Mary Street Bakery

Mary Street Bakery is a Western Australian chain of bakery-cafés based in Perth and associated with the city’s breakfast and brunch culture. The business combines an on-premises café format with bakery production, offering pastries, breads, doughnuts, coffee, and a substantial all-day breakfast and savoury menu. Its venues have been described in local media as a Perth institution, while reviewers have generally highlighted the consistency of its baked goods and coffee across locations. The brand was established by Michael Forde and Paul Aron, who are also associated with the café businesses Tiny’s and Offshoot Coffee. Its first venue opened in July 2013 at the corner of Beaufort Street and Mary Street in Highgate. The name therefore reflects the original Mary Street location rather than a broad national retail identity. From that starting point, the business expanded within the Perth metropolitan area, with locations reported in Highgate, West Leederville, QV1, Allendale Square, and City Beach. A Claremont location closed in late 2023. Media coverage around the City Beach opening referred to the chain as having reached six locations, although the available reference material also describes a five-location footprint; the precise current count is therefore not established here. Mary Street Bakery’s customer-facing proposition blends familiar bakery staples with indulgent, visually distinctive brunch food. Its breakfast dessert offering has included croissant bread-and-butter pudding and doughnuts decorated with hundreds and thousands. Savoury examples include a brisket sandwich with Russian dressing, smoked salmon croquettes, and beetroot fritters served with pink hummus. These dishes reflect a style that places comfort, richness, and generous presentation alongside more conventional café fare. Reviews have also singled out items such as the chocolate peanut caramel doughnut, morning bun, steak sandwich, and long macchiato. In addition to selling directly through its own cafés, Mary Street Bakery supplies bread and pastries to other cafés, restaurants, and grocers. Since 2022, its products have also been supplied to Coles Local stores in Perth, extending the brand beyond its own venues into a selected grocery channel. This wholesale activity gives the business a dual role: a local hospitality operator and a bakery producer serving other food retailers. The brand remains regionally focused rather than an internationally recognised or publicly listed company. Its reputation is primarily built through Perth venues, repeat local custom, café reviews, and distribution relationships. Available sources do not establish a formal corporate parent, current ownership structure, revenue, employee count, or official website. The business is best characterised as an active Western Australian bakery-café brand with a growing but geographically concentrated retail and wholesale presence.

Mary Street Bakery began in Perth, Western Australia, in July 2013. Founders Michael Forde and Paul Aron opened the first venue at the corner of Beaufort Street and Mary Street in Highgate. Both founders were also associated with the Perth café businesses Tiny’s and Offshoot Coffee, placing Mary Street Bakery within a local hospitality group of related café and coffee ventures. The original Highgate store established the model that continues to define the brand: a bakery counter and café environment combined with breakfast, brunch, coffee, and savoury meals. Rather than operating only as a conventional bread shop, Mary Street Bakery developed a reputation for food that joined bakery production with restaurant-style breakfast service. Its menu has included sweet dishes such as croissant bread-and-butter pudding and decorated doughnuts, as well as savoury plates and sandwiches including brisket with Russian dressing, smoked salmon croquettes, beetroot fritters, and steak sandwiches. The company subsequently expanded to additional sites in the Perth metropolitan area. Locations reported in reference material include Highgate, West Leederville, QV1, Allendale Square, and City Beach. The City Beach venue was covered by The West Australian in 2023, when reviewer Kate Emery gave the opening a strong score and argued that the brand’s rapid expansion had not diminished the quality of its breakfast offering. The same coverage referred to six locations, while other available descriptions list five venues, so the exact historical and current store count is not fully consistent in the source material. The Claremont store closed in late 2023. This closure indicates that the brand’s growth has involved adjustment of its store network rather than uninterrupted expansion. The business has nevertheless remained active and continues to be identified with Perth’s breakfast and brunch scene. Review coverage has praised the reliability of its baked goods and coffee, while individual menu items such as the chocolate peanut caramel doughnut, morning bun, long macchiato, and steak sandwich have attracted particular attention. Mary Street Bakery also developed a business-to-business bakery operation. It supplies breads and pastries to other cafés, restaurants, and grocers, allowing production to reach customers beyond its own branded venues. In 2022, the company began supplying products to Coles Local stores in Perth. This move broadened distribution while retaining a strong regional focus, since the available evidence concerns Perth stores rather than a national supermarket rollout. By the mid-2020s, Mary Street Bakery remained a Perth-centred bakery-café chain with a complementary wholesale business. Its identity rests on locally recognised venues, indulgent and distinctive brunch food, bakery production, and coffee. Publicly available reference material does not establish a formal parent company, listed status, financial performance, current executive structure beyond the named founders, or a confirmed official website.

• 2023

  City Beach location opens

  [1]Mary Street Bakeryen.wikipedia.org

  The City Beach venue was reviewed during 2023 and was described as part of an expanded Perth metropolitan network.

• 2023

  Claremont location closes

  [1]Mary Street Bakeryen.wikipedia.org

  The Claremont store closed in late 2023.

• 2022

  Wholesale supply begins through Coles Local

  [1]Mary Street Bakeryen.wikipedia.org

  Mary Street Bakery began supplying products to Coles Local stores in Perth, extending its reach beyond branded cafés.

• 2013

  First Mary Street Bakery opens in Highgate

  [1]Mary Street Bakeryen.wikipedia.org

  Michael Forde and Paul Aron opened the first Mary Street Bakery at the corner of Beaufort Street and Mary Street in Highgate, Perth, in July 2013.

A locally rooted Perth bakery-café brand combining high-quality baked goods, specialty-style coffee, indulgent breakfast desserts, and substantial brunch food, with an additional wholesale channel serving cafés, restaurants, grocers, and Coles Local stores.

• Bakery · 2013

  Bakery breads and pastries

  Mary Street Bakery produces breads and pastries for sale through its own bakery-cafés and for wholesale customers. The range forms the foundation of the brand’s retail identity and has also been supplied to cafés, restaurants, grocers, and Coles Local stores in Perth.

• Sweet bakery · 2013

  Doughnuts and sweet bakery items

  The brand is known for indulgent sweet offerings, including doughnuts decorated with hundreds and thousands and a chocolate peanut caramel doughnut highlighted in review coverage. These products support the bakery’s dessert-led identity and are sold alongside coffee and brunch food.

• Café food · 2013

  Breakfast and brunch menu

  Mary Street Bakery’s café menu combines conventional breakfast and brunch formats with richer bakery-inspired dishes. Examples include croissant bread-and-butter pudding, smoked salmon croquettes, beetroot fritters with pink hummus, and other substantial plates.

• Savoury café food · 2013

  Sandwiches

  The savoury range includes a brisket sandwich with Russian dressing and a steak sandwich that received especially favourable review coverage. Sandwiches complement the bakery and brunch offer and broaden the cafés’ appeal beyond breakfast-only visits.

• Beverages · 2013

  Coffee

  Coffee is an important part of the Mary Street Bakery café proposition. Reviewers have specifically mentioned the quality and consistency of coffee across venues, including praise for the long macchiato served at the Highgate location.

• 2023

  Close the Claremont storeOther

  Background

  The chain adjusted its Perth store network during a period of continued local expansion and new-location coverage.

  Action taken

  The Claremont location was closed in late 2023.

  Aftermath

  The closure reduced the reported store network, although the available sources give inconsistent counts after the City Beach opening.

  Source

• 2022

  Expand distribution through Coles LocalStrategy

  Background

  Mary Street Bakery already supplied bread and pastries to cafés, restaurants, and grocers. The business sought an additional retail channel outside its own venues.

  Action taken

  The bakery began supplying products to Coles Local stores in Perth.

  Aftermath

  The arrangement extended the brand’s consumer reach while remaining focused on the Perth market. No financial or volume results are publicly established in the supplied material.

  Source

1. 1Mary Street Bakeryen.wikipedia.org