Update 18/06/2023: Sable is now closed.
June 11, 2022
Sable has been operating in Cremorne for a while, and I've periodically seen their instagram videos of over-filled bagels and gooey cookies. Last month they opened a second outlet in Thornbury, and on the weekend we visited to celebrate our friend Natalie's birthday.
The all-vegan menu is a touch overwhelming! Mock meat rules almost every bagel filling: there's bacon, smoked salmon, pastrami, schnitzel, ribs, brisket, fried chicken, and crumbed deep-fried lasagne (!). An eater seeking something simpler can try the O.G. (cream cheese), call 1800 Avocado, or build their own filling combination from a choice of around 30 items. Gluten-free options are surprisingly prevalent and clearly marked.
We'd prepared ourselves to go big. I ordered the Marilyn ($17), a hash brown on the side ($3), and (spurred on by my Wombat breakfast) a vanilla malt shake ($10, pictured top). The shake and hash brown very good exemplars of their kind, though if I'd noticed that the bagels were served with potato chips I might have skipped the hash brown altogether.
The bagels were lighter and breadier than we expected, which was probably a good thing given that they're teamed with such dense fillings. Marilyn's bacon, egg, mozzarella, herb cream cheese and BBQ sauce merged into a sweet, salty, and squishy experience - it was tasty but I couldn't really discern any of the constituent ingredients. Michael reported that the pickles and sauerkraut cut through that same sauciness in his Reuben ($18, pictured above), which was otherwise full of pastrami, cream cheese, American cheddar, mozzarella, and aioli.
This was a fun, over-the-top meal for a vegan's birthday celebration. Before I ever go back for another bagel I'm intrigued to try Sable's dinner menu, where it's possible to cobble together a nearly-traditional Italian meal.
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Sable
562-564 High St, Thornbury
9480 3371
Accessibility: There's a step up on entry, a decent amount of space through the middle of the café, and densely packed tables. Tables are standard height, with a range of benches and backed chairs. We ordered at the table and paid at a low counter. Toilets were ungendered cubicles of standard width, with flat access.
Dont skip hash brown, look delicious.
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