Te Atatu Bakery & Cafe is a bakery on Te Atatu Road in Te Atatu Peninsula, Auckland, rated 4.7 from 42 reviews, run as a family business by Thai, Theary and Tyler for just over a year. Regulars point to the pies, potato top among them, quiches, fresh cream donuts and tarts, alongside sandwiches and rolls filled properly rather than skimped on, and a decent mocha. A potato top pie is a genuine test of a bakery's skill, since the mash layer needs to hold together and brown without drying out the filling underneath, unlike a standard pastry-topped pie that's more forgiving. A bakery-cafe that also makes food to order, rather than just baking and selling, has to get both right, fresh stock through the day and a sandwich built with a decent filling rather than a token scrape. On Te Atatu Road in Te Atatu Peninsula, this bakery is that kind of local, family-run spot.