The only authentic Australian meat pie "hot bake" on the east coast, and the original Aussie bakery in the USA helped make the Australian Bakery Cafe an instant success. As owner Mark Allen explains, it was their quest for quality that spread word quickly, “Early on we decided our goal was not just to make the best meat pies here in America, but to make sure they rival anything back home in Australia too.” In fact homesick Aussies all across America arrange travel plans just to receive a genuine taste of home. “Often people will say our product is as good, or better, than what they get back home. I reckon that’s a pretty big pat-on-the-back.”