Ice Cream Cafe, The Cheese Trap, Pizzaz Campbellford

Today we got our fair passes for the Campbellford Fair and while we were in town we stopped in a few places that I want to comment on.  

The Cheese Trap (13 Park Way)

  

This is a new restaurant in Campbellford that is just a couple of months old.  We (my wife, my daughter and I) stopped in while we were doing laundry next door at the laundromat and had lunch. I don't think I've ever seen a restaurant that specializes in something like 50+ gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches.  Also mac and cheese, and a bunch of interesting sides (sorry, I should have taken a pic of the menu).  

My wife had a gluten-free Mac and cheese (full size) and my daughter had a regular gluten-packed side serving (enough for a seven year old).  I had a grilled Mac and cheese sandwich with pulled pork and a spicy barbecue sauce on rye that was fantastic.  The Mac and cheese servings were excellent; the cheese was a sharp cheese and according to Kim was "really nice."  The sauce was actually cheesy and creamy.  We highly recommend it.  

Ice Cream Cafe (48 Bridge Street)

For dessert?  Ice cream!!  

Ice Cream Cafe opened during the pandemic and has survived and is apparently thriving at the present time. The flavors today were all from Kawartha Dairy.  My daughter had cotton candy with rainbow sprinkles (she's seven), my wife had salted caramel and I had espresso ice cream in a homemade chocolate waffle cone (which was amazing by itself, and well worth the visit).  

Kawartha Dairy is known for its excellent ice cream and is a Canadian institution going back to 1937. 

Pizzazz Campbellford (

Pizzaz is an antique\collectible shop on Bridge Street, and sits prominently on the corner after you cross the bridge.  It's billed on Facebook as "A multi-vendor market offering a mix of shabby chic, home decor and collectibles."  When I visit a shop like this, I am looking for only one thing--used books. While there is not a ton of books since the shop focuses more on decor, I DID find a title I have in my library in a different format (three volume). As any book collector knows, having a title in an unusual format is desirable, especially if it is specially illustrated. I found a book on Biblical geography (1864) and customs in a single volume edition which is illustrated with what appears to include hand colored steel plate illustrations.  I will have to do more research on it when I get home (it may be lithographed in color). But I was tickled at the price tag: $5 Canadian.