Avenue Dairy is a neighbourhood dairy at 167 Fitzgerald Ave in Christchurch's CBD, open seven days a week — 7:30am to 7:30pm on weekdays and 8am to 8:30pm on weekends — with a 4.4 Google rating.
A dairy is the New Zealand version of the corner shop: milk and bread, the lunchtime pie, or whatever the pantry ran out of the night before. The good ones earn their keep by being closer than the supermarket and staying open later, so a top-up takes minutes rather than an evening trip. Regulars judge a dairy on the small things — chilled goods with plenty of date left, a queue that moves, someone behind the counter who knows what the street actually buys. In a city centre where not everyone has a car at the door, that proximity is the whole point.
On Fitzgerald Ave, Avenue Dairy is handy for exactly that — the quick stop for anyone living or working in central Christchurch.