Timberline Café and Bakery

Cute little place. Good coffee, good spoon. Clean facilities. And very pleasant service.

I only had the homemade cinnamon roll, and that alone is why I find it necessary to write a review. The dough is soft, tasty, flaky and yummy! I should have grabbed a dozen more!

Great sandwiches for lunch, I had Moffit Beach wrap, husband had timber supreme, both were excellent! Highly recommend!

With not a lot of food options in the area, this was a welcomed option!
Coffee was good. Together, we purchased a breakfast sandwich and the french toast. The french toast was VERY good. The baked goods looked good but we were trying not to overeat.
I do agree that the set-​up is a little confusing. You walk up to the window and order. Then you either get coffee yourself (if you’re just getting regular coffee) but if anything else is being ordered, you need to ask for it from behind the counter. You can pay then or later. You can sit inside or outside — they will bring the food to you.
We wanted to go back the morning we were leaving but unfortunately they weren’t open yet.

We stopped in for lunch and had Reuben sandwiches. They were awesome. Perfectly done and the chips were kettle chips and the perfect addition. I had an iced chai latte that was also wonderful. We sat outside on a warm day and had a delightful lunch.

Not great. Corned beef was like a piece of deli meat. The fruit was off. They don’t make omelettes in the summer (what?). We sat outside on wet tables. The bakery stuff looked promising but we were looking for a simple breakfast and were disappointed.

An unexpected delight ! After trolling the adarondacks for yard sales we stopped here for a bite. The exterior doesn’t do this lovely place justice. Clean bright with friendly service. You can just look at your plate and tell it’s all made from scratch, tasting the food was yummy, absolutely delish. Simple food with a touch that you might not expect here the woods so to speak. Looking forward to returning.

GReat place. Excellent service, very friendly staff. Pancakes are fluffy and warm. A lot of hot beverages and good on price.

This place is very friendly and welcoming. Whenever I’m in Speculator I stop in. Love the egg in hole & there coffee. Everything on the menu is great.

Had breakfast there on a Saturday morning while visiting the area. Place is very small but people were friendly and food was good. I would recommend this café.

I was in Speculator, picking my niece up from summer camp and really didn’t want to wait to eat. The food choices in small towns in the Adirondacks can be disappointing but I found the Timberline on Unilocal and decided to try it. The ordering and paying part of the meal was a little confusing, maybe big signs with «Order food here» «Pay here» might be more helpful.
I got the Blue Mountain, my sister got the Snowy and my niece got French toast. I was really pleasantly surprised by the quality of the food. This may be the place we stop when heading through the area.

Delighted to find this place as a new option for lunch on our frequent trips through the Adirondack park. Great soups, salads and sandwiches. Excellent selection of coffee and non-​coffee drinks. Bakery items look really good. Servers and kitchen staff could not have been nicer and friendlier. We will be back.

Ate there for the first time today and really liked the BLT. An excellent example of the category with candied bacon (tastes like it was brushed with maple syrup after cooking) and sweet mayo and a good balance of lettuce, tomato and bread. Also had the beef sandwich (I think it’s called the High Peaks?) which was OK. The beef would have been a lot better if it was not pre-​sliced.
This is an oddly configured place that used to be a Chinese take-​out restaurant. You stand in line to order at a window into the small kitchen, then move to the next room and stand in line to pay and order a beverage. One line would be better. The bigger issue was that at noon on a Saturday they were out of about half their menu. (And even if they weren’t, French toast and pancake service stops at noon because of the limited space on the grill.)
This is definitely better food than we’re used to in Speculator, but the weekend crowds and out-​of-​stocks kept it from being a satisfactory dining experience. I’ll return on a less-​busy day to try other items when they’re available and would love to add a star.

Contextually, this may be the best place in Speculator. Nice coffee shop with decent food and working wifi. They use fresh herbs in meals that they grow in-​house. If they add organic dishes to the menu, they would be perfect.

Enjoyed a nice lunch today. The ADK BLT is my favorite — candied bacon, roasted tomatoes and basil mayonnaise. Yum. My husband enjoyed the Ruben. I am not a coffee drinker, but their coffee drink menu looked extensive and lots of people left with beverages to-​go. The blueberry pie was a sweet and delicious ending. They have breakfast menu items all day and they looked very tempting.

I can’t stay away. Picking up food for the family for dinner. Everything is awesome.

We had left Whiteface Mountain, heading to Cazenovia and decided to take the back roads. That meant we didn’t see anything until Speculator! Once we were able to get data, we did a quick Unilocal and this came up as the best place for lunch in town.
Got there and loved the free wifi sign. Ordered French toast for my son, a salad for me and a meatball sandwich for my husband. I also ordered an Adirondack latte which was amazing!
Lunches came out and they were just as great as the latte. Service was awesome & friendly, too! We’ll stop there again if we ever find ourselves driving the back roads!!!

Last year when I worked at camp-​of-​the-​woods I would go to timberline every tuesday on my day off for lunch. I can truly say that the menu is fantastic and would highly recommend everything on it (because I almost tried everything haha). Their baked goods are wonderful as well! Especially the pies. I also really enjoyed the small but warm atmosphere and Whitney and the rest of the staff were always super friendly. If you’re in speculator, this is honestly the best place to eat, hands down. Im sure Timberline will just continue to get better over time.

Excellent new café. Have tried many menu items, all were delicious. Steak panini for lunch was my favorite.

What a great addition to Speculator! The sandwiches are made with fresh, high quality ingredients. My sons like the Mt Marcy Panini (a high class meatball sub). The bacon was too sweet for me, but otherwise the BLT was great. I don’t remember which salad we had, but that was good, too. It’s also a coffee shop so you can get brewed coffee from a carafe or a specialty coffee. The only thing that prevented 5 stars is the wait. It took a really long time for them to put our straight-​forward order together, so only go there when you have time to wait.
We had our food packed for carryout and ate by the lake — awesome!