Little Dipper Bakery and Cafe — Restaurant in Huntsville

This little bakery and lunch spot is across the street from the credit union, conveniently off Whitesburg Drive. If you've ever been to any of the neighboring businesses (eg The Wine Cellar), you'll know parking is a challenge - not a ton of spots, and many of them requiring sharp angles to enter and exit.

The restaurant looks a little like a small home and has a nice fenced in patio in the front. It looks like the owners are still working to put the finishing touches on the inside, but it's still cute and welcoming. There's a medium sized dining area with a window so employees can pass your food to you. A beautiful display case shows off the yummy baked goods. There are also several cold cases with prepared foods, to include appetizers, entrees, and desserts, for grab and go meals. Would be great for football games or easy entertaining!

I've been twice now and staff has been sweet and helpful both times.

The first time, I ordered a pan of macaroni and cheese for a Thanksgiving gathering. My in-laws don't do mac at Thanksgiving but I love it. However, I was too short on time this year and so when I saw LD's very reasonable pricing, I hopped on it. Pickup was easy. While there, I impulse bought a pumpkin cake roll because I didn't have enough pumpkin in my life.

The mac and cheese was simple but well executed and went over nicely at Thanksgiving. Reheating/baking was easy, the time provided on the instructions was correct, and no mess made. No leftovers either!

I really enjoyed the pumpkin roll but husband said it had too many pumpkin/fall spices for him. More for me. ;)

I came again this week because I'd been wanting to actually have lunch here. They have simple breakfast and lunch items (breakfast burritos, paninis, sliders, etc) and I was excited to give it a go. I ordered the pimento cheese grilled cheese. I'd hoped for a side of macaroni salad but they were out so I wound up with Miss Vickie's chips instead. I also got a trail mix bar for a snack later because I can't ever resist those types of goodies.

My sandwich came out promptly: pimento cheese and bacon griddled on jalapeño cheddar bread. The staff member apologized for it being messy, which it certainly was lol; I had to get a fork to eat the plummeting clumps of pimento cheese.

Messiness aside, I enjoyed the sandwich. The pimento cheese was appropriately gooey and cheesy. I wish the bacon had been a little crispier but it was an ample amount. My favorite part was the bread; the jalapeño flavor was subtle but there and it was the perfect texture for a panini. The trail mix bar I had later was packed full of goodies and also yummy.

Give this local business a try sometime! I especially love them for the ease and convenience of their take...

Might as well have ordered a Publix store cake. Exactly the same. I ordered a birthday cake from here. Specifically asked if their icing was the real rich butter cream not the foamy thinner whip style and they said it was the rich butter cream. It was not. It’s exactly the same thinner whip style icing Publix does for double the cost. The cake was very cute and decorated as we asked but definitely not the quality taste of a real bakery cake. I would not care but I specifically asked about the style of icing and was told it was rich so I did not mind paying more for a quality cake but it was the exact same taste as a half cost publix cake. Should have...

If I could give more than 5-stars, I would! April and Daniel are the baking dream team! Their dessert and catering menu is robust and they can customize special requests. They catered our last family Passover Seder and did a wonderful job with very unique recipe requests. Matzo ball soup, brisket, tzimmes, kugel, the works! It was all outstanding. They will be catering my Rosh Hashanah cocktail party as well and we can't wait. Get on April's calendar if you have an event coming up. They are reasonably priced and the...