Nancy Avenue Dairy is a neighbourhood dairy at 55 Nancy Ave in St Albans, Christchurch, with a Google rating of 2.9. Dairies are the corner shops of New Zealand streets, the place locals duck into for a quick top-up of milk and bread, an ice block on a warm afternoon, or whatever essential ran out the night before. A good one is judged less on range than on the everyday things — cold drinks, fresh bread, a tidy, well-stocked chiller — and many trade longer hours than the supermarkets, which is exactly their value. Regulars tend to work out quickly which local dairy keeps the freshest stock and remembers a familiar order. On Nancy Avenue amid the quiet St Albans streets, this dairy sits within easy walking reach of the surrounding neighbourhood.