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.

Sunday, October 9, 2016

Another Year Over

Time is a funny thing; it stretches out into infinity but blink and a season has passed. 

When Bill and I opened our doors for the first time 8 years ago we didn't know what to expect. We had my mom's recipe collection, a business name, and the countless hours I spent in my mom's kitchen. 

We were determined to make it work. 

Neither of us had ever worked in (never mind operated) a pastry shop. The "Donald Dairy Bar" was our first experience in retail. We must have been out of our minds, but in the words of Garth Brooks "Life is not tried it is merely survived when your standing outside the fire"; so we jumped in eyes wide open. When you don't know what the rules are, you don't know you're breaking them and sometimes the results are absolutely fabulous! 

While many bakeries have redefined "home baking" an offer anything but - we were determined to offer the real thing; the kind of baking I grew up with. We were going to bake the way my mother had taught me. It's the hard way, but it's the only way I know. 

We violated the first rule of business – location – out here "in the middle of nowhere". We didn't have an advertising budget and would have to rely on word of mouth - the slowest (albeit the absolute best) possible way to grow a business. 

And here we are at the end of our eighth year - looking forward to our ninth.

Against all odds, we're still here!

We thank you often because we can't thank you enough. Once again it has been our pleasure and our privilege to be your tart store, to have been a part of your cottage country experience, to be a part of your family gatherings, friendly get togethers, celebrations and traditions. We are so very grateful for all of your support because without you we're just a little tart store "in the middle of nowhere" instead of the destination you have made us. 

We'll miss you, but fortunately this isn't good bye; it's simply so long for now and we'll be seeing you again very soon.

From our home to yours have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Bill and Theresa