Sonny Bakery is a bakery at 83 Te Oneroa Way in Long Bay, a beachside suburb on Auckland's North Shore, with a 4.4 rating on Google. Neighbourhood bakeries live by their mornings: bread proved overnight and baked in small batches tends to sell out early, so regulars arrive before mid-morning or ask what's coming out of the oven next. You can judge quality quickly: a good loaf feels light for its size, with a crust that crackles and a crumb that's open and springy, and laminated pastry should shatter rather than bend. Cream- and egg-filled bakes are best eaten the day they're made. A queue of locals at opening time tells you more than any window sign. In a suburb that empties onto its beach on fine weekends, a 4.4-rated bakery on Te Oneroa Way keeps good bread close to home for Long Bay.