Magnolia Electric Cakes
Magnolia Electric Cakes is a café at 355 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, Christchurch, inside the Bush Inn-Church Corner commercial centre.
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This specialty shop is family owned and is the reinvention of Van Dams Cafe & Dutch Shop. They offer a wide range of goodies… Read full description ↓
355 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton
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Nearby
More nearby places 6
Environment Canterbury’s Canterbury Maps Parks layer, refreshed 2026-10-10. Distances are straight-line from the business pin, not walking routes.
The nearest other cafés
More nearby cafés 5
Also in Upper Riccarton
More businesses in Upper Riccarton 7
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 355 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Phone | 03 348 7107 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | magnoliaelectric.co.nz · unreachable when last read | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
How the council’s directory described it
This specialty shop is family owned and is the reinvention of Van Dams Cafe & Dutch Shop. They offer a wide range of goodies inbcluding good coffee and awesome dutch treats - all in a relaxing hollandse environment. Open Tuesday - Saturday 7.30am-4pm
— Find Christchurch, 2024. The business’s own words from about 2024, repeated as a lead, not checked.
The ground it stands on
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| District Plan zone | Local centre zone | District Plan |
| Commercial centre | Bush Inn-Church Corner, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
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This Stone Was Laid by Lady Bowen 15th March 1919 TrusteesWhat stood on Riccarton Road
From Canterbury Stories. This photograph names the street, not this business. The street page pairs it with a Street View pose verified outside Fresco Fisheries, 2017-11. The street’s then and now →
The reports nearby
1,271 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Rubbish & dumping, 1,072 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
Pavement - General
Pavement - General
Accessibility
General Request
Hazard, vehicle
Poles and Signage - General
Bus Shelter Issue
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Roads - General
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Park - General RequestQuestions, answered briefly
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A café in Upper Riccarton, Christchurch.
355 Riccarton Road, Upper Riccarton, on Riccarton Road. On the map →
Listed only in the council’s Find Christchurch directory, a snapshot from about March 2024. No other source confirms it still trades, check before you go.
phone 03 348 7107 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Seven Cafe (41 m), The Bush Inn Cafe (97 m), Wild Bean Cafe - BP Bush Inn (120 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 14 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest The Shoe Room (8 m); the Church Corner bus stop is 127 m away: routes 5, 86, 100, 130, 140; a cycle lane passes within 41 m; nearest park: Auburn Reserve (208 m).
The record behind this
This page is the union of what these public sources say, each fact above names the one it came from. A listing is a lead, not a promise the business still trades:
Sources: Find Christchurch · Christchurch District Plan layers · Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record · Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer
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- Find Christchurch, the council’s business directory, a snapshot last touched about March 2024 (CC BY 4.0)
- Christchurch District Plan layers, zones, commercial centres and scheduled heritage items, from the council’s open data (CC BY 4.0)
- Environment Canterbury’s Metro stop record, distances measured here from the pin
- Christchurch City Council’s cycleway layer, lanes, separated paths and the named Major Cycle Routes (CC BY 4.0)
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