The ProduceStore

Set in a timber-framed 1895 building that served as the town's auction room, this High Street institution, the Proddy to locals, works as cafe, grocer and wine room at once. High ceilings and exposed rafters frame a space that fills from 8.30am for coffee and cake, then breakfast and a lunch menu that runs from late morning into mid-afternoon. Shelves carry local produce, regional gifts and a curated wall of North East Victorian wine, with a dedicated wine room holding more than seventy local labels. Its coffee has earned a place on The Age Good Food Guide's coffee trail, and the kitchen draws on Mansfield-district growers. Open daily, it functions as much as a meeting point as an eatery, the kind of all-day room a High Country town relies on when weekend and ski-season crowds arrive. The heritage shell and the emphasis on provenance give it a sense of place that outlasts the seasonal churn.