Within, one will find a bakery, a restaurant, a gift shop, an antique shop and a Christmas store. While dining in the 226 year old restaurant one may even avail oneself of a genuinely anachronistic service, Wi-Fi, something not envisioned by the wildest imagination when the building was constructed. Open morning to evening, the restaurant serves breakfast, lunch and dinner.
When entering the building, turning right takes one into the restaurant while turning left, or simply following one's nose, takes one into the bakery. This bakery turns out an array of baked goods, from several breads and rolls to pies, tarts, cupcakes, cakes, cookies, turnovers and still more. It's the bread, however, which draws one in with its ever present aroma.
We had stopped in for breakfast and afterward checked out the bakery and simply couldn't resist trying a couple of the cookies and a couple of turnovers. They were, as one would expect, as good as it gets!
This may well have been the oldest restaurant we have eaten in and definitely was the first courthouse in which we've dined. The restaurant, bakery and shops are housed in what was once the first Guysborough Courthouse, built in 1790. This makes it one of the oldest, if not
the oldest, buildings in Guysborough. When built, it housed not only the courthouse, but the jail, as well.
Days-Gone-By Bakery and Café, Main Street. c1790.
This building incorporates the first court house in town, which was
built in 1790 and was moved to this site. Another portion of
the building was floated across the harbour from its previous
location, and the gift shop was originally the home of
Alexander Torrey, carriage builder.
From A Walking Tour of Guysborough
Days Gone By is a bit of everything: a bakery, restaurant, antiques and gift shop, plus a Christmas loft where you can stock up on ornaments any darn time you please. The business is housed in what was the community’s first courthouse and, like the many historic buildings in Guysborough, its heritage is noted on a small plaque on the front of the structure.
From the Halifax Chronicle Herald