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Originally a small one storey building, built in 1857 (with a second storey & balcony added around 1900), these premises in Beechworth’s Camp Street were once home to a shoe shop, a dining room and a pastry cook.
When Tom O’Toole bought the building the first time, it was known as the Ideal Café and Milk Bar, and had no tables or chairs.
He sold the building three years later in 1977, and moved to Augusta in Western Australia where he earned his stripes as a leading country baker.
In 1984 Tom returned to Beechworth and - again - purchased the bakery building, along with the draper’s building next door. Taking care to preserve the facade of the original building, major renovations were started (and continued on and off over the years.) | 
