Alex Bake 3057

Alex Bake 3057 is a bakery in Brunswick East, Melbourne, with a focus on naturally leavened sourdough bread, laminated pastries and inventive seasonal buns. The bakery says all of its bread is made with sourdough, using a levain prepared with biodynamic wholewheat flour. Its Country Loaf combines heritage and sustainably grown flours, giving the bread offering a clear emphasis on considered ingredients and traditional fermentation rather than a generic bakery range.

The pastry selection changes regularly, with the bakery using its croissant dough for a series of filled and topped buns. Recent website updates have featured a Pistachio Bun, Lemon Meringue Bun, Paris Brest Bun, Black Forest Bun, Mandarin Bun and Apple and Pink Peppercorn Crumble Bun. Other specials have included a Comté, leek fondue and béchamel Danish, an Opera Bun with coffee sponge and chocolate cream, and a Caramel Mousse and Pear Danish. These are seasonal or limited releases, so the exact selection is likely to vary; the bakery also promotes pre-ordering its breads through the website.

The Brunswick East shop is at 10–12 Moreland Road, beside Merri Creek and reached via an alleyway, according to the bakery’s own posts. That setting gives the visit a neighbourhood feel, with the bakery describing the local community and the people who make the early starts possible as central to its story. The business has also marked two years of baking, thanking its team and the customers who have made the walk up the alleyway to find it part of the bakery’s history.

Alex Bake 3057 is suited to anyone looking for a loaf or pastry in Brunswick, whether you are picking up bread for the weekend, trying one of the rotating croissant-dough specials or arranging a bread order ahead of time. The bakery is open Monday to Friday from 8am to 2.30pm, and Saturday and Sunday from 8.30am to 2.30pm. Its website also notes appearances at the Coburg and Alphington farmers markets, as well as Alex Bake loaves being available at Northcote Bakeshop, extending the bakery’s reach beyond its Brunswick East address.