AMAZING place! I'm super fussy about ice cream. If I'm gonna take in those calories I want it to be…read moreworth it and along with that being high quality ingredients it means as little (or preferably zero) binders.... And they only have a bit of organic guar gum to keep the ice cream all silky smooth. Many other ice creams including Kawartha have carageenan in them which is not good for us at all. After speaking with the lovely owner who is a chef (all ice cream made ON PREMISES) we learned that a few shops carry this ice cream (2 places in Scarborough ON and also The Royal York hotel). After an absolutely terrible and underwhelming and laughably overpriced lunch at Local this was a great reward.

Belly was located across the street from our Air Bnb during our weekend stay in Huntsville. And…read moreeach night we looked covetously over at Belly as we pulled into our driveway, arriving too late from dinner to get there before they closed. It was a priority of mine to finally visit Belly our last evening but then the time started slipping away from us. We thought all was lost after it turned 8, but then we serendipitously looked over our brochure for Belly again and noticed that on Saturdays they closed at 9. We hustled over, only to have the doors close on us at 8:59. The manager told my daughter she'd already started putting covers on the ice cream. And then I begged and said it was our last night and she responded that she couldn't say no. So of course we each got lots of samples. Kidding! The Kiddie scoops followed the usual trend in Ontario of ridiculously large scoops of ice cream. At Kawartha Dairy where we ate the day before, a Kiddie was like a large where we live in the San Francisco Bay Area. This time the Kiddie was more like the size of a Medium. (A Medium at an artisan creamery in the Bay Area is $8.50 American compared to this Kiddie $3.50 Canadian.) The two Kiddie scoops were a bargain and easily fed the four of us. My daughter earlier had pored over the Belly brochure we had at our Air Bnb, and requested the Blueberry Lavender. Even though it wasn't in the case, the manager had a container just behind her! (Unfortunately they didn't also have the Sticky Toffee Pudding Flavor I also saw in the brochure.) My son got the Chocolate Dipped Strawberry, which was more like strawberry with some chocolate chips than what I'd imagined by the name. Maybe there's a better way to make it actually taste like it sounds? These are all minor quibbles. The ice cream was excellent and both were better than the flavors we got at Kawartha Dairy. The blueberry lavender was really good and my favorite of the two. I'm sometimes skeptical of floral notes in food but this worked. The strawberry in the Chocolate Dipped Strawberry was easily better than Kawartha's strawberry. This one had real strawberry flavor and actual strawberry pieces in it. I felt like the chocolate taste didn't come through in the chips, which often happens with chocolate chips in ice cream. My daughter (absorber of the Belly brochure) filled us in on the founding of the store while we ate. She said that the name came from a mom who had a big pregnancy belly while carrying twins. As a fellow twin mom I relate. If this was 14 years ago I'd come here to eat for three. Best tastes of Huntsville trip 1) Farmer's Daughter (pierogies) 2) Farmer's Daughter (berry scone) 3) BELLY (blueberry lavender ice cream) 4) Allora (papardelle with short ribs) 5) Farmer's Daughter (lentil wrap) 6) Farmer's Daughter (mac and cheese) 7) Farmer's Daughter (chocolate chip cookie) 8) Farmer's Daughter (iced chocolate chai) 9) BELLY (chocolate covered strawberry ice cream) 10) Farmer's Daughter (bean avocado edamame salad)

Amazing customer service, delicious sandwiches, and the baked goods are top-notch. Cozy, friendly…read morevibe--definitely worth a stop!

I bought their peach tequila shot butter tarts at the Queensway Butter Tart Festival today…read more...... Otherwise they're waaaay too far, at 2.5 hours one way, without heavy traffic! OMG! Seriously! I wanted to buy several flavours, but I got there at 4:30 and they only had 5 6 packs left, period! I have to say, they are ABSOLUTELY AMAZINGLY FANTASTIC! Pastry is so flaky it falls as you're chowing down! The filling is just fantastic! Reading other Yelp reviews, I wish they'd brought the brownies and lemon bars, other vendors had other baked goods items! In addition, the womewho own it, 3 generations I think, are just the best! So kind, warm, friendly, even in the heat! They gave me 4 tarts FREE just to be nice! I highly recommend this establishment if you're in the area . I'll bet their sandwiches and other food is excellent too! Thank you ladies! Goddess of grammar is finished.... For now!

Tiny place with an awesome amount of selection. For me the donuts were the hit. This place is just…read morea one min walk off of the Main Street. Been going for over 20 years. Breads are great as well. Selection becomes thinner in the afternoon. Absolutely worth the stop

Went here on a Saturday late morning and was expecting long lines or for them to be all sold out…read morebut there was no lines and plenty to choose from. We tried a variety of their donuts and they were all delicious. My favourite was the coconut key lime, but the chocolate coconut and apple fritter were delicious too. Prices are typical for a nice bakery (just under 3 dollars for lost donuts, 4$ for apple fritters)

This is a pretty popular ice cream spot for people visiting Huntsville. It used to be a total…read moremust-visit for our Muskoka trips, but lately a lot of their products are available at common grocery stores, so it is more of a "nice to stop by" place now. Still, if you are traveling north along Hwy-11, it is certainly a fun stop with a solid selection of tasty flavors. One heads up: the washrooms are outside the store, so just ask the staff if you need access when stopping by from a road trip to Muskoka.

The serving sizes are insane!…read more The smallest size would be Xl anywhere else. The 2 scoop size is pretty much a pint of ice cream. Not only are the portions gargantuan, but they taste great too! I had maple walnut and dockside cappuccino and they were amazing.

A remarkably great bakery. Be prepared for a wait when you come because this place is popular and…read moreeveryone seems to get at least 17 different things when they are here, with good reason. The baguette was dreamy - light as a feather and sturdy at the same time, the perfect foil for an afternoon steak sandwich. The streudels - oh dear lord, were they heavenly. Don't choose between the ones with cream cheese and the standard fruit varieties, just get both. The butter tarts. Dear HEAVENS the butter tarts. Were they ever incredible. We have two gorgeous pies awaiting a visit to friends tomorrow and more treats for breakfast tomorrow. This is a destination bakery worth traveling for if you are in the Lake of Bays area. You won't find anything fresher with more variety and more delightful than this one. Just don't be impatient: you and everyone else will need loads of time to pick it all out!

Henrietta's Pine Bakery has been open for longer than I've been alive, and it's easy to see from…read morethe quality of their baked goods why it has stood the rest of time. This location is the newer of the two locations, and accommodates larger parties than the original Dwight location. Locals and tourists come here for the great selection of bread, sticky buns, cookies, and other baked goods. They also have a great selection of beverages including coffees and teas. We stopped at this Huntsville location on the way home from Algonquin Park as the Dwight location didn't have the pie I wanted. It turns out their apple pie is hugely popular as it was sold out at this store too. Staff were friendly and helpful, and suggested calling ahead or pre-ordering the apple pie as options in the future. Highly recommend stopping here if you're in the area.

With the name butter tart factory we expected quite a few different kinds of butter charts, which…read morethey only had one flavor which was disappointing. Also, the service from the front desk wasn't the most friendly more seemed a bit snippy, and that we were annoying her.

Considering the name of this place, we had high but simple expectations for a great butter tart…read more Signage everywhere asks for patience with their understaffing issues. No problem. The wait was quite short. It turns out that the Butter Tart Factory is a pizza cafe/ bakery-dessert hybrid. Odd, but who cares if the butter tarts are amazing? The baked item cases showed a few breads and pies, but the butter tart case was low on stock. Could be a good sign, right? After pondering how to order pizza (sort of inside the same space and sort of separate?) we ordered one butter tart and hit the road. The tart tasted perfectly fine, with flaky crust, but the pastry to filling ratio is very disappointing for any butter tart lover. See photo. In our experience, this wasn't worth the stop.

Our family was up here for a cottage weekend and we were looking for an ice cream shop and…read moremooskokas closed at 9pm and we arrived right at 9pm and they wouldn't serve our family of 8 same with Muskoka chills. So we found Ice dreams. The girls were great, spot was super cute and had delicious ice cream!!

This is a great spot for ice cream in Bala. They are always generous with the portions and have…read moreother treats like fudge and mini donuts. They also have breakfast bagels and grilled cheese. All are very yummy. They also have a large selection for the ice cream, candy and you will enjoy all of the Coca Cola memorabilia. Definitely a must stop in Bala!

When at the cottage I'm always looking for places to go (bakeries are usually on that list). We…read morefound this gem on the last day it was open for the season (labour day). In a marina area it's tucked away and super cute. All they had that say were peanut butter cookies (we bought 8, they were amazing) and egg bites (also soooo good) and a muffin variety. The only reason they are getting a 4 is because they prices are high ($3 for 1 cookie...) and their espresso machine was down. Most of the staff was really nice. I will definitely come back next summer when they have more selection - including those butter tarts I've read so much about!!

The cookie ate my brownie!!! OMG! Couldn't resist buying a few of those. It's a big chocolate chip…read morecookie with a mysterious hump in the middle, I guess that cookie really did eat my brownie! So it's like 2 sweets in one. Genius invention! Hop in your boat and motor over to Abbey's Bake House on a beautiful sunny morning for coffee and a pastry. A gorgeous 19th century Church from Nova Scotia was rebuilt from its original location and now lives on the shores of Lake Rosseau in Muskoka.