Former Ballarat pub marketed as a drive through bakery and cafe

A former Ballarat pub could be turned into a new drive-thru bakery and café after the site was put back onto the market with approved council permits.

The former Atlantic Hotel, which closed in 2015, has had its planning application approved by the City of Ballarat which allows a food premises and onsite bakery, as well as a children's playroom.

Colliers International Ballarat property manager Charles Kennedy says the property is being marketed as a drive-thru bakery and cafe.

"(A cafe and bakery) would be the highest and best use of the property given what the permits do allow," he told the Ballarat Courier.

"It's a unique property because it's so large, it's bigger than just a cafe and bigger than just a bakery. It's very versatile in that sense.

"We've been talking to a chain of cafes - one of the clients we're talking to is a national company - that are not in Ballarat but are looking for sites in Ballarat."

Sheridan Randall, 14^th November 2019