Hilldale Cafe & Catering

06/11/2026

☀️ Good morning, friends!

The coffee is hot, the ovens have been busy, and the pastry case is looking pretty darn irresistible today. 😍

Today’s soup is Cheesy Chicken Tortilla — hearty, cheesy, and packed with flavor. Perfect for a lunch break or a quick pick-me-up!

And now for the sweet stuff… 👇

🍋🫐 NEW! Lemon Blueberry Stuffed Donut
A blueberry-filled donut stuffed with a light lemon mousse and topped with fresh blueberries. It’s bright, fresh, and tastes like summer decided to show off.

🥕🌮 Carrot Cake “Tacos”
Soft carrot cake folded taco-style, stuffed with cream cheese mousse, then finished with candied pecans and a drizzle of caramel sauce. They’re every bit as delicious as they sound.

🧀🌶️ Jalapeño Cheddar Scones are BACK!
A customer favorite that never sticks around long, so if you’ve been waiting for them to return, today is your day.

Plus all the other pastries, goodies, and sweet treats you’ve come to expect from our case. As always, once they’re gone, they’re gone!

Come grab lunch, snag a treat (or three), and let us add a little razzle dazzle to your day. ❤️

06/06/2026

🌞 Happy Saturday, friends! You know what day it is… 🎉

🥐 BOGO Mix & Match Pastry Case Day! 🥐

The pastry case is stocked and ready with all kinds of freshly baked goodies just waiting for a new home. Want to be the cool mom at the pool party? 😎🏊‍♀️ Show up with Hilldale treats and prepare for the compliments to start rolling in!

📸 This is an actual photo of the case before the doors open. You know the drill around here—once the crowd rolls in, things tend to disappear faster than sunscreen at a pool party. 😂

🏃‍♀️ Get in where you fit in and grab your favorites before they’re gone!

🥣 Today’s Soup:
✨ Cauliflower Bisque (GF, V)

📍 Open today and ready to add a little razzle dazzle to your Saturday!

☀️🧁🥐💛

06/05/2026

🌞✨ Happy Friday, friends! The weekend is peeking around the corner, and we’re ready to add a little extra razzle dazzle to your day! ✨🌞

Today’s soup is a fan favorite — Wisconsin Cheese with Bacon (GF) 🧀🥓. Rich, creamy, comforting, and perfect for fueling all of your Friday adventures.

Our pastry case is absolutely loaded with freshly baked goodness, including:
🍓 Strawberry Cheesecake Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls
🐢 Turtle-Topped Caramel Rolls
🍰 Cakes, pastries, sweet treats, and so much more!

🚨 Special Alert for our sugar-free friends! 🚨

You asked, and we listened! We have Sugar-Free Angel Food Cake topped with our homemade Sugar-Free Berry Sauce 🍓🫐. Light, fluffy, flavorful, and made with all the deliciousness and none of the added sugar.

Whether you’re stopping in for lunch, grabbing a sweet treat, or just need a little emotional support pastry to get you through the day, we’ve got you covered. ❤️

See you soon, Lanark!

🍰☕🧁✨

06/04/2026

🌞☕️ Hello, Thursday! Who’s ready to add a little razzle to their dazzle today? ✨

We’ve got the coffee brewing, the kitchen humming, and today’s soup is a customer favorite — Chicken Gumbo (GF) 🍲❤️

And ohhhhh, the pastry case is looking mighty tempting today! 😍
🍰 Cookie Bliss Cake Slices
🍒 Mini Cherry Pies
🍎 Mini Caramel Apple Pies
🍮 Turtle Cheesecake Topped Caramel Rolls
🍋 Raspberry Lemonade Cake Slices
🥨 Cheesecake Stuffed Pretzels
✨ And so much more!

Whether you’re stopping in for breakfast, lunch, a sweet treat, or a little emotional support pastry (no judgment here 😉), we’ve got you covered.

While you’re visiting, be sure to show some love to our amazing neighbors and fellow small businesses:

🎱 The Crooked Roof — Bingo Night every Thursday evening
🌮 Dave’s Place — Taco Thursday starts at 4 PM
👗 Salon Ninety-9 — Fabulous consignment finds and salon services
🥩 Carroll County Locker — Stock up on all your grilling favorites

Small towns thrive when we support one another, and we are lucky to be surrounded by so many incredible local businesses. ❤️

Stop in, grab a bite, and make a day of exploring downtown Lanark!

✨🖤💜

05/30/2026

Good morning and happy Saturday, friends! ☀️

You know what today is… BOGO Pastry Case Day! 🙌 Mix and match your favorites from the entire case—because yes, it’s absolutely jam-packed with freshly baked goodness.

Here’s just a taste of what’s waiting for you:
• Fresh-baked pastries, muffins, rolls, and sweet treats galore
• Rotating fan favorites and a few surprises tucked in for good measure

Soup of the day: Wicked Chicken Thai🧀🥓 🌾 — everything you want in a bowl.

Swing in, load up, and get your Hilldale fix—we’ll see you soon and come back ready to roll!

05/29/2026

🌞 Happy Friday, Hilldale friends! 🌞

The weekend is peeking around the corner, and we’ve got all the cozy comfort food and sweet treats you need to kick it off right! 😍

🥣 Today’s Soup:
Wisconsin Cheese with Bacon (GF) – rich, creamy, cheesy goodness with just the right amount of bacon to make your taste buds do a happy dance.

🍰 Fresh from the bakery today:
You all completely cleaned us out of cakes yesterday (and honestly, we’re not surprised! 😂), so we baked up another fresh round:

✨ Lemon Berry Bliss Cake
✨ Cookie Crunch Cake
✨ Apple Turnovers
✨ Apple Cherry Pie Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls
✨ And plenty more delicious goodies waiting in the pastry case!

Whether you’re stopping in for lunch, grabbing soup to go, or treating yourself to a little emotional support pastry (no judgment here 😉), we’ve got you covered.

📍 Open today and ready to add a little razzle dazzle to your Friday!

☕🍰🥣💕

05/28/2026

Good morning, Hilldale fam! ☀️🔥 We are back and ready to add a little razzle to your Thursday! ✨

Today’s soup feature is one of your all-time favorites: Chicken & Wild Rice (GF) 🍲 — warm, hearty, and worth sweating through the humidity for 😅

And ohhhh the pastry case today… let’s just say she understood the assignment 👏😍

Freshly stocked with:
🍋 Lemon Berry Bliss Cake
🍪 Cookie Crunch Cake
🍎🍒 Apple Cherry Pie Stuffed Cinnamon Rolls
🐢 Turtle Cheesecake Caramel Rolls
🍏 Apple Cinnamon Scones
🍓 Raspberry White Chocolate Scones
🥐 Chocolate Croissants
…and so much more!

Swing in for lunch, coffee, or just a little sweet treat therapy — we fully support emotional support pastries around here 😉☕️

See y’all soon! ✨

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05/24/2026

Deb and I (mom) would like to thank all of you who took the time to wish us a happy birthday. Very much appreciated.

05/23/2026

Happy Birthday to the Dynamic Duo 💃🏼💃🏼 — the Moms, Mom & Mom2, the Twins, the Rockstars… Denise & Debbie! 🎉✨

Life with these two is never boring and always comes with a side of laughter, adventure, and just enough chaos to keep everyone on their toes 😂. This year, I wanted to throw it back to one of our favorite memories together — our very first National Restaurant Show in 2022.

Now imagine this: we get invited to an exclusive VIP rooftop event to thank us for using their software. Fancy rooftop drinks 🍸, extravagant food displays 🍤, city views 🌆… the whole works. Naturally, we all thought we had officially made it.

Then there’s Debbie… our wonderfully picky eater. And when I say picky, I mean this woman is so saucy she doesn’t even use salad dressing 😭😂. But on this particular evening, she decided to be brave and try a mystery appetizer. Let’s just say… Debbie has never emotionally recovered from that appetizer experience and honestly, neither have the rest of us from laughing so hard 🤣.

Cheers to the twins for always bringing the fun, the stories, the love, and the unforgettable memories everywhere they go. The world is simply better — and way more entertaining — with you two in it ❤️

Happy Birthday Denise & Debbie! 🥂✨

05/22/2026

Well friends… it appears our convection oven has officially decided it would also like a vacation. 😅

After additional service work today, we were informed that more parts are needed and unfortunately they will not arrive until next week. Because of this, Hilldale Café will remain closed until Thursday, May 28, 2026.

While this definitely wasn’t the plan, I’ve learned over the years that sometimes life forces you to slow down whether you want to or not. Challenges seem to love finding me lately, but one thing I can promise is that we will keep pushing forward — one day, one repair, and probably one dramatic car karaoke session at a time. 🎤😂

For all catering clients: please do not worry — all scheduled catering events will continue as planned and will not be impacted in any way. Our catering side remains fully operational and we are still rocking and rolling behind the scenes.

One thing that always helps me get through the tough stuff is music. I recently became absolutely obsessed with artist IngaRose, especially this song. It hit me hard because we truly never know what someone else may be carrying behind the scenes. Sometimes people are fighting battles quietly while still showing up with a smile every day.

If you have a moment, give it a listen:
🎶 https://open.spotify.com/track/1UcCAYT16qXS2Tts2NdHhM?si=OBExJCzzRO6V34sCUwnRdw

Spread kindness. Check on your people. Give grace freely. But most importantly — don’t forget to love yourself too. 🤍

Thank you all for continuing to support us through every twist, turn, flood, repair, chaos tornado, and “you’ve got to be kidding me” moment. We appreciate every single one of you more than you know.

We’ll see y’all next Thursday with fresh pastries, hot soup, and hopefully an oven that finally got its act together. ✨

IngaRose · Celebrate Me · Song · 2026