I went to the ice cream hut, ordered a double scoop cone. I paid first, as I do when ordering a…read morecone, so that I can accept it and eat it without fumbling. The woman who served me, and who was handling cash, picked up an unwrapped cone in her bare hands, topped it with ice cream, and passed it to me. I had already paid or I'd have told her to keep it. I ate the ice cream from the top and threw the remainder away. This is a screaming indication of the level of attention to sanitary practices at Kate's, ensuring that I would never eat anything from their kitchen. If they do this in front of a customer, what are they doing when they cannot be seen? I feel uneasy just thinking about it. The only other review sounds decidedly and suspiciously as if it is an advert composed by the establishment themselves.

Kate's Burger Counter is the best place to eat in cottage country…read more There is so much care put into every aspect of what they do. From the blend of meat used for their burgers to hand cutting their fries. When I go back home from the cottage I continue to dream about how delicious the burgers are. Make sure to also stop by their ice cream hut after your burger and fries. There are SO many delicious flavours to pick from.

Wonderful food and smiling server. Never been called darling so many times…read more Wings and ribs special is my favourite..

Quaint little place full of locals. Service was fantastic, very friendly. Quality of food was good…read more I would recommend The Mill Pond if in the area of Minden. Sunday's are very busy!

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)

A must stop while in Minden, Kawartha Dairy has a wide assortment of delicious ice cream flavours!…read moreJust beware, the baby size is quite large so I recommend getting that even if you're a full blown adult. My favourite flavour was the moose tracks, it had everything you need. Peanut butter cups, chocolate swirled in, can't go wrong.

I have a huge pro tip for avoiding the huge line for cups and cones!…read more Go inside the dairy shop, and ask for a tub of your favourite flavour. They'll give you as many spoons as you want, and you can eat it on the picnic benches while everyone else looks at you like you're a genius. Bring a cooler so you can enjoy the leftovers at home!

A cosy place that has a nice vibe! There are games and an elevated section in the back that is good…read morefor families and groups of friends. The desserts are reasonably priced, and their cheese bread makes great homemade grilled cheese.

So this was a short stop and solely for the purpose of checking out the Butter Tarts…read more We went in and have to say that they sure had a lot of other yummy looking squares and cakes. Unfortunately only the plain butter tarts were left. We grabbed a couple to try out. They are not of the real gooey variety fyi -- but still quite nice, the pastry really flaky. Do give this place a try and I think next time, I would try some of their other treats, like date squares or lemon bars.

I was quite surprised by this little shop. It was checked full of baked goods (single serving and…read morefamily sized), drinks and ice cream. They apparently also do hot dogs and other things as well according to the window ad. The service was okay if maybe a bit overbearing.

Best butter pecan tarts that I've ever had. Half a dozen for $7.75. They are buttery, rich, sweet…read morebut not too sweet and a delightful treat. The Chelsea buns are also delicious. To be honest I haven't tried much of anything else because I always want the same two items! Service is quick and friendly. There are a few high top seats to enjoy your purchases.

Excellent pecan tart Good, fair prices…read more They had other stuff But I only had the pecan tart Did I mention it was excellent......

Lots of varieties to choose from A chocolate lovers dream…read morehouse for everyone Best chocolate ever

Every sort of chocolate you could possibly want. A little on the pricey side but you get what you…read morepaid for. For some reason, it is also connected to a model train shop and a spiritual book store. Odd combination but they are all good at what they do.

The good was delicious. We ordered their veggie burgers, chicken pie, lasagna etc. everything was…read moredelicious. The veggie burgers used mushrooms and beans. They have good collection of sweet pies too and everything is made fresh. This place is located in a small town called Minden Ontario and worth stopping if someone is traveling to Algonquin state park to take a break and eat healthy food.

Wow if they showed some effort this place just might be not half bad, but nope!! The food is…read moreuneventful, it's like god forbid they put any effort into making a plate look at least appetizing! Also since when did we except a restaurant serving basically instant coffee via a Kerig* for coffee? When did a beautiful percolated pot of coffee go out of style? And please don't get me started on the rest!

Great food! Unfortunately they are in desperate need of a server... but they are very much doing…read moretheir best! Salads are large, fries are well seasoned and taste great, lots of specials. We look forward to ordering the cheese garlic bread and pizza in the near future as they were sending them out like crazy for takeout.

We stopped here for dinner last night while driving the area. We asked if they had fish & chips…read moreeven though it wasn't on the menu. The owner was quite busy running around, serving people, grabbing drinks from the bar, taking orders, cleaning tables & bringing out food. It would have been nice if he had a waitress to cover the customers who were seated instead of him trying to do everything. He would make us fish & chips with halibut even though it was not on the menu. The order included soup or salad so my husband got the house salad with dressing & I got the bacon potatoe soup. Both were a good size portion and I really enjoyed my soup! The orders came with 2 large crispy & very hot portions of halibut and fries. We probably could have shared an order but we didn't know how big they were. Excellent dinner and fixed our cravings for this. Was so hungry I slathered the tartar sauce on & was digging in so fast... so tasty & almost forgot to take photos. I will come back next time so try their Greek food...