Adelaide Lebanese Bakery

Two words: Meat Pizza.
Remember these and you will make good choices when visiting Adelaide Lebanese Bakery. Avoid the pink building with the water fountain out the front (the local brothel, so I hear…) and walk into the shed like building next door to continue making good choices.
Make an excellent choice by heading over to the display of beautiful baklava while your meat pizza warms up and choose at least two of these delectable treats.
Realise that you have purchased lunch AND an afternoon snack for only a few dollars — probably around 5, and give yourself a little high five (try not to look like too much of a dork whilst doing this…)
Spend the mounds of spare cash that you would have otherwise spent on lunch on an array of authentic Lebanese groceries.
Do not, under any circumstances, be put off by the very basic presentation of this store. Accept the brilliant food and low prices for what they are — do not question excellence.

Bakery and more!
Not often your bakery is next to a brothel but don’t be put off — they keep different hours! For those not familiar with this tucked away Adelaide gem most Lebanese bread in the Central Market originates from here.
Cheap and very fresh — baked daily in the on-​site wood oven Adelaide Lebanese Bakery is the go to destination for not only Adelaide’s Lebanese community but also anyone looking for the perfect accompaniment to yiros of any persuasion. My personal favourite is crisped under the grill with zatar and olive oil to shovel hummus or as the perfect 10 minute pizza base. The bakery also uses the dough to make their own basic incredibly cheap pizzas — best early in the day particularly on the weekend as they are fresher and do tend to sell out early.
Head to the Bakery also for middle eastern staples such as fresh dates, rosewater, saffon, spices etc. Limited, fresh, seasonal vegetables such as Lebanese cucumbers (surprise, surprise) and fruit are available. Looking for pomegranates in season? You’ll find them here at a very reasonable per kilo price rather than per unit as elsewhere, including the Central Market.
Looking to host a Greek/​middle eastern party? You can buy baklava by the kilo or if you really can’t resist the syrupy, gooey, nutty selection on offer by the tray have one piece or two or even three, right there along with my personal recommendation — spinach pizza/​turnover!

Near South Rd, through a car park and next to a pink house with a red light is the Adelaide Lebanese Bakery. I’ve never even bothered to find out the name of the joint before, but have done the dusty hungover walk from my nearby house dozens of times. It is a tradition amongst my friends to come here for ‘meat bread’ when hungover — or as the Lebanese Bakery calls it ‘meat pizza’.
On your right as you enter is a big old woodfire oven and a list of breads you can order. A few are what we traditionally think of as pizza, most are delicious fillings wrapped in folded Lebanese bread. My favourites are the meat bread and the spinach and ricotta bread. Meat bread is a round lebanese bread, topped with spicy mince, tomato and onion, folded in half and cooked in the woodfire. Spinach and ricotta reminds me of a spanokopita, but better — a fresh lebanese bread, expertly folded into the shape of a triangle pasty and filled with friend spinach, red onion, spices and ricotta. DELICIOUS!
Beyond the takeaway food, you can get fresh fruit and veg, yoghurt, cheese balls, halva, baklava (and other fresh nutty sweets), tinned food, cooking utensils, fresh breads, and some frozen foods too. Oh and a whole range of Lebanese music on tape and expired foreign candy. The staff are real friendly and this is a bustling little place on a Sunday afternoon.