Mortadella in Canberra
Emerging
It is on a small share of cafes (1.4% in the last 90 days) and holding steady.
Fewer than 5 Canberra cafes have it, or the first review we have is under 120 days old. It also covers anything on a small share of cafes that is holding steady.
The stages run Emerging, Rising, Peaking, Mainstream, Fading. A trend can skip a stage or move back.
3Canberra cafe menus list it
60Canberra searches in Oct 2026
Thin-sliced Italian pork sausage piled into focaccia and sandwiches, often with stracciatella and pistachio.
Is mortadella still growing in Canberra?
It's emerging: early days yet.
About Canberra's figures
Canberra's figures come from Google reviews and cafe menus (223 Canberra cafes with a review or menu in the last 90 days). We don't read Canberra cafes' posts yet, so this is a small sample and a drink shows up here later than it would in posts.
Canberra searches a month
Mar 2025
80 searches, the busiest month.
Tap a number for what changed then.
How Canberra compares
Share of each city's own cafes with it, last 90 days.
Canberra's share of Australia's searches
2%Aug to Oct 2026Down from 3% in Aug to Oct 2025 (the green tick).On menus
Cafe menus listing it now, Canberra.
3 cafe menus
We started reading cafe menus in late 2026. Cafes adding and dropping it each month show here once the first whole month of menu reads is in.
Canberra, Australia and the world
Searches in Oct 2026, circles sized to match.
What mortadella goes on
Every cafe menu that names mortadella is sorted into one kind of dish by its words: a burger, a toastie and a wrap are all "burgers, sandwiches & wraps".
Each shop counts once, under the dish we list it for below, so a cafe with mortadella on several dishes shows under one of them.
The usual price is the middle price of those menus, with a chain's price counted once so one chain can't set it, shown when at least three cafes list a price.
- Fried chicken plates1 cafe
Fried cauliflower nuggets with old bay mayo
- Pita, flatbread & focaccia1 cafe
Toasted focaccia
- Other dishes1 cafe
Where to get mortadella in Canberra
5 Canberra cafes: 3 on their menus, 2 from posts.
5 cafes, A to Z
- DOP CanberraUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
- Gang Gang Cafe and BarPrice not on the menu
- HighroadPrice not on the menu
- Lounge Room$32
- Silo BakeryUnverifiedPrice not on the menu
Seen in a post, not on its current menu.
Canberra cafes with Mortadella on their menus or in their posts.
How mortadella spread across Canberra
5suburbs with cafes that have it
By Nov 2026 (so far)
Each bar is the Canberra cafes with a customer review of it that month; Nov 2026 is not over yet, so its bar is so far.
2 suburbs are known only from a menu, which we can't date, so they count in the last month.
Mortadella Canberra FAQs
Mortadella is on 3 Canberra cafe menus and has been seen at cafes in 5 Canberra suburbs.
What is mortadella?
Thin-sliced Italian pork sausage piled into focaccia and sandwiches, often with stracciatella and pistachio. In all our data to 15 Nov 2026, The Froth has seen it at 6 Canberra cafes across 5 suburbs, in Google reviews and menus. The 5 in "Where to get one" are the cafes with it on their current menu or in a cafe or creator post.
What do cafes put mortadella on?
Across 3 cafe menus in Canberra that list mortadella as of 15 Nov 2026, the most common dishes are fried chicken plates (1 cafe) and pita, flatbread & focaccia (1 cafe).
Where can I get mortadella in Canberra?
It is on 3 Canberra cafe menus right now, including Lounge Room in Kingston, Gang Gang Cafe and Bar in Downer and Highroad in Dickson. 2 more cafes have posted it, though it is not on their current menu. The "Where to get one" list on this page has every one, with the price where the menu gives one, links to the menu or post, and directions. Menus change, so check with the cafe before you go.
Is mortadella getting more popular in Canberra?
It is early days. The Froth rates mortadella as Emerging as of 15 Nov 2026: it is on a small share of cafes (1.4% in the last 90 days) and holding steady. In the 90 days to 15 Nov 2026, 1.4% of the Canberra cafes we see well (a current menu in that time) had it. Among the 361 cafes we have followed through both periods, 1 of the same cafes had it, against none in the 90 days before. Canberra searches for it were down 7% in Aug to Oct 2026 compared with Aug to Oct 2025.
Where in Australia is mortadella biggest?
It is on a bigger share of Adelaide cafes: 4.4% against Canberra's 1.4%, over the last 90 days.
How many people search for mortadella in Canberra?
There were 60 searches for mortadella in Canberra in Oct 2026, with all its names added up. Across the 23 months we have, from Dec 2024 to Oct 2026, it ranged from 30 searches (May 2025) to 80 (Mar 2025). These are monthly estimates of search demand in Canberra.
When did mortadella first show up in Canberra cafes?
The earliest Canberra customer review about mortadella that The Froth has is from 23 May 2018. We only see what we collect, so that is when we first saw it, not when it started: it may have been sold earlier, here or elsewhere.
How does The Froth count this?
A cafe counts for mortadella from the first Google review we found that mentions it, and while it is on the cafe's current menu. Shares are of the cafes we see well: those with a current menu in the same 90 days, a chain counting once. A change compares the same cafes in the last 90 days with the 90 before, only among cafes we have followed through both, so newly added cafes never look like growth. The 90 days end on the latest day with new reviews or menus (15 Nov 2026), not today. Searches are monthly search demand in Canberra with all of a trend's names added up. The full method is on our "How we track cafe trends" page.