Crusty's Bakery

A Mackay bakehouse institution on Milton Street, run by Geoff and Veronica Chaplin, tracing its origins to the 1970s and trading under the current name for more than twenty years. The counter runs to classic bakehouse fare: crusty artisan loaves and naturally fermented sourdough, pies, sausage rolls, cakes and pastries, with breads made without dairy, additives or preservatives. Open seven days, it also supplies wholesale bread and goods to local cafes, schools and businesses, with free delivery, and makes celebration cakes to order. In a town where the supermarket bakery is the default, it endures as a genuinely local, family-run alternative baking to older recipes.