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Main St. Local Kitchen Located in beautiful downtown Huntsville, Ontario. We prepare meals in-house using locally sourced ingredients.
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What comes to the table is food you can feel good about.

People sometimes imagine shoulder season in Muskoka as everything getting quiet overnight. Restaurant life is a little m...
10/19/2026

People sometimes imagine shoulder season in Muskoka as everything getting quiet overnight. Restaurant life is a little more complicated than that.

Seasonal employees head back to school or move on.
But locals are still here.
Fall-colour visitors arrive.
Catering keeps happening.
The restaurant still fills up.

Except now, sometimes, there are fewer people behind the scenes making all of it happen.

That is one of the strange little realities of running a year-round business in a tourist town. October asks us to adjust.

We shorten the bench.
We prioritize.
We help each other more.
We occasionally get a little crazy.

And then we come back the next morning and start chopping onions again.

If you own or work in a Muskoka business, you probably know exactly what we mean. Cheers to the shoulder-season crew.

Sick of turkey yet?Have you been eating turkey four days in a row? Turkey dinner: wonderful.Turkey sandwiches: still won...
10/14/2026

Sick of turkey yet?

Have you been eating turkey four days in a row?

Turkey dinner: wonderful.

Turkey sandwiches: still wonderful.

Turkey soup: okay.

Turkey everything by day four? We may be able to help.

If you’ve officially reached your annual poultry limit, come see us for something entirely unrelated to Thanksgiving dinner.

No judgment.
We have been there.

See you soon!

Something keeps happening lately that genuinely surprises us.Someone walks in. We start chatting. And somehow the conver...
10/07/2026

Something keeps happening lately that genuinely surprises us.
Someone walks in. We start chatting. And somehow the conversation becomes:

“Actually… this is our first time here.” Now, sometimes they are visiting Huntsville. But sometimes?

They have lived here for years. YEARS. 😂

We are always incredibly grateful for the regulars who keep choosing us. Some of you have been coming through our doors for so long that we know your orders before you sit down.
But apparently there are still people out there who have never been to Main St. Local.

So we have a favour to ask.

Can you find one person who has never been here:
A neighbour.
A coworker.
The friend who always says, “I’ve been meaning to go there.”

And ...invite them. Bring them in.

We would genuinely love to meet them.

And if you are the person who has somehow lived in Huntsville forever and still hasn’t been here…

Hi.
This is your sign. We'd love to feed you.

See you soon!

People have been asking: “Are you doing Thanksgiving dinner takeout this year?” And this year, the answer is no.Not beca...
10/05/2026

People have been asking: “Are you doing Thanksgiving dinner takeout this year?” And this year, the answer is no.

Not because we don’t love doing them.
Quite the opposite.

They became so popular that doing them properly requires a whole lot of extra prep, cooking, portioning, packaging and... hands.

And this October, hands are something we are a little short on.

That is part of the reality of running a restaurant in a seasonal town. Summer staff move on. Our year-round kitchen crew gets smaller. Meanwhile, the restaurant is still busy and we already have catering commitments on the books.

We could squeeze Thanksgiving dinners in.
But they would not get the care we want to give them, and neither would the people already sitting in our restaurant.

So this year, we’re choosing to do fewer things and do them well, rather than stretch ourselves too thin.

If you were hoping for one of our Thanksgiving dinners, thank you. Seriously. The fact that you ask every year means a lot to us.

AND... if you’re sick of turkey by next week, we’ll have you covered. :)

We have an idea for your Monday. How about dinner and a movie? Reel Alternatives Huntsville is back at the Algonquin The...
10/04/2026

We have an idea for your Monday.

How about dinner and a movie?
Reel Alternatives Huntsville is back at the Algonquin Theatre this Monday, (TOMORROW!) October 5 at 7 p.m. with a movie called Tuner.

Show us your ticket and receive 15% off your bill at Main St. Local.

You have officially made Monday interesting.

There’s a point every fall in Muskoka when you can feel things start to shift.The docks start coming out. The traffic ch...
10/02/2026

There’s a point every fall in Muskoka when you can feel things start to shift.

The docks start coming out. The traffic changes.
Some of our seasonal staff head back to school or wherever life takes them next.

Suddenly, it’s soup weather.

We love summer. Truly.
But October has its own kind of magic.

It’s familiar faces walking through the door. A little less hurry, a little more conversation. Around here, we don’t really think of it as the off-season.

It’s local season.
Come see us.

September was a busy one around here, and it reminded us that sometimes it’s the little things that make a visit.A hello...
09/30/2026

September was a busy one around here, and it reminded us that sometimes it’s the little things that make a visit.

A hello when you walk through the door. A real answer when you ask what’s good. A little help narrowing down the menu. Taking the time to understand a dietary need. Or bringing two forks with dessert because we know you’re probably going to share. 🙂

These are some of the little things we’ve been working on with our team, and we’ll keep working on them because bringing people to the table is about more than what’s on the plate.

Thanks for spending part of your September with us. And if our team helped you discover a new favourite, we’d love to hear what you tried!

When you tell us you’re gluten-free, we know that can mean different things.A preference, sensitivity, allergy or celiac...
09/28/2026

When you tell us you’re gluten-free, we know that can mean different things.

A preference, sensitivity, allergy or celiac diagnosis each requires a different conversation, so please let your server know what you need.

That gives us the chance to ask questions, check with the kitchen and be clear about what we can and can’t accommodate.

We’d always rather have the conversation than make assumptions.

The Huntsville Fall Fair is back September 25–27! 🎡Heading to the fair Friday or Saturday? Stop in for breakfast, lunch ...
09/24/2026

The Huntsville Fall Fair is back September 25–27! 🎡

Heading to the fair Friday or Saturday? Stop in for breakfast, lunch or dinner before you head to the fairgrounds and tell us what you’re looking forward to!

Or come see us after and fill us in on all the fun. We always love hearing what everyone got up to.

We’re open Friday and Saturday from 8am–9pm and, as always, closed Sunday.

Have fun at the fair!

Fall social schedules have a funny way of filling up.From team gatherings to Cottage-closing weekends. Then there are bi...
09/23/2026

Fall social schedules have a funny way of filling up.

From team gatherings to Cottage-closing weekends. Then there are birthdays, weddings. and family dinners.

Oh and there's always that event somebody volunteered to host before realizing they had to feed everyone.

That is where we come in.

We do all this stuff well: self serve meal delivery, in house chef dinner parties, cottage weddings corporate events and tour groups.

We cater across Huntsville /Lake of Bays and you can host your gathering at Main St Local too!

The best part of catering is not only the food you don't have to cook, it's that you do not have to make every decision alone.

Tell us what you are planning. We will ask the questions and help you build a menu that works.

Address

24 Main Street E
Huntsville, ON
P1H2C8

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 9pm
Tuesday 8am - 9pm
Wednesday 8am - 9pm
Thursday 8am - 9pm
Friday 8am - 9pm
Saturday 8am - 9pm

Telephone

+17057895704

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