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The grey-green front of Archipelago Bakery at 39 Dundas Street, with its name in red above the door, a chalkboard outside and pink tables and chairs on the pavement.
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Archipelago Bakery

A bakery and café behind a grey-green front on Dundas Street, in the New Town, baking sourdough, focaccia and soda bread, open every day.

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Archipelago Bakery is a small bakery and café on Dundas Street, in the New Town, behind a grey-green shopfront with its name painted in red above the door.

Everything starts with the bread: sourdough, focaccia and soda bread are baked fresh, alongside pastries, sweet buns and cakes on the counter, with homemade soups and salads at lunchtime. It's open for breakfast and coffee from 8am on weekdays, and on a dry day there are bright pink tables and chairs out on the pavement for sitting in the sun. Dundas Street runs downhill from the New Town towards Canonmills, past The Scottish Gallery, so it makes an easy stop on a gentle walk down to Stockbridge or the Water of Leith. Pick up a loaf for later while you're there. It's open every day, from 8am to 4.30pm on weekdays, 8am to 5pm on Saturday and 9am to 4pm on Sunday.

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Before you go

Open every day, from 8am on weekdays and Saturdays and from 9am on Sunday.

No booking: call in to take away or sit in.

Where
Randolph Gallery, 39 Dundas Street, in the New Town, EH3 6QQ.
Open
Monday to Friday 8am to 4.30pm, Saturday 8am to 5pm, Sunday 9am to 4pm.
Phone
07932 462715

Opening hours

Monday
8am–4.30pm
Tuesday
8am–4.30pm
Wednesday
8am–4.30pm
Thursday
8am–4.30pm
Friday
8am–4.30pm
Saturday
8am–5pm
Sunday
9am–4pm

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Where it is

At 39 Dundas Street, in the New Town, EH3 6QQ.

Close byThe New Town and Stockbridge.
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