The CoveLakes Entrance

Positioned at Cunninghame Arm Foot Beach, a few steps from the surf club, this beachside cafe pulls the Lakes Entrance holiday crowd for all-day breakfast and coffee with the water in view. What sets it apart in a fishing town built on seafood is a dedicated vegan menu that runs well past token avocado toast: a full vegan breakfast with plant-based egg, bacon and hashbrowns, loaded vegan hotdogs, and house-baked custard tarts and doughnuts. Plant-based diners have singled it out as a genuine destination, the kitchen's vegan cooks turning out freakshakes and desserts that hold their own against the standard menu rather than trailing it. It trades seven days, morning to mid-afternoon, and the plant-based range is deep enough to make a beachfront meal straightforward for vegans passing through East Gippsland.