CLOSED FOR THE SEASON
1035 Koshlong Lake Road
Haliburton, Ontario
thelittletart at live dot ca
We are located just 8km south of Haliburton off of Gelert Road (That's only a ten minute drive from downtown!) or follow the Rail Trail.
Here at The Little Tart all of our baked goods are created from scratch and made by hand fresh daily the way home baking should be.
We take pride in everything we do from our baking to our friendly and courteous customer service. All of our recipes are tried and retried until they are our absolute best.
Visit us at The Little Tart and fall in love at first bite!
Making mouths water since 2009.

Friday, September 9, 2016

Our Fall Season Begins Today!


Our fall season begins today!

So, we took a moment to roughly calculate the number of hours we worked in July and August given we worked 67 days straight for roughly 15 to 17 hours per day and realized we worked 1,000 (plus) hours each (give or take an eight hour day or two); that's six months worth of hours in two months and after two days off we're… still exhausted, but determined to see the fall season through. 

If you have visited The Little Tart, one of the things you discover is that we don't operate our little pastry shop the way the big bakeries operate. The reason is simple… we can't. This past summer Bill and I began to see The Little Tart less like a bakery and more like a studio.

We operate an artisan kitchen: we create small batches, by hand, from raw ingredients. For that reason we make decisions that allow us to please as many people as possible while making it possible for us to keep operating. 

After that long winded intro, here's where I'm going with this… 

At this time of year we usually begin taking orders again. A lot of you know this and this week we received an influx of order inquiries; so many that we realized we would be opening our doors on Saturday with only three kinds of tart which contradicts, "Arrive early for best selection." 

For this reason (and many others we won't go into) we have decided to continue to operate on a first come – first serve basis. (With the exception of Thanksgiving when all pies are made to order.) 

We realize not everyone will be happy with our decision, but we try to operate in the spirit of fairness and we feel this is fair to everyone who makes the trek to our little store.
The Little Tart - small batch artisan home baking

Monday, September 5, 2016

Thank You for a Fabulous 2016 Summer Season!

The Little Tart - End of Summer
shhhhh
Every year we have closed the door on Labour day, stepped outside, and it has felt like we arrived at the party just as it came to an end. This year has been different.

This year it feels like you brought the party to us.

It was a perfect cottage country summer! Everyone seemed just a little happier; lots of smiles, lots of jovial conversations; lots and lots of laughter. 

We received so many compliments and encouraging words; it is so easy to get drunk on your kindness!

Hey, what's a party without a few hiccups? A broken down appliance, a family emergency, and of course, there's always that one person - you know the one - he gets completely blathered, hears his favourite RUSH tune start to play, climbs onto a table to show off his air drum solo, gets a little too animated and falls off.

I'm happy to say Bill's okay and not a single Mojito tart was damaged during the incident. 

But the party is winding down. We both feel like we have the world's worst hangover and jus' need a mimit to – jus' only a mimit. 

After 67 consecutive work days (and at least 1,000 hours each) we're going to take a couple to recover. We'll be back in the kitchen midweek to prep for next weekend when we will open again with new fall hours. 

Thank you so much for making this summer season so absolutely wonderful! It is by far our best one yet and we couldn't be more grateful and humbled by your kindness and generosity.

We hope you're enjoying this holiday Monday and we will look forward to see you again very very soon!