Staff made the popular treats as part of a retro day which marked the Stuart St cafe's closure after more than 40 years.
The cafe opened in the early 1960s as Cowell's Coffee Shop and two of its regular customers were there to make the most of the well-worn grooves on their seats before it closed.
Bert Nisbet (68) said he had been haunting the cafe since 1963, because it was close to his work and it was one of Dunedin's first coffee shops.
"Everywhere else was just tearooms.
''Look at Dunedin now.
''It's getting harder and harder to find a tearooms."
His friend Graeme Weir (62) had also been a regular at the cafe for several decades.
Both he and Mr Nisbet said they visited the cafe at least once a week for the food and the company.
There had been many characters in the cafe over the decades, including Bill Harley, who took over in the late 1960s, Mr Nisbet said.
"Bill Harley used to give us grief every time we came in the door.
''But you couldn't take offence at Bill - he always gave cheek with a smile on his face."
The premises became Cafe 119 in the 1990s.
Cafe 119 owner Katherine Higgan said the lease on the building was not renewed because the premises and an adjacent former shop were to be developed into a restaurant and bar.
"It's very sad.
''There's been a lot of people coming here for a lot of years.
"It's been a lot of hard work just to walk away with nothing."
Mr Weir and Mr Nisbet were also devastated by the closure of their favourite haunt, but acknowledged life must go on.
"We plan to do a survey of all the cafes in the Octagon to see if there's a possible replacement out there for the next 40 years," Mr Nisbet said.
