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(25a Gala St; snacks $2-8; 7.30am-5pm Tue-Fri, to 3pm Sat & Sun)
Euro goods such as baguettes,
croissants and seedy Swiss-style breads nudge their way into a line of Kiwi classics such
as fruit buns, meat pies and the ridiculous cheese roll.
CAFE
$
Three Bean Café
(73 Dee St; meals $11-20; 7am-4pm Mon-Fri, 8am-2.30pm Sat)
This main-street cafe prides itself on
good coffee then matches the promise with carefully prepared snacks such as savoury pies
and delightful lemon cake, and more substantial meals such as soup, salad and burgers.
Helpful staff get our thumbs up, too.
Batch
(173 Spey St; meals $10-20; 7am-4pm)
Large shared tables, a relaxed beachy ambience, and
top-notch coffee and smoothies add up to the cafe regularly being voted Southland's best.
Delicious counter food includes bagels and brownies, and a smallish wine and beer list
partners healthy lunch options. Open for platters on Friday nights, until 7.30pm.
CAFE
$$
Rocks
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CAFE
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( 03-218 7597;
www.shop5rocks.com
;
Courtville Pl, 101 Dee St; lunch $12-25, dinner $21-37; 10am-2pm &
5pm-late Tue-Sat)
Tucked away in a shopping arcade, this stylish candlelit bar with exposed
brick and burgundy walls boasts fine dining at reasonable prices. Lunch highlights include
belly pork open sandwiches, pastas and salads, while stars of the extended evening menu
are venison in blueberry sauce and the Sicilian fish bowl.
Buster Crabb
(
www.bustercrabb.co.nz
;
326 Dee St; lunch mains $16-27, dinner mains $24-39; 10.30am-late)
Inexplicably
named after a British navy frogman who went missing in 1956, Buster Crabb, housed in a
spacious heritage villa, is one of Invercargill's best dining experiences. Local workers
crowd in for lunchtime salads, roasts, burgers and platters; come evenings the char grill
gets fired up for meaty mains like rib-eye wrapped in bacon.
RESTAURANT
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