A beautiful working monastery in the heart of the rural Eastern Townships, the Abbaye de…read moreSaint-Benoit-du-Lac was well worth the visit. It is a relatively modern monastery, built over the course of the early to mid 1900s. We went on a Sunday morning for mass and found the sanctuary full of parishioners and tourists. The Gregorian chant was beautiful to hear, although we weren't able to stay for the whole liturgy due to a very impatient infant. We weren't there for a tour, but did stop to read some of the displays describing the history of the monastery and the rhythms of monastic life. The colored brickwork and overall architecture is beautiful. There aren't a lot of spaces open to the public, but we still enjoyed walking around and seeing some of the snow-covered grounds. The monastery is known for its cheeses and jams, so a visit to the store was on our agenda. The store, however, was located in the basement, and the only access we could find was a flight of stairs. We had a stroller, though, and couldn't find an elevator. We ended up taking turns walking the baby outside while the other person explored the store. The grounds at this time (April) were mostly not open to the public, but I've read that they have some walking trails. When it was my turn, I didn't have much time to look. But it looked like they had a large selection of abbey-made items as well as a bookstore with a good sized children's section. I bought some postcards and a French-language children's missel for a friend, but would have looked longer if I could. The Tall Man picked up a four pack of cheeses for a Swiss friend, who loved it, plus some other goodies, but we wished we had some jam! They didn't have larger bags at the register, but they did have some empty boxes. There are a couple parking lots that quickly filled up for mass. I would love to know if they have an accessible entrance to the store. By the time I found some of the store staff, though, I didn't ask since I needed to go. We noticed others who either left strollers outside or turned back from the abbey entrance.

Absolutely gorgeous! Serenity Now ! Wished the church was open but the market was. Very good…read moreprices and caught a cheese special while I was there. They have a blue cheese that I read placed in 2nd place ! It was delicious and smooth ! Will visit again when in the area .

I drive to Sutton just for their oatmeal cookies. That's not even an exaggeration. They are a small…read more"épicerie fine" and patisserie. I recommend it to everyone. If I'm going to be anywhere near the Eastern Townships, I detour to La Rumeur. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable. They know everything about the products they sell, and they go above and beyond to be helpful. It's also really cute! The whole space has a country store look and feel. You get the sense that you are in a family store (even if it probably isn't) where everyone takes pride in what they sell. If you are near either one of their two locations, don't miss the opportunity to grab a cookie!

This is a European style deli and bakery. They also sell take home ice cream and a small selection…read moreof take home frozen foods. We go here for the cheese. They have a lot of cheese from Quebec, France and the Netherlands. In fact they have a lot from all over Europe as well. You can ask for a sample before you buy the cheese. With the cost of some of these cheeses, that only makes sense. We picked up some Quebec cheese this trip but on past trips we bought Dutch cheese. The bakery side has good food as well. We have tried their breads and croissants and would definitely buy them again. There is a case full of pies, tartes,and cakes for sale and we are tempted to bring one home. They always have someone working who is fluent in English if your French is not good.

Small self-contained Canadian cheese farm makes and ages its cheese in house. Very good cheese.read more

The best farm stand! They have everything you need and are super knowledgeable if you need help…read more Also can't beat the baked goods :)

This is a beautiful farm stand. Excellent tomatoes. In early summer the floral hanging baskets…read moreare sublime. They carry goat milk cheese, some meats and some cow cheeses. Everything is fresh and inviting.

Cheese is amazing, the owner's are friendly I appreciated the entire tour and the goodie bagread more

Award winning Jesus I picked up the blue cheese and a few gifts for people back home. I was amazed…read moreat the quality of artisan Jesus.

As a fondue lover I had to try this place after my friend went. I've been talking about it to my…read moreboyfriend and of course he surprised me on Valentine's Day awww! Fondissimo is attached to another resto called le shop you just gotta go to the left and behind and you'll see a projected image of the name on the wall, hard to miss. We were greeted by a tall male hostess who gave us a great seat by the window with loads of candles ( my fav ) We of course got the cheese fondue and Chinese fondue because that's the way to go. Unfortunately the cheese fondue wasn't very good, tasted like an iga store bought one. We got traditional so if I were to come back I would skip the cheese entirely or try something else that didn't taste so generic. It is BYOW so I wasn't expecting the cheese to be grade a like in Paris. Chinese fondue was great, we went with the marinated pork and beef slices. Pork takes a while to cook so that's a bit annoying but the beef cooked within seconds. If you're feeling more adventurous you can get all the fun meats, kangaroo, camel and etc. We didn't talk and appetizers as nothing really jumped out at us. But we decided that dessert to go was a must. We chose the cheese cake which was a really good home made cream cheese, with a crumble crust which was perfect. The restaurant and service was great but at the end their was a mix up with the tip so they emailed us right away because the tip was more then our meal. That was very nice of them and just for that reason only they get 4 stars. 5 stars if they get a real cheese fondue :)

I enjoyed this restaurant. The cheese fondue was good but nothing to write home about. The chinese…read morefondue was better - bouillon was tasty and meat portions were reasonable. I liked the duck and beef slices the best. The tartar as an entree was good as well. Service by our waitress Florence was the best part of the meal. It's nice that it is a BYOB.

The best kept secret…read more First, I think Haagen Dazs is the best vanilla ice cream available at the regular market store. I tried other regular ice creams (the Nestlé&Co. kind) and all taste so-so, no where near the HD one. Not to mention the long list of ingredients and they look disgusting if you leave it in the refrigerator for a few hours. The Coaticook Old Fashioned Vanilla ice cream is the one that tastes the closest to the HD. Clearly not the same quality but not far. Then you look at the ingredients. A very short list with the exception of stabilizers which they mention is only 0.2% of the recipe. What's even more surprising, is the amount of fat in the Coaticook Old Fashioned Vanilla ice cream: it is half of that in the Haagen Dazs. So I can eat more ice cream without being (too) worried.

I had hair in my ice cream and it was the worst ice cream I've ever had in my entire liferead more

Out of this world ! La Gourmande pizza and poutine ! We missed this for the last 2 year !…read more Getting our full now !

I have driven from Etobicoke to Bromont because the pizza here is SO DELICIOUS!!!! Real fresh…read morecheese curds is one of the reasons it is so exceptional. If you really want to know what poutine is. This is also the place for that. Authentic in every measure. Great gravy, proper Quebecois fries and of course squeeky cheese curds. I would gladly eat here everyday if I didn't live over 5 hours away. The sling in this region is also stellar. Can't wait for the snow.