with a range of options from long-established Bendigo cafe institutions to newer specialty coffee operations catering to the Bendigo shopping community. The Saturday morning Hargreaves Street circuit (Farmers Market at the View Street end, coffee stops along the mall, finish at the Bendigo Art Gallery) is Bendigo's finest weekend morning experience.

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