Bake 'N' Take Whanganui is a bakery at 44 Liffiton Street in Gonville, Whanganui. It holds a Google rating of 4.8 from 50 reviews, and reviewers often mention the pies, especially the steak and cheese pie and the smoked fish and kūmara pie. Reviewers also mention the coffee and muffins.
A good pie shop is judged on its pastry and its filling. Steak pies should have tender pieces of meat in a thick gravy that holds together when cut. Pies with fish or kūmara show whether a bakery plans its fillings carefully, since both can dry out if left too long. When choosing one, arrive earlier in the day, when the pies are freshest, and look for a shop that keeps a range of savoury and sweet options.
For a steak and cheese pie with a coffee in Gonville, it is a bakery worth a stop on Liffiton Street.