Love trying their freshly baked breads & pastries! Usually they'll have a special seasonal baked…read moreitem too . In the summer, I've tried and LOVED their BLUEBERRY PECAN LOAF, WALNUT FIG BREAD, and PUMPKIN CHEESECAKE SQUARE. The seasonal breads are usually a couple dollars more. On their regular menu, their COUNTY BREAD sourdough was good but I found their caneles very subpar.

Elora Bread Trading Co. is a small-batch artisan bakery that focuses on traditional-method…read morenaturally-leavened (sourdough) bread (description taken from their website). All their breads and baked goods use high quality local ingredients. Located on the main street of downtown Elora, this bakery is popular among the out-of-towners who visit the area. The bakery has no seating indoors and a single table outside if you'd like to enjoy your treats. However, it is mainly take out only. I came by Elora Bread Trading Co. on a Sunday and was excited to find a great selection of baked goods including 4 types of sourdough (country, seeded, maple cinnamon raisin and marble rye), scones (buttermilk, cheddar + chive, cranberry, ginger peach), and focaccia (rosemary or cornbread jalapeno). Moreover, they also had cinnamon buns, brownies, caneles, donuts, pizza dough, and cookies for sale as well. There are some canned and bottles drinks as well for sale. I decided to get a cornbread and jalapeno focaccia, a buttermilk scone, and caneles. All the items I got were great! Service was also friendly as well. Overall, a cute local bakery in Elora if you ever decide to visit!

We made a stop at Terroir and picked up a 6 pack of pastries and a mushroom focaccia. Everything…read morelooked beautiful and our favourites were the mushroom focaccia and hazelnut croissant. The classic croissant was laminated well and had good structural integrity. I really appreciate the intentional use of local ingredients too. Some of the other items were not to my personal taste preference, but they were still made well. I found the morning maple bun to be too sweet and lacking in maple and the seasoning on the sausage roll seemed to be missing something. Definitely worth stopping by to try some seasonal pastries.

After hearing great things about this bakery - I had to come try it! Located in the cool part of…read moreHespeler Village, in a loft style industrial space, has a hip bakery-cafe with croissant-type pastries and freshly baked breads. I came here on a mission to try their pastries. They were $6 each OR Half-dozen for $34. Here were my thoughts: -Hazelnut Bar (5/5, would come back for just this!! Love the nutty, Slightly salty, cream filling with the extremely thin layered shell) -Sweet Cherry Nest (4/5, nicely balanced. Again with the super thin layers of pastry. Such a nice crispy texture) -Maple Morning Bun (4/5, loved the layers of spongey croissant in the middle with the sugary crumble exterior) -Candied Bacon (4/5, hard to not enjoy a sweet-savoury moment and whatever syrup they coated this with was devilish) -Blueberry Crumble (2.5/5), didn't like the pastry texture here as much. Dense and drier. Otherwise I enjoyed the plump blueberry filling. Staff was super friendly too. They were steadily busy on a Friday late afternoon, glad I didn't have too much of a line-up!

Loved the Butter Chicken pie and the butter tarts!! will be back for more! Wish the butter chicken…read morepies are on the menu more often

I got a beautiful pie from your store yesterday it was cherry pie full of cherries and a wonderful…read moreflavor. Not like some pies that have that canned pie filling with two cherries and full of corn starch. Great job

What a quaint little bakery. The owners and staff are always super friendly and the sweets are…read moretasty. Whenever I'm in the Downtown Galt area, I feel compelled to pop in and load up on cupcakes

I have been looking into dessert shops in the Cambridge area and decided to give Tiny Cakes a try…read morefirst since it is right down the street from my gym (go figure). I really enjoy that they post their daily selections on Facebook and their website. They had a large selection of sweet treats and breads available even near closing time. Food: I ordered a German chocolate cupcake, an eggnog tiny cake, and a pink macaroon. The eggnog tiny cake's frosting was quite sweet but the cake itself balanced it out very nicely, leaving you with a true eggnog flavor. The pink macaroon was not shaped like a classic macaroon but was rectangular and had three distinct layers. On top was a very sweet, pink frosting, then the coconut mixture, and finally a hard crust on bottom. Unfortunately, I did not like it at all. Lastly, I had the German chocolate cupcake. The cake was very moist and the classic German chocolate frosting was tasty. Service/Location: The service was great as I was welcomed when first arriving and afterwards there was always someone ready to assist me. Since the bakery is downtown there is ample parking and other shops to explore but the area can get busy. Price: I paid $4.00 for the German chocolate cupcake, $3.75 for the eggnog tiny cake (though in the display the price was listed at $4.00), and $2.35 for the pink macaroon. Overall, a decent value. Conclusion: Based on these three desserts, I was not overly impressed. Perhaps I would enjoy some of their other desserts more, therefore in the future I may return to see what else they have to offer.

Location: Middle of farm country…read more Parking: Lots. Although it's pretty busy there, so you may have to circle a bit if you want to park really close Building: It is pretty big and there's an entrance and an exit door although I don't think they're labeled.Just everyone knows. You walk into the store part, and then you turn to the left to go, put your name down to go to the restaurant. The restaurant waiting area is pretty big. They have church pew seed thing along the walls, and there's things you can look at Food: I think the thing they're known for is they're broasted chicken. I didn't get it it just looks like fried chicken I don't know what broasted is but a lot of people got it. They also have meats of the day. When I went the meats were the chicken, turkey and pork chop. Why I was waiting to be seated I was talking to a couple and a couple things were recommended the turkey dinner because they said it would be like having Thanksgiving in the summer and pick the cheddar biscuit. Every meal includes a fresh from the oven biscuit. Oh I have to say the menu does have other things on it like hamburgers and I think chicken fingers and such but most people just went for the meats of the day. That I could see So I got the turkey you can get small medium or large they suggest small for seniors so I picked a medium which was a lot of food and I'm a big eater. I also got a slice of pie there's a bakery with a lot Kadish you can buy and they fresh bake all the pies in the morning for us and I got a rhubarb custard pie and it was delicious. Actually the whole meal was fantastic so I got a turkey with stuffing mashed potatoes gravy corn cranberry sauce and a biscuit and a pie. It was absolutely delicious. I just wish that it was closer because I would love to go more. Everyone was friendly the food was good and they sell bakery items frozen items gift ware. I can see why it's really busy Oh I forgot to mention there's also a little farmers market in the parking lot Okay think that's it. So I would go again in heartbeat

Beautiful old fashioned restaraunt. I just loved the service and the cute restaraunt such a unique…read morerestaraunt. The coconut cream pie was delicious but the hot chicken fingers with fries & coleslaw was nothing special. My brother ordered pork with barbecue sauce and mashed potatoes and fries combo deal, my mom ordered the fish and chips with tartor sauce which they enjoyed.

Came across this small bakery in the Waterloo. Ordered mixed fruit square and it was delicious!…read more With the perfect sweetness and variety of desert, this will be on my list whenever I visit next. Must try!

Great quality pastry and bakery. number one in whole…read moreKitchener waterloo. you can not find this taste in the area. we are happy to buy our cakes from here Jafar and Pari

The market was okay but it was expensive and super crowded. We made the mistake of going on a…read morereally hot day when the 2 closest parking lots were under construction. The few items we did buy were melted by the time we got back to the car. I also expected more artists. Definitely a foodie market.

It has taken me quite a while to face up to the task of writing this review -- which is much how I…read morefeel about actually going to the Guelph Farmers' Market. Saturday mornings involve the girding of the loins, preparatory to doing battle in order to put food on the table... easy to sympathize with the viking raiders. I'm a locavore. The farm-to-table movement is enormous where I come from -- fresh, local, seasonal foodstuffs full of nutrients and flavor, without the huge carbon footprint of long-distance shipping, while keeping my money in the community and supporting my local growers, blah blah blah... lots of reasons I went this direction. Having become horribly spoiled by the Farmers' Markets in Oregon (Willamette Valley, end of the Oregon Trail and all that), and having learned that Guelph is in the middle of the big growing area in Ontario, I had high hopes when I moved here. Enter, disillusionment. First thing: parking is a beast. Even with a handicapped placard (people often disregard the handicapped only sign). And even though most people don't file into Harvey's for a hamburger before noon (which is when the Farmers' Market closes), the Harvey's people are out there patrolling their empty parking lot, to make sure none of those damn hippies going to the Farmers' Market don't park there. OK... did you catch that the Farmers' Market is open one day a week, for half a day (7-12)? Seriously? The Market has its own building, so what gives on the miserly hours? Oh and P.S. -- most good stuff sells out by 10 AM. Next thing I noticed: everything is cash only, and there are no ATMs (sorry... ABMs in Canada) anywhere nearby. The aisles are entirely too narrow for the ravening hordes packing the building. I mean, there must be some major breakage of the fire marshall's codes. Trying to move from one seller to the next involves appalling invasion of personal space, squeezing up against total strangers, tripping over their double-wide strollers (strollers? Here?), stepping on their feet and breathing in their faces. I feel like I ought to get an introduction first. Or at least a drink. But here's the kicker: the majority of sellers are reselling foodstuffs imported from far, far away (mostly the U.S. and Mexico). So, in summary: no parking, no convenient ways to pay, no convenient hours, miserably crowded... for very nearly what you'll find at your local supermarket. There are a few noteworthy exceptions, which is the only reason I still attempt the Market, from time to time: Thatcher Farms (http://www.thatcher-farms.com) -- local, naturally-raised beef, pork, lamb and chicken, delicious meat pies, and THE ONLY nitrite/nitrate-free bacon to be had ANYWHERE in Guelph. (Sorry; as a veterinarian, I just know entirely too much about what those chemicals do on a cellular level. Not interested. I'll do without bacon, first.) Did I mention that the meat pies are truly delicious? Mmm, Irish stew. Funky Maven crocheted (and felted) hats (http://www.funkymaven.com/2010/11/monster-hats-or-why-i-havent-been.html). (Yes, you all know I have a weakness for hats, by now.) Wonderful, creative, warm -- and Charlene gives terrific advice on making hats, if you're a DIY sort (which I occasionally am). She gives lessons, too! I'm hoping to catch up with her in the new year, to learn felting. Brantview Apples & Cider (http://www.brantviewapples.on.ca). No, they're not organic. They will, however, bend your ear about minimal spray (if you ask). They feature a pretty large selection of apple varieties, and grow my all-time absolute favorite -- the Honeycrisp (ripe in early fall). Their fresh-pressed unfiltered cider is the bomb, and their apple mustard is dynamite on roast beef or sausages. (And hey, if you let the cider go bad, it makes for some spectacular cider vinegar.) River's Edge Goat Dairy (http://www.goatmilkproducts.ca). Fan-freakin-tastic chevre -- plain, dill, or garlic blossom (OMG). And very mild, creamy goat milk. Backyard Bounty (http://www.backyardbounty.ca) -- wonderful fresh veggies and fruit grown on converted back yards around Guelph. What a wonderful use of land! Down with useless, water-guzzling grass! (And the veggies are mighty tasty, too!) Cedarvale Farm -- beautiful fresh brown eggs, inexpensive boneless/skinless chicken thighs (superior to breasts, in my book), and delicious whole roasting hens (I brined and roasted one of their birds for christmas, and it turned out juicy and tender). And the lovely people at Shepherd's Watch Sheep Dairy Farm (http://www.recipestoexperience.com/index.cfm?page=member&name=shepherdswatch) who always offer not only delicious, no-antibiotic lamb, but gorgeous soft skeins of spun wool. (Look out, once I learn to felt hats and slippers!)

This bakery is great. The bread is fresh and delicious and the sausage roll is flaky. The staff is…read morepolite and nice. The only annoying thing is that it is closed on Tuesday. This is very random and a little annoying.

Great service and tons of options. The eclair I bought was one of the worst I had although I'm not…read morereally knocking them on that as they had so many options. I bought some bread which now that I have eaten I think is alright but I wouldn't buy it again. I wouldn't mind eating it if someone else had it though. I do want to go back and try more as they had so many things and I don't think I've been able to give it a fair shake.