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Pier Street, Altona · since 2013

Salt n Pepa Cafe. Coffee specialists open at five.

Weekdays from 5am. Beans from The Bean Cartel. Pies, pasties and cakes from Routley’s Bakery. Sandwiches made to order.

Call the cafe 57 Pier St, Altona

Google rating: 4.4 from 279 reviews
Trading: Mon–Fri 5am–3pm Sat 6am · Sun 6:45am
On Instagram: 17K @saltnpepacafe

The 5am Line

05:00Mon–Fri

05:00

Doors

Weekdays open at five, for the people whose day already started.

06:00

Saturday

Six on a Saturday, through to three.

06:45

Sunday

Sunday starts at six forty-five and runs to three.

07:30

Coffee

Beans from The Bean Cartel, Origin Coffee Roasters. Coffee specialists is the whole job description.

09:00

The counter

Pies, pasties, cakes and sausage rolls from Routley’s Bakery.

11:30

Made to order

Sandwiches built to order and home-cooked meals.

13:00

Catering

Grazing tables and catering, ordered ahead.

15:00

Close

Three o’clock, seven days a week. Same time tomorrow.

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01 · Coffee

The beans have
a name on them.

Salt n Pepa has poured coffee on Pier Street since 2013. The beans come from The Bean Cartel and Origin Coffee Roasters, and on weekdays the machine is on at five in the morning.

Coffee specialists since 2013
Takeaway from 5am on weekdays
Tea by the pot

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A double shot pouring into a Bean Cartel takeaway cup at Salt n Pepa Cafe. — Their own cup, their own bar.

02 · Made to order

Made to order,
home cooked.

Sandwiches
built to order

Home-cooked
meals

Catering and
grazing tables

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03 · The counter

What is actually
in the cabinet.

Pies, pasties, cakes and sausage rolls come from Routley’s Bakery. The rest is the made-to-order side: toasties, sandwiches, quiche and home-cooked meals. Ask at the counter, there is no app.

A toasted sourdough sandwich with scrambled egg, sausage, avocado and rocket, on a white plate at Salt n Pepa Cafe. — Toasties and sandwiches Made to order on the day.

Two slices of spinach and vegetable quiche beside blue mugs of tea at Salt n Pepa Cafe. — Quiche and the hot board Served on the wood tables.

Blue teapots and cups on a tray beside a sesame seed roll sandwich on a wooden table at Salt n Pepa Cafe. — Pots of tea The blue teapots, still in service.

Customers queueing at the pastry cabinet under the blue Salt n Pepa awning on Pier Street, Altona. — Order here The queue outside the front door.

04 · Routley’s Bakery

Pies, pasties, cakes,
sausage rolls.

One named bakery behind the pies, pasties, cakes and sausage rolls, sold across the counter at 57 Pier Street.

Slow motion, dough and flour

Pastry, rolled by hand

Baked goods, close up

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05 · Where it comes from

A Bean Cartel, Origin Coffee Roasters branded takeaway cup on the bar at Salt n Pepa Cafe.

The Bean Cartel

Origin Coffee Roasters. The beans behind the bar.

Routley’s Bakery

Pies, pasties, cakes and sausage rolls, sold across the counter.

4.4

Across 279 Google reviews. Thirteen years on the same street.

A grazing table catered by Salt n Pepa Cafe: brie, crackers, dips, dried fruit and cured meats on a checked cloth.

06 · Catering

Grazing tables,
put together here.

Office mornings, family things, anything that needs feeding. Sandwiches, the bakery cabinet and grazing tables, ordered ahead over the phone.

07 · Visit

57 Pier St,
Altona.

The hand-painted Salt n Pepa Cafe board sign hanging under the awning at 57 Pier Street, Altona.

Trading hours
Monday to Friday	5:00am – 3:00pm
Saturday	6:00am – 3:00pm
Sunday	6:45am – 3:00pm

Walk in and order at the counter. No booking, no app.

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