Main Street Restaurant and Bakery

Bakery: Main Street Restaurant and Bakery
Address: 37764 Cabot Trail, Ingonish NS 
Website: n/a 
Style: Canadian
Price: $$

Arriving somewhat late at our cabin for the night, we were given the dinner suggestion to either go 20 minutes backwards and overpay for "home food" or go 25 minutes the opposite way and get good seafood and slow service. Fortunately, we chose the latter, not only because it proved to be quite tasty, but because the restaurant also doubles as a bakery -- don't let the lobsters distract you from that! ;) Another lovely, semi-remote dot on the Cabot Trail for the Cake Tour map! *-*

Anyways, even though the bakery seems to be a side-project of the restaurant, there is still quite a selection -- empty shelves at the end of the day indicated that they normally have a lot more selection -- of some classic baked goods. They seem to be particularly proud of their pies, though we weren't sure what we'd do with one; rather, when and how we'd eat it. In the bakery corner, they have either ready-packed breads, cookies and squares -- only a couple varieties remained. There are also individual options such as cinnamon buns (which also come in packs), but, as one may expect, these were also already gone, which was a shame, since I would have preferred trying a few things than committing to a six-pack tray of one item. Prices were located on a list attached to the side of the shelf, although most, if not all, trays of treats are priced at $4.95.

So, of the small selection remaining, I picked the date squares ($4.95 for a pack of six). These were pretty much the same date squares as you'll pick up anywhere in terms of appearance and assembly: dough on the bottom, date paste in the middle and topped with a pretty generous layer of crumble. Taste-wise, I'd have to say I've had better. For one, these things just would not stay together and trying to handle it with either fork or fingers caused it to turn into cobbler, not a square. Dates on their own are very sweet, so adding sugar in the paste and dough was unnecessary -- they were too sweet! First it was my mom who remarked and I thought little of it, because she usually says almost everything is too sweet, but these really were sweet -- and I found them a little too greasy/oily as well. Once you got everything into your mouth, it was alright, but nothing spectacular (at this point, though, it would have been nice to have had something else other than a whole tray of these). Suffice to say, the dinner we had there was much better.

Rating: **