Prescott, Ontario
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Cornwall. A small city , population 47 845.
A Whistle dog! Coleslaw, bacon and cheese on a Lester’s steamie. IYKYK
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Ganonoque, population 5500.
I stopped at Pistachio’s Café, for a coffee and apricot brie grilled cheese.
I hope to visit Maple Leaf Restaurant another time
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Thank you! Pistachio Cafe looks great. Will definitely check out next time we pass through. We usually hit up Laverne’s (formerly Socialist Pig) when we’ve stopped at Ganonoque on our way to Montreal.
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Neustadt, population 546. Birthplace of Canadian Prime Minister John Diefenbaker.
i think Granny’s is a small chain that has taken over some General Stores in Grey Bruce. The Neustadt General Store and the Ayton General Store are both called Granny’s General Store.
The oatmeal raisin cookies were a chewy type.
Across the street, the baked goods looked great at It’s My Pleasure . The oatmeal shortbread were buttery and crispy. Our type of oatmeal cookie.
What had been a Tavern is now Noah’s Inn Fish and Chips. We got an order of chips to go.
I would probably order my chips extra crispy on a future visit, but these hit the spot. They were hand cut.
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Millbank, population 600.
We tried Anna Mae’s in Millbank tonight. The broasted chicken and strawberry rhubarb pie were great. No photo of our dinner.
Some baked goods.
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Red Door Milling in Bluevale near Lucknow, Ontario serves Dutch Pannekoek. I hope to visit in 2026
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As part of our travels through Grey County, we stopped in at a few other places for drinks, snacks, and other treats.
With dinner at Naagan serving no alcohol, we thought we’d stop in at Chin Chin in Creemore, a cute little wine shop that served flights of 2 oz glasses from their selection. We tried three:
- Zanasi, Antica Natura, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Castelvetro DOP, 2022 - very grapey on the nose, yet quite dry and with a refined fizz.
- Domaine du Pré Semelé, Pinot Noir, Mainbré, Sancerre, 2024 - a rosé with mineral and strawberries
- Alessandro Viola, Note di Rosso, Sicilia, 2023 - dark coloured and lightly-flavoured
They had a few snacks too, but we were saving room for dinner.
For our one breakfast on the trip, my wife made sure that we had donuts and ice cream. We first went to Good Grief in Thornbury. Since they roast their own beans, we tried two options:
- Dark roast blend Brazil and Colombia - not that dark, more on the bland side.
- Costa Rica - great bright acidity
And we sampled some of their house made donuts. Blackberry brown sugar and Boston cream were both very yummy and messy. We also bought some of their Haitian beans to take home.
We then headed to Pom Pom in Meaford, because who doesn’t want ice cream in early January? We went with a platter of 5 scoops:
- Cherry cheesecake - great texture, but too sweet and no actual cherries
- Plant-based chocolate fudge brownie - tastes more of coconut, sweet and salty rather than chocolate
- Root beer float - fantastic
- PB mud puddle - also great
- Mint chunk - good but fake green and not as sharp as I prefer
We also toured the Creemore Springs brewery a couple of hours before our dinner at The Pine. We got to sample their Urbock, a smooth dark lager, and the White Stout, which was fragrant with coffee, chocolate, and vanilla.
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In November, we did a road trip to Deep River for a relative’s funeral. On the way, we stopped at The Loon in Lakefield for dinner. It’s a warm, pubby-type place with better than average food.
My wife ordered the Lavender Sour (Empress Gin, house lavender syrup, lemon, egg white) - pretty and well-balanced. I went with draft Bobcaygeon “Dockside” , a red ale from Peterborough - nice and chocolatey.
Soup of the day was broccoli cheddar - very good, with lots of broccoli flavour. We added Lakefield Bakery focaccia-like bread with paprika oil, which helped to mop up the dregs.
Brussels Salad featured roasted Brussels sprouts, kale, romaine lettuce, bacon, parmesan, pickled onion, and brown butter vinaigrette - tasty, can’t-lose combination of ingredients.
Yucatan Tacos contained marinated and pulled chicken, lots of red onion, cilantro slaw, pico, and Yucatan seasoned mayo - fine, no competition for anything actually Mexican, but enjoyable. It came with a side of The Loon Caesar Salad, with roasted garlic and caper vinaigrette, blackened Caesar dressing, bacon, popcorn, crispy lentil, parmesan - the addition of the popcorn and lentils made this distinctive.
We shared the sticky toffee pudding cake - chocolate cake, sweetened with dates and served with vanilla gelato - a bit sweet, like a molten chocolate cake with caramel sauce.
We liked it enough to also stop there for lunch on the way home. This time we had PEI mussels, in white wine and garlic, with grape tomatoes. Mussels were fresh and the broth was worth slurping up. We had grilled Lakefield Bakery artisanal bread, with house-made compound butter and Maldon salt.
And we tried their special burger (an entry in a local burger contest) with smoked cheddar, garlic aioli, thick cut bacon, and an onion ring - very good, particularly the patty which tasted beefy and smokey. It came with a decent side house salad of mixed greens, romaine, red radish, grape tomato, crumbled feta, and champagne shallot vinaigrette.
While in Deep River itself, we had one breakfast of scones (blueberry, cheddar chive) from Sweetened by Shelly and a breakfast sandwich with egg, back bacon, processed cheese, and some sort of cumin chili tomato condiment from Gold Mountain Cafe. The scones had nice crisp edges and were moist and light inside. The breakfast sandwich was fun. Sorry, no photos.
Dinner and next day’s breakfast were at Bear’s Den, a comfortable family restaurant in one of the local hotels. I had a Whitewater Farmers Daughter blonde ale, which was pretty good. The pickerel special had a perfectly cooked, lightly breaded filet with mashed potatoes and a few veggies. The Bison Burger had tasty lean meat mixed with onion, topped with white cheddar, peameal bacon, lettuce, tomato, and Forty Creek whiskey BBQ sauce. It came with the soup of the day, which was another take on broccoli and cheddar, this time a lot thicker.
Being near the Quebec border, we tried the Breakfast Poutine - home fries topped with bacon, mozzarella cheese, spring onions, and smothered in Hollandaise sauce, topped with a lightly poached egg. Totally unhealthy and quite satisfying. We also had the Loaded French Toast - thick-sliced bread, egged through and through, with bananas and berries and a side of peameal bacon.
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