Holy Crumpets

December 11, 2024

   

I've had my eye on Holy Crumpets for a while. Their street signs are modest (with the previous occupant's name, babajan, still visible) and I suspect it's taken them a while to hit on regular opening hours (although these are now clearly visible on their door and their instagram page). Happily those hours included my 2024 birthday and we stopped in for breakfast at the start of a work-from-home day.

Holy Crumpets is a simple operation that suits me well: they make and serve sourdough crumpets with classic toppings (butter, Vegemite, honey, jams) and more elaborate special toppings, plus the requisite coffees and teas. That's it! The crumpets are vegan, as are many of the toppings, but there's no joy for the gluten-free.

   

Michael's long black ($5) and my chai ($5) arrived promptly in cute retro cups, and we didn't have to wait too much longer for our crumpets. I had a single crumpet topped with vanilla marscapone, raspberry coulis and chocolate flakes ($14, pictured top). It was almost as good as it looked, let down slightly by a lukewarm temperature. Meanwhile, Michael doubled up on the labneh, dukkah, olive oil and spring onion topping ($18, pictured below). The crumpets themselves are dense and textured, and we took home a pack to extend the fun.

I liked the casual set-up and constrained yet thoughtful menu at Holy Crumpets, and I'd like to return a few times to get a sense of their rotating specials and the consistency of their execution.

   

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Sweet & Sour Fork visited Holy Crumpets when they were operating in the CBD.

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Holy Crumpets

713 Nicholson St, Carlton North

food, drinks, specials

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Accessibility: Holy crumpets has one step up at the door. Furniture consists of a few medium-spaced regular-height tables with backed chairs and a high bench with backed stools. We ordered and paid at a regular-height counter. We didn't visit the toilets.