Muffin Break
Checked 15 Oct 2026
Muffin Break is a café (coffee shop) at 256 Barrington Street, Barrington Mall, Spreydon, Christchurch, inside the Spreydon-Barrington commercial centre. On the record it offers takeaway. The address’s own page keeps 22 council reports on file.
From a little Canadian shop trying to make a name for itself back in the 1980s to what you see today, Muffin Break New Zealand over the last 19 years has been passionately doing what it does best – giving people… more ↓
256 Barrington Street, Barrington Mall
Opening hours
No source lists its hours. If you know them, add them on OpenStreetMap →, the next bake picks them up.
Its own website lists
Read from the site itself 1 Oct 2026, Its own website.
Reviews
Getting there
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Straight-line distances from the pin, not walking routes.
Within a short walk
The nearest other cafés
The other Muffin Break doors, 5 on the roll
Also in Spreydon
What the record holds
| Fact | What the source says | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Address | 256 Barrington Street, Barrington Mall | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Kind | Cafés, Coffee shop | OpenStreetMap |
| Phone | 03 331 8207 | Find Christchurch, 2024 |
| Website | muffinbreak.co.nz | Find Christchurch, 2024 · its own site agrees |
| Menu | muffinbreak.co.nz | Its own website |
| Social | Its own website | |
| NZBN | 9429052471063, NZ Limited Company | NZBN register |
| Registered name | TWO FAMILIES PRIVATE LIMITED | NZBN register |
| Registered since | 14 Nov 2024 | NZBN register |
| Industry | Coffee shops | NZBN register |
| Services | Takeaway | OpenStreetMap |
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How the council’s directory described it
From a little Canadian shop trying to make a name for itself back in the 1980s to what you see today, Muffin Break New Zealand over the last 19 years has been passionately doing what it does best – giving people a place to enjoy fresh coffee, delicious food and great service with friends.
— 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 | Spreydon-Barrington, large neighbourhood centre | District Plan |
Kelvin & Gaye Shamy
These Gates Were Presented and Erected in 1926The reports nearby
882 council reports pinned within 250 m of the premises, most often Graffiti & vandalism and Trees & parks, 721 with a photograph. A pin is where a reporter stood, not a claim about the place itself.
The 882 reports on file
Rubbish and Bins - General
Dumped Rubbish
Pavement - Damaged
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Graffiti on a playground or in a park
Dumped Rubbish
Flooding
Abandoned Vehicle
Graffiti on a fence, building or structure
Graffiti on a bus stop or public toilet
Water Leak
Damaged RoadQuestions, answered briefly
A café in Spreydon, Christchurch.
256 Barrington Street, Barrington Mall, Spreydon, on Barrington Street. On the map →
On OpenStreetMap and in the council’s 2024 directory.
phone 03 331 8207 (Find Christchurch, 2024), its website (Find Christchurch, 2024).
Bruno Rossi Cafe (3 m), Majestic Tea Bar (35 m), Gloria Jeans Barrington (70 m), every one in the city.
the address’s own record holds 22 reports; 6 other premises within a short walk, nearest Bruno Rossi Cafe (3 m); the Barrington Mall (Athelstan St) bus stop is 65 m away: routes 44, 60; a cycle lane passes the door; nearest park: Cheviot Reserve (259 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:
- OpenStreetMap, named premises drawn and kept current by its contributors (ODbL)
- 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)
- Wikidata, the item an OpenStreetMap mapper linked the premises to (CC0)
- 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)
- The business’s own website, read politely by chch.live for contact details the open record is missing, re-checked monthly
- New Zealand Business Number register, the public facts every NZBN entity files (legal name, status, registration date, industry), matched here by name and address
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); council and ECan data under CC BY 4.0; Wikidata CC0. Something wrong? Fix it on OpenStreetMap or tell us. The whole directory lives at /businesses. This page as markdown: /business/muffin-break-spreydon.md.