The deli
Cured meats, cheeses, olives and antipasto by the kilo. Sandwiches get built from whatever is in the case that morning.
Deli · Cafe · Bakery — Homebush
Open at six.Every day.
A deli counter, a coffee machine and a bakery cabinet on Burlington Road. Sit down, or take it with you.
Homebush wakes up early, so we do too. The doors open at six and the first thing anyone hears is the grinder.
Deli Fresh is three things sharing one room — a delicatessen with a cabinet worth queuing at, a kitchen that will still make you breakfast at two, and a bakery that runs out most days. None of it is complicated. It is just done properly, and it is done early.
Three counters, one room.
The kitchen
Eggs from six, hot plates through lunch. Breakfast does not stop when the clock says it should.
The cabinet
Tarts, buns and cakes come out through the morning. By mid-afternoon there is usually a gap where they were.
Six till close
One room, four different places.
The shop is not the same at half six as it is at half three. Most regulars only ever meet one version of it.
06:00
The first grind
The machine goes on before the lights do. Takeaway cups, mostly, and not much conversation.
09:30
Prams and papers
The room fills out. Big breakfasts, benedicts, and açaí bowls at the window bar. High chairs come out from under the counter without anyone asking.
13:00
Counter, at speed
Sandwiches built to order while the queue moves. Schnitzel, burgers and linguine going out to the footpath tables.
15:30
What's left
The cabinet thins out. Last coffees, a tart if you are quick, and a platter going out the door for someone else's evening.
While they last.
The cabinet is restocked through the morning and cleared out by close. There is no ordering ahead — it is a first-thing kind of arrangement.
Find us
25 Burlington Road,
Homebush.
Two minutes from Homebush station, with footpath tables out the front. Takeaway is half of what goes out the door, so do not worry if the room looks full.
