Guidebook for Minden
Drinks & Nightlife
The Dominion is your Minden's quaint small-town bar where the locals like to mingle for a beer after work. It feels a bit like Cheers with a full cast of characters, but depending on the time of year or the night, you can catch some fantastic live music performances, live theatre performances, trivia night, and wing night!
23 locals recommend
Dominion Hotel Pub
113 Main StThe Dominion is your Minden's quaint small-town bar where the locals like to mingle for a beer after work. It feels a bit like Cheers with a full cast of characters, but depending on the time of year or the night, you can catch some fantastic live music performances, live theatre performances, trivia night, and wing night!
Saturday nights in the summer - this is where the party is still going into the early morning hours.
Rockcliffe Tavern
94-98 Bobcaygeon RdSaturday nights in the summer - this is where the party is still going into the early morning hours.
Entertainment & Activities
Haliburton Forest Wolf Centre
1305 Redkenn RdSki, snowboard, snowshoe, mountain biking.
http://sirsams.com/
120 locals recommend
Sir Sam's Ski / Ride
1054 Liswood RdSki, snowboard, snowshoe, mountain biking.
http://sirsams.com/
http://www.highlandscinemas.com/home.php
Film Museum & Movie Theatre: "Highlands Cinemas, a 550-seat complex with five theatres showing first-run movies, has drawn customers from the surrounding area for more than two decades. This season — from May to Thanksgiving — 50,000 moviegoers are expected to enter Keith Stata's home to enjoy the movie experience in the middle of cottage country."..."The large reupholstered seats, the thick velvet curtains and the ornate wall coverings take older patrons down memory lane and give the younger crowd a chance to experience bygone days."
62 locals recommend
Highlands Cinema
4131 Kawartha Lakes County Rd 121http://www.highlandscinemas.com/home.php
Film Museum & Movie Theatre: "Highlands Cinemas, a 550-seat complex with five theatres showing first-run movies, has drawn customers from the surrounding area for more than two decades. This season — from May to Thanksgiving — 50,000 moviegoers are expected to enter Keith Stata's home to enjoy the movie experience in the middle of cottage country."..."The large reupholstered seats, the thick velvet curtains and the ornate wall coverings take older patrons down memory lane and give the younger crowd a chance to experience bygone days."
Dogsledding, Walk in the Clouds Canopy Tour, Snowmobiling & Snowmobile Rentals, Mountain Biking
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/dogsledding
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/canopy-tour
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/snowmobiling/overview
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/mountain-biking
126 locals recommend
Haliburton Forest and Wild Life Reserve
1095 Redkenn RdDogsledding, Walk in the Clouds Canopy Tour, Snowmobiling & Snowmobile Rentals, Mountain Biking
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/dogsledding
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/canopy-tour
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/snowmobiling/overview
https://www.haliburtonforest.com/activities/mountain-biking
Haliburton Highlands Golf Club
3180 Kashagawigamog Lake RdGolf Course
Haliburton Driving Range
6643 Gelert RdDriving range & mini putt
Food Scene
Fine dining, amazing atmosphere, weekly live music on the patio in the summer.
119 locals recommend
Rhubarb
9201 ON-118 Fine dining, amazing atmosphere, weekly live music on the patio in the summer.
McKeck's-Tap and Grill
207 Highland StDockside patio with live music on weekends throughout the summer. Amazing food in their formal dining room year-round. Family run by great people!
9 locals recommend
Bonnie View Inn
2713 Kashagawigamog Lake RdDockside patio with live music on weekends throughout the summer. Amazing food in their formal dining room year-round. Family run by great people!
Walking distance from the house, and simply one of the BEST breakfast treasures in the entire County! Try their new tuscan crepes (my favourite!) made with maple bacon from our local butcher shop. To-Die-For!!
http://www.mollysbistrobakery.ca/
26 locals recommend
Molly's Bistro Bakery
170 Bobcaygeon RdWalking distance from the house, and simply one of the BEST breakfast treasures in the entire County! Try their new tuscan crepes (my favourite!) made with maple bacon from our local butcher shop. To-Die-For!!
http://www.mollysbistrobakery.ca/
Best basic bacon & eggs in town.
https://www.facebook.com/Kosy-Korner-188585934487607/
23 locals recommend
Kosy Korner
166 Highland StBest basic bacon & eggs in town.
https://www.facebook.com/Kosy-Korner-188585934487607/
Best fish & chips in town, and they're gluten free! Also a bakery & coffee shop. High quality & delicious!
35 locals recommend
Baked & Battered
128 Highland StBest fish & chips in town, and they're gluten free! Also a bakery & coffee shop. High quality & delicious!
Excellent mix of standard restaurant fare plus a selection of authentic asian dishes. Food is always great, people are friendly.
Maple Avenue
Maple AvenueExcellent mix of standard restaurant fare plus a selection of authentic asian dishes. Food is always great, people are friendly.
Incredible Thai food. I prefer to call for take-out. The restaurant is situated inside an antique shop. (705) 286-1532
53 locals recommend
Suwans Thai
3 Invergordon AveIncredible Thai food. I prefer to call for take-out. The restaurant is situated inside an antique shop. (705) 286-1532
The Pinestone has a very modern newly-renovated restaurant with excellent food.
27 locals recommend
Pinestone Resort and Conference Centre
4252 Haliburton County Rd 21The Pinestone has a very modern newly-renovated restaurant with excellent food.
Get ice-cream or a deep fried snack at this iconically ice-cream shaped snack-shack! This is the ultimate treat after floating down the river from Rotary Park to the downtown bridge.
14 locals recommend
The Minden River Cone
119 Bobcaygeon RdGet ice-cream or a deep fried snack at this iconically ice-cream shaped snack-shack! This is the ultimate treat after floating down the river from Rotary Park to the downtown bridge.
Wintergreen Maple Syrup and Pancake Barn
"A timber-framed barn, in a country atmosphere, chock full of foods and preserves produced on site. View the Maple Syrup Operation through the glass wall of the La Sucrerie Restaurant and savour a French Canadian Style Menu.
Taste over one hundred flavour creations, guaranteed to surprise and amaze like nothing you will ever find in a grocery store! Treat yourself to one of our fantastic fruit desserts."
Known for their very own on-site Maple Syrup, pancakes, crepes and french toast, this is your destination for enjoying one of the tastiest breakfasts in the area.
http://www.wintergreenmapleproducts.com/
15 locals recommend
Wintergreen Maple Products
3325 Gelert RdWintergreen Maple Syrup and Pancake Barn
"A timber-framed barn, in a country atmosphere, chock full of foods and preserves produced on site. View the Maple Syrup Operation through the glass wall of the La Sucrerie Restaurant and savour a French Canadian Style Menu.
Taste over one hundred flavour creations, guaranteed to surprise and amaze like nothing you will ever find in a grocery store! Treat yourself to one of our fantastic fruit desserts."
Known for their very own on-site Maple Syrup, pancakes, crepes and french toast, this is your destination for enjoying one of the tastiest breakfasts in the area.
http://www.wintergreenmapleproducts.com/
A new Korean restaurant in Haliburton, a great place to sit-in for fresh sushi or take-out. Food is amazing!
Hankook E Korean Cuisine
172 Highland StreetA new Korean restaurant in Haliburton, a great place to sit-in for fresh sushi or take-out. Food is amazing!
Shopping
Outdoor farmer's market. Fresh food, delicious treats, hand-made items - all from local farms and artists. Get there early. The fresh bread sells out as soon as it opens, and the rest of the good stuff is gone by noon!
https://haliburtoncountyfarmersmarket.wordpress.com/
23 locals recommend
Haliburton County Farmers' Market
2 Park StreetOutdoor farmer's market. Fresh food, delicious treats, hand-made items - all from local farms and artists. Get there early. The fresh bread sells out as soon as it opens, and the rest of the good stuff is gone by noon!
https://haliburtoncountyfarmersmarket.wordpress.com/
Starbucks-style coffee shop with a full boutique of carefully curated home decor & gift items.
16 locals recommend
Up River Trading Co
106 Bobcaygeon RdStarbucks-style coffee shop with a full boutique of carefully curated home decor & gift items.
Country Pickin's Fashions & Accessories
163 Highland StSightseeing
Panorama Park Road
Panorama Park RoadLookout point over Minden with beautiful views.
Skyline Park Road
Skyline Park RoadIncredible lookout views over the village of Haliburton.
Ritchie Falls
Ritchie Falls RoadBeautiful scenic waterfalls for the nature photographer.
The location that recently hosted the Pan Am Games for Whitewater Kayaking: Via Trip Advisor - "This site was created for kayak and canoe competitions. It was the site for the PanAm games in 2015. The site is really beautiful with the white water cascading over many rock obstacles. Trees hang out over the river. There is a short hiking trail that follows along the river's edge which is very pretty and allows for close observation of any competition. The caves accessed from the trail are fun to squeeze through though it only takes 5 minutes to enter the main entrance and clamber out of the exit."
14 locals recommend
Minden Wild Water Preserve Harrington Park
1870 Horseshoe Lake RdThe location that recently hosted the Pan Am Games for Whitewater Kayaking: Via Trip Advisor - "This site was created for kayak and canoe competitions. It was the site for the PanAm games in 2015. The site is really beautiful with the white water cascading over many rock obstacles. Trees hang out over the river. There is a short hiking trail that follows along the river's edge which is very pretty and allows for close observation of any competition. The caves accessed from the trail are fun to squeeze through though it only takes 5 minutes to enter the main entrance and clamber out of the exit."
Arts & Culture
Outdoor art installations along a beautiful scenic lakeside trail.
101 locals recommend
Haliburton Sculpture Forest
297 College DrOutdoor art installations along a beautiful scenic lakeside trail.
Essentials
Canadian Tire
450 Muskoka RdFoodland - Minden
12325 ON-35Beer Store
12325 ON-35LCBO
1059 Main St