Small Town Provisions

Absolute gem! We stumbled upon this whilst walking and it did not disappoint!! We got 6 oysters which were freshly shucked while we watched being opened, plus the potato gems with cavier. Service was lovely too. Will come back

Loved coming here to read my book and have a couple of glasses of wine. Nice and quiet, tucked away. Excellent wine selection and delicious bites to eat if you are hungry. Vegetarian options are available 😇

Destination location - a reason to travel to Milton; and tho there are many reasons to be in this pretty town, ST Providores is reason enough. The food, service and vibe are so good for the soul in a relaxing Saturday or Sunday afternoon. The Manager is professional and super warm. Unhurried and relaxed - a low-key, sophisticated hero.

Small Town Provisions is the third iteration of food businesses by Alex Delly and Jo Thomas in Milton that I’ve visited. Charmed by St Isidore, I also dined at Small Town Food+Wine, only skipping Delly’s Really Good Sandwiches (my excuse being, I actually live in Sydney). At this spot, the pair have created a providore-meets-small-bar, which showcases the local and imported produce they sell in a short blackboard menu. Clyde river oysters ($6/each) are shucked to order, but served without the promised mignonette. Fresh Fodder’s lovely pale pink tarama (that you will find in the fridge) is piped onto potato gems ($8/each) under glistening pearls of roe from the Yarra. Stand-out pork rillette ($24) is smeared onto slices of Lagom Bakery sourdough baked down the road in Burrill Lake. Accompanied by hot English mustard and turmeric-hued zucchini pickles, it’s better than the offering at many upmarket French restaurants. ST Provisions is also a bottle-shop focused on natural wines, which aren’t really my cup of tea. However with the opportunity try before you buy, I did branch out and try the Delinquente 'Hell' Fiano 2024 ($17). With a fruit blossom nose and a saline kick it was the first Riverland wine to win me over, particularly against a delightful salad of burrata, persimmon, hazelnuts and radicchio ($26) bound with vincotto. Not bad for a meal created and served by a counter-hand also running the shop and a single counter kitchen equipped with not much more than a deep-fryer and a sandwich press!

Finally was able to cross Small Town Provisions off my South Coast Eats list - and boy did it exceed my expectations. Had a lovely chilled Sunday afternoon, enjoying amazing food & wine in a calm and unhurried atmosphere.