Turtel Island Cafe is a wonderful place to relax and enjoy great food…read more The atmosphere is cozy and welcoming, perfect for hanging out with friends or spending some quiet time. The staff are very friendly and helpful, making the experience even better. The drinks and food are delicious, well-prepared, and worth the price. I really love the vibe of this cafe -- calm, clean, and comfortable. Highly recommended if you're looking for a nice cafe with good service and a great atmosphere. I will definitely come back again!

Great food but now closed permanently after many years! Sad loss for Willsboro. Hopefully someone…read morewill open it back up again.

Maple soft serve was fantastic. I went twice in 2 days and got the same thing. The line can be long…read morebut it moves quick.

There are plenty of places to grab a sweet treat in Lake Placid but there's a reason Emma's…read moreconstantly has a line. I have never seen a menu quite like Emma's anywhere. From simple ice cream cones to crazy shakes to boozy ice cream to doggy treats, there is something for everyone here. The sundaes and milk shakes are huge and easily shareable. Don't let the line scare you away, they move quick inside.

Ethels's Dew Drop Inn is a small roadside establishment with outdoor covered seating. Ethel is a…read moresweet older woman; always friendly with a smile. They offer some basic burgers and hot dog type food. However, I've only been here for the ice cream. The ice cream brand is "Perry's" and the selection has lots of flavors, as well as soft serve and sugar free. The prices are reasonable and the ice cream is good. We've vacationed in Willsboro for the last 3 summers, because our friends own a Lake House here. Each time, a trip to Ethel's was part of our evening. It's now tradition to come here at least once during our trip.

I have been going here every summer for my whole life and have always looked forward to their ice…read morecream. Prices are the most reasonable I've ever seen and quality is great. The food is typical fast food so nothing great or groundbreaking, I don't go there for the food, but the ice cream is perfect. Service is always super fast and everyone who works there is so nice. It's been the same employees for such a long time which is always nice to see. The place itself is a cute small town vibe. Nothing fancy, and there's no need for that. If you need a good ice cream place in the Willsboro, Essex area, this is the best!

Nancy helped us decide on flavors for our two-tier wedding cake and four dozen cupcakes, and…read moreeverything was amazing! Our wedding was in August, and she was on top of doing whatever she could to prevent melting. We had so many compliments on our cake and cupcakes, especially from our immediate families from Long Island/NYC, and they were very surprised we found such high quality baking up north - but Nancy is from Queens so she knows what she is doing! We can't wait to go back to the ADKs for our anniversary and get another delicious cake from Lake Flour Cakery!

Love the vibe! We went on a Friday night and they had a band playing on the roof. I love that it's…read moreright on the lake! The flavor selection is impressive! I got a chocolate and vanilla twist with sprinkles which was very yummy. I thought the prices were normal but I live in the city so I am warped and twisted. My only complaint is that after eating mountain mist ice cream, my friends and I all had horrible stomach pain and were trying to vom for the rest of the night:/ Dairy sometimes upsets my stomach but this was on another level. But this place is still a fun spot to check out!

Amazing ice cream . Drove by this place after the museum. Ordered orange creamsicle and panda pawread more

We came to Vermont Cookie Love as our first food stop in Vermont because of the maple creemee…read morereputation this place has. On our way up to Stowe, VT from Saratoga Springs, NY, I had read about this place while planning a trip to VT. Every trip includes food stops, and this happened to be our first ! So while this place makes an impressive selection of cookie flavors, of which we availed ourselves to most flavors, we also weren't about to leave without getting a maple creemee (Vermont's answer to soft-serve ice cream). We didn't care that it was before noon, and we hadn't even eaten lunch. The creemee was AMAZING !! The maple flavor was beautiful, and mixed with the creamy goodness of the soft-serve, WOW is all I have to say. Just WOW !! So glad I read about this place and made a point of stopping. As for the cookies, we bought one of each of most flavors they offered. I couldn't make up my mind, so I picked the following: Snickerdoodle - sugar cookie with cinnamon First Love - chocolate chip Puppy Love - peanut butter chocolate chip Mother's Love - butterscotch with chocolate chip True Love - oatmeal with dried cranberries Enduring Love - coconut, oatmeal, chocolate chip, almond and dried cranberries There are about 4 other flavors we didn't get on the day we were there. They also serve other flavors of creemees, and all kinds of hard ice cream, too, but I didn't care about any of that. I got what I wanted and was real glad I did !! By the way, we didn't get to the cookies until a day or two later, and they were still really fresh and moist ! Find your way here. You'll be soooo glad you did.

This place is so dang cute!! Stopped on a whim seeing it driving between Stowe and Lake Placid. I…read moreordered the mother's love, true love, and enduring love, and they were all tasty!! Great consistency with a soft center/crispy edge! Employees were also SO nice! We just grabbed to-go, but there was no wait on a Thursday evening in October!

If you go early, there's less of a line and they have the best variety.....if you go later, there…read morewill still be plenty of good stuff but there will likely be a line outside and you may not be able to snag the last chocolate raspberry tart (speaking from experience). In the four days I was in Lake Placid, I went here three times. Everything was so good. I loved the almond and chocolate swiss-roll type cake. I also had a bacon, egg and cheese croissant one morning that was exceptional. The place is tiny but the flavors are large and the staff are very friendly.

Pros--have never had anything less than perfect! cons--go early or they run out of exactly what…read moreyou want and we always seem to want to go on Monday or Tuesday.....it's worth the wait on line--the inside is small so the line very quickly spills outside. grab a coffee/tea and your breakfast and sit overlooking the lake for the best, most economical breakfast anywhere!

We were in again today hoping they would do better and they had allowed all of the creemee flavors…read moreto runout! This place used to be a family fave and they keep striking out!

My friend was in town, so we decided to get ice cream here as it was so highly rated, we decided to…read morehead over after dinner. We ordered a small bowl and a small homemade waffle cone. What we got was ginormous desserts! So many amazing flavors to choose from. I tried a scoop of the Avalanche - Mint with white chocolate chips, brownie bites, and dark chocolate mint truffles with a scoop of Blueberrry Cheesecake - Blueberry ice cream with graham cracker and creamy cheesecake swirls. Both were luscious and decadent. My friend got the Cherry Chocolate Chunk - Vanilla with sweet dark cherries and chocolate chips and Kahlua Fudge Brownie - Kahlua mocha ice cream with brownie bits and fudge swirl. They were equally tasty. We didn't want to waste any, so we stuffed ourselves. Had I not been 30 min from home, I'd have refrozen half for breakfast! These ice creams are rich and creamy. It's clear they're homemade and ridiculously affordable. I'll definitely be back to try them all.

Roasted Strawberry + Backyard Mint Chip on a sugar cone = perfection!…read more Had the best experience learning about where the mint and basil are sourced locally!

Cute little Place with plenty of homemade baked goods and fresh ice cream. Coffee and tea. A lovely…read moreafternoon place for a pick me up.

4 miles off the highway heading to Canada makes this a perfect pit stop. Small menu but great…read moredelivery with tasty drinks. Muffins were to die for and discounted day old scone was still really delicious. Fantastic deck, too. I'll return on my way back south. Only negative: bathrooms needed some love.

We were instantly greater by the barista. I ordered a vanilla latte as we were just passing…read morethrough the area. I will visit a locally owned cafe over a box store any day. I saw baked goods that looked very tempting as well. Nice and clean and plenty of room to sit and looks like they have recently expanded a deck out back that has a water view.