Silo Bakery

Silo Bakery + Cafe is a long-established bakery and cafe at 36 Giles Street in Kingston, Canberra, combining an on-site bakery with an all-day breakfast and lunch menu. The bakery produces its own bread, pastries and jams, with a rotating selection of loaves including sourdough, rye, vollkornbrot, ciabatta rolls, baguettes and raisin bread. Breakfast pastries range from croissants and brioche to pain au chocolat, almond croissants and several snail-style pastries, while the savoury cabinet includes quiche, Welsh pasties, potato pies, sausage rolls, borek and spinach-and-feta options.

The cafe menu has a distinctly European influence, with dishes such as pipérade omelette with chorizo, chilli jam poached eggs on toasted baguette, eggs on sourdough and a mushroom-and-Gruyère toast. Silo’s pain perdu is described as its signature French toast, served with coffee cold foam and mascarpone. Other substantial choices include smoked trout salad, filled tascone bread, a steak sandwich on focaccia and tarte flamiche with leek and Taleggio pastry. Vegetarian choices are marked on the menu, and some dishes have gluten-free options available.

For takeaway or planned celebrations, Silo also offers artisan breads, sandwiches, individual and larger tarts, quiches and cakes by preorder. Tart sizes are available for different group numbers, from smaller servings through to a large format for 20–30 people, while larger tarts require advance notice. The website notes that some tart flavours vary with seasonal availability, and gluten-free frangipane tarts need to be ordered ahead. Orders can be discussed by phone or email, with general orders accepted up to the day before collection and cake orders requiring more notice.

The bakery presents itself as drawing on both Brooklyn and traditional Parisian bakery influences, although the website gives limited detail about the interior or the people behind the business. It is open Tuesday to Saturday from 7am to 3pm, with breakfast served until 2.30pm and lunch from 11am to 2.30pm. Lunch bookings are available Tuesday to Friday, but not on Saturdays. That makes Silo suitable for a weekday lunch booking, a weekend pastry and bread stop, or a casual solo meal, with the bakery range also offering plenty to take home.