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Fat Batch on Elmbank Terrace on a sunny day: a pale green shopfront with a pig between the words of its name, set into a granite tenement.
Aberdeen

Fat Batch

A family bakery and coffee shop on Elmbank Terrace in Aberdeen, opened in 2022 and known for its brookies, with blondies, cookies and coffee, and a welcome for dogs.

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Fat Batch on Elmbank Terrace is a family bakery and coffee shop built on one bake: the brookie, a rich, fudgy cross between a brownie and a cookie.

Eve started it during lockdown, when her brookie boxes sold out within seconds on Instagram, and with Michael, who began as chief taste tester and is now co-owner and chief barista, she opened this pale green shop in 2022. The counter is full of brookies, cookies, blondies and crispies, in flavours that change every week, with espresso, lattes and mochas to go with them, and sorbet coolers topped with an ice lolly on a warm day. Dogs are made very welcome, with puppuccinos and a doggy pick and mix of their own. If you can't get there, loaded cookie boxes and whole slabs can be ordered through its own site for delivery. It's north of the city centre, a short walk from Old Aberdeen, and opens Wednesday to Sunday.

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Before you go

Open Wednesday to Sunday.

Flavours change every week, and the bakes are there while stocks last.

Where
57 Elmbank Terrace, Aberdeen, AB24 3NL.
Open
Wednesday 9am to 4pm, Thursday and Friday 9am to 6pm, Saturday 10am to 4pm, Sunday 10am to 3pm. Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Dogs
Welcome, with puppuccinos and a doggy pick and mix.
Delivery
Weekly boxes ordered from Thursday morning to Monday afternoon and delivered on Thursday; cookie boxes and slabs through its own site.

Opening hours

Their website
Monday
Closed
Tuesday
Closed
Wednesday
9am–4pm
Thursday
9am–6pm
Friday
9am–6pm
Saturday
10am–4pm
Sunday
10am–3pm

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Where it is

On Elmbank Terrace, north of the city centre and a short walk from Old Aberdeen, AB24 3NL.

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