PANE E LATTE

Pane e Latte is a celebrated destination and Instagram hotspot on the Stanley coast. Italian for bread and milk, this award winning bakery is internationally celebrated for its design.

Pane e Latte takes full advantage of its seaside locale to evoke the colourful, cliffside homes in Positano, on the Amalfi coast. Striped beach parasols find new life as domed window awnings and pillow covers, in soft, gelato colours.

Located on a prominent junction, Pane e Latte is envisioned as a new Stanley Village landmark while still being a warm, welcoming and unpretentious place to gather.

To harness natural light on its prime, seafront location, the expansive space is framed with floor-to-ceiling windows, pink columns and soaring drapes. The ceiling, itself, is covered in sheets of woven reed to evoke wheat fields. The floor is tiled with genuine Italian terracotta from Florence.

The walls and counters are festooned with antiques from Milan, including jars, paintings and real family photographs from Italian beachside holidays. Even the crockery is sourced from markets in Milan and Torino.

A mixture of chairs, couches and banquettes create cosy social microcosms that invite guests to settle in, relax and linger a little longer.

Downstairs, the food factory is ensconced in glass to showcase a functional bakery and how artisanal breads and pastries are handmade individually. This “panetteria theatre” then flows into the gelateria, with a similar industrial, yet no less tactile aesthetic. The delightful, Italian frozen treat is prepared on a sleek, amorphous, stainless steel counter. Overhead, the ceiling is a heavenly, painted canopy with clouds against a blue sky.

This romantic venue is perfect for proposal parties, bachelor / bachelorette parties, baby showers, weddings, birthdays, and more.