I've been visiting Grumblin' Granny's for years now. My kids love coming here if only to look at…read morethe many, MANY different items for sale. The staff is ever so helpful. I bought a dragon mounted on a crystal ball. After expressing my love of dragons, I was shown many others that I had completely missed! They even brought out a huge kite and a walking stick, both dragon themed!! The store has everything! From clothing and headwear to crystals and incense to classic tourist memorabilia and world wide ethnic items, too numerous to mention. I'd suggest a visit, even if you are just driving thru Barry's Bay on the way to Algonquin Park. You will love it!!

This Home Hardware in Bancroft has a friendly staff and also a very nice decorative display with…read moregarden items and different decorative pieces. You can really find your decorative niche at this section and the store is spacious and well organized. It is a great store for the Bancroft area with reasonable prices. If you feel tempted to go to Canadian Tire you may want to shop around and go to Home Hardware as well. You will be surprised at what you can find!

We go to Bancroft every year, Stedman's is always the first place we go for shopping, look forward…read moreevery year, going on at least 20 years if not more

Growing up as a child in the small town of Bancroft, my mom would take me and my siblings shopping…read moreat Stedman`s and we loved it. From clothes to toys and movies to household items, I still shop at V and S and their quality is really good. I recommend shopping at Stedman`s V & S in Bancroft or any V & S that is close to you.

Ashlie's Books, located downtown on 65 Hastings St. N, is a very nice bookstore for book lovers…read morealike. They have different genres and have updated reads.I went with my mom recently and she purchased the diet book, Wheat Belly and a couple Chicken Soup for the Souls, and I was amazed by the current books they have in stock. The owner is in the know with different books that are trending. They also have used books as well. This is a great book store for the town of Bancroft and they have some pretty good deals. Enjoy going for a coffee and then browsing this book store and taking in some local shopping. Enjoy.

We stopped at this place for a stretch and washroom break. I was happy to find lots of useful stuff…read moresold here including bait buckets, snacks, birthday cards, they have a little of everything! They even have some inexpensive books and lottery tickets. The people working there are very nice.