Smoke and Sugar Shack

02/18/2024

Don’t forget we are closed tomorrow for family day!

If you can’t make it out in the next couple hours before closing we will not be reopen again until Tuesday morning!

Alternatively we have our long distance delivery runs Tuesday and local deliveries Wednesday if coming out today in this awful weather is not an option for you!

02/17/2024

In case you haven’t been at the store recently or missed the sign at the store on your recent visit, we are closed on Family Day (Monday Feb 19th 2024)

Thanks!

02/05/2024

GOOD AFTERNOON!

We come with an official update about extending our delivery service long distance! After some consideration from our poll over the weekend we’ve decided to extend our delivery services to the following areas: Wasaga, Collingwood, Elmvale, Barrie, Innisfil and everywhere in between our store and there!

Unfortunately there was not as much interest eastwards towards Tay & Orillia however we do have a driver that can take orders upon request only. Meaning you can still message and ask for a delivery and we will check if our backup driver is available to deliver to you a day that week!

To keep things simple, rules will remain the same as local deliveries, your ORDER & PAYMENT must be in BEFORE MONDAYS 5PM. Long distance deliveries to Wasaga & Collingwood will be done WEEKLY every TUESDAY. Long distance deliveries to Barrie & Innisfil will be done BIWEEKLY every other TUESDAY. Deliveries will take place between 8am and 9pm. Prepaid only, we will not accept cash, we do not carry a machine, you must pay by transfer before Monday. We are OFFICIALLY accepting delivery requests long distance for Next Tuesday!

As we’ve always done with our local deliveries, we will change and adjust anything as necessary, including delivery days, payment deadlines, fees & areas we offer delivery to. This means if we feel the need to take a location off our list because not enough are using the service there we will. This means if we feel there is not enough using the service in this area as we thought would we will increase the fees. This means if our driver is suddenly only available Thursdays we will change the delivery day. Things will change and adjust as we feel necessary as we learn to adapt to long distance deliveries.

There will be a follow up post in the comments below regarding fees!

01/16/2024

Hello!

‘Tis the Season! Winter finally arrived and with that being said we’re sending out a firm reminder to make sure you have a safe pathway from your driveway to your front door for our delivery drivers!

We will not trek through a foot and a half of snow to get to your front door. We will not walk on a sheet of ice to get to your porch. We will not climb stairs that haven’t been shovelled in days.

We will not work to get to your front door and risk getting hurt trying to get there. If you cannot plow/shovel/sand/salt your driveway/deck/porch we will leave your delivery at the closest safest location on your property! One of our delivery drivers is carrying precious cargo and cannot risk a fall in an unfinished driveway!

01/09/2024

Roads don’t look great here we’ve been watching people slide down the hill all day and we are hearing roads aren’t much better on the way out of here so we will be closing between 3:30-4:00 so bad weather & low daylight don’t contribute to our employee getting home safely on top of poor road conditions.

01/09/2024

Please keep this in mind when thinking of heading our way today.

We will be monitoring the weather conditions and listening to road reports from customers as they come in all day. There is a strong chance we will be closed early today if heavy snow and winds pick up in the afternoon.

Always remember to check here for the latest closure updates due to weather conditions!

❄️ MORNING BREAKDOWN: What to Expect as the Winter Storm Arrives in the Coming Hours

📅 Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - MORNING

⤵️ FULL FORECAST:
https://instantweatherinc.com/ontario/forecast/2024/1/8/winter-storm

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Here’s a look at what you can expect for this morning as the winter storm approaches.

The storm will begin early Tuesday morning as initial bands of precipitation cross into Deep Southwestern Ontario. Heavy wet snow is expected in Windsor, Chatham, Sarnia, London, and the Niagara region, transitioning to rain by late morning.

Further north, colder air will result in more prolonged snow across the Golden Horseshoe and westward through the Kitchener region. Ice pellets may mix in, especially along the Lake Ontario shoreline and south of the Hwy 401 corridor.

This is only the beginning as conditions will only worsen throughout the afternoon as heavy snow spreads across Central and Eastern Ontario.

Stay safe!

Be sure to check out our complete forecast for the entire breakdown: https://instantweatherinc.com/ontario/forecast/2024/1/8/winter-storm

- Brennen

01/04/2024

Due to an emergency the store will be closing at noon today we will reopen when our on call employee gets here.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

01/03/2024

🚨 DELIVERY UPDATE 🚨

This is becoming a lot more frequent recently and we’re not sure why but PLEASE DO NOT send us money for a delivery unless you’ve spoken to us.

We keep getting e transfers from people but no messages calls inboxes or voicemails. We will not chase you for your order. It is YOUR responsibility to CONTACT us AND PAY. This is the 5th week in a row this has happened.

These payments can easily be missed without a message as deliveries are only checked by message not payment. Meaning we go through our messages and call logs to see who has placed an order THEN we check our transfer history to see who has or hasn’t sent payment.

This means if you send us $220 but don’t text, call or inbox us one of these days we may miss that payment and you won’t get your delivery.

MESSAGE FIRST
PAY SECOND.

01/03/2024

She’s contacted us - thank you

If you know Carmen Dobie please have her get a hold of us.

Yet again we’ve received a money transfer with no message call or inbox history for a recent order.

Possibly a mistake?

We have a history of deliveries with her from months ago but nothing recent. The deliveries she got aren’t even the same/consistent so we can’t just assume what this was for either. We need her to contact us before noon today if this was for a delivery. We are unable to reach her by phone as of yet.

12/21/2023

🎄 Holiday Hours 🎄

Christmas Eve 9-3
Christmas Day CLOSED
Boxing Day CLOSED
New Years Eve 9-3
New Years Day CLOSED

All other days will be regular posted business hours.

12/18/2023

Edit: we found her, thanks.

If your name is Cathy Fairfield can you message us.

We got a transfer today from “cathy fairfield” at about 3:00pm but we have no texts, no calls, no voicemails and no inboxes showing any delivery request. As far as the owner knows there are no voicemails on her phone either for an order so either it got deleted or you spoke to a live person on the phone and we did not get the message or this was some big mix up and you sent money to the wrong email.

Thanks 😊

12/15/2023

This is the last weekend before Christmas Eve/Christmas if you’re still looking for some Christmas gift ideas for a loved one we just got a few new styles of moccasins AND mukluks in just in time for Christmas. You’re gonna wanna see these, they’re GORGEOUS 🤭😍

Also still a good selection of shirts doormats and other items too 😊

12/08/2023

Don’t forget to think of us when shopping local during these holidays!

We’ve got a large selection of Christmas & gift items including t-shirts, doormats, home decor, car decals, coasters, mugs and ornaments that are all locally made

As well as other popular gifts and stocking stuffer items including: windproof torch lighters, cigarette cases, pipes, scent bombs, moccasins mukluks (even wider variety expected NEXT week), vapes, pods, grinders, and so much more!

Have you seen the doormat that went viral on tiktok a couple months ago? Only available here! You’ll know it when you see it 😉

P.S. Your wife called she wants that pink shirt, she personally told us 😉

If you see a locally made item but not in a size or colour you like ask us if we can custom make it to your likings before Christmas!

Shop around on your next visit. Hours can be found in our “about” section!

11/27/2023

‘Tis the Season.

Good morning everyone! We’d like to send out an annual friendly reminder that the season of nasty weather is upon us. Please remember to check in often before heading out our way. This is the season where we tend to close early a lot and not open period. We are in a very remote and rural area And we are right on the water which means roads gets nasty, weather gets nasty, visibility gets nasty, nobody wants to be stuck in the kind of weather we usually see our way and we certainly don’t want to see our employees at risk by driving home in unsafe weather conditions.

Please remember to check in here as often as possible to get updates as 99% of the time we have to close for weather related reasons we will post it here in advance! Thanks 😊

2:04a SNOW SQUALL WARNING REPLACES SNOW SQUALL WATCH by Environment Canada

DATE: Monday, November 27, 2023

(Locations listed below description)

First significant snow squalls of the season expected this afternoon through Tuesday.

Hazards: Local accumulations of 20 to 35 cm, with isolated higher amounts possible. Intense snowfall rates of 5 to 10 cm per hour at times, particularly tonight into Tuesday morning. Very poor visibility at times in heavy snow and blowing snow.

Timing: This afternoon through Tuesday.

Discussion: The first significant lake effect snow squalls of the season are forecast to begin this afternoon. These snow squalls will continue tonight before weakening late Tuesday.

Of particular concern is the potential development of a very intense band of lake effect snow tonight. If this band develops, it may produce intense snowfall rates of 5 to 10 cm per hour. The band is expected to Meander somewhat, but if it locks in, some locations may receive significantly higher amounts.

Strong westerly winds followed by northwesterly winds will accompany these snow squalls resulting in significantly reduced visibility at times in heavy snow and blowing snow.

Visibility will be suddenly reduced to near zero at times in heavy snow and blowing snow. Rapidly accumulating snow could make travel difficult over some locations. Consider postponing non-essential travel until conditions improve. Road closures are possible.

Please continue to monitor alerts and forecasts issued by Environment Canada.

To report severe weather in Ontario, send an email to [email protected] or tweet reports using .

NEW:

- Balsam Lake Park
- Bracebridge
- Bruce Peninsula
- Coldwater
- Fenelon Falls
- Gravenhurst
- Lagoon City
- Midland
- Northern Kawartha Lakes
- Orillia
- Orr Lake
- Port Carling
- Port Severn
- Sauble Beach
- Tobermory
- Washago

https://instantweather.ca/2023/11/27/IB6cqe-snow-squall-warning-replaces-snow-squall-watch/

11/23/2023

Due to some unforeseen circumstances we have to close at 6pm today instead of 7pm. Sorry for the inconvenience.

11/21/2023

Our apologies if anybody’s made the trip out our way tonight I was just informed that employee left 45 minutes ago. We’ll reopen at 9am tomorrow!

11/13/2023

Anyone know a Patricia Phillips?

We received a transfer from her late this afternoon but we have no history of messages or calls or texts from someone with this name.

We’ve double checked all messages and calls we did get for deliveries thinking somebody sent under a different name then they messaged under but everybody has sent. It’s an extra transfer we have with no order to go with it …

If you know her could you have her reach out to our page … we are thinking it could possibly be mistake maybe? We don’t even have a transfer history with that name.

If you know her please have her message us so we can get this money back to her she may not realize she sent to the wrong person!

10/30/2023

Tomorrow October 31st (Halloween night) we will be closing at 4pm to accommodate trick or treating hours as all our staff have young families to take out in the evening.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!

10/06/2023

Thanksgiving weekend hours:

Friday 9-7
Saturday 9-5
Sunday 9-5
Monday 9-3

10/05/2023

Bring cash.

Unexpected thunderstorm has knocked the wifi out here. Which means no debit no credit no cards period. Cash only.

Appears this weather doesn’t stop until nearly closing hour!

Thank you 😊

10/04/2023

Just another friendly reminder: we do NOT have a website.

We’d like to create one has people have requested one to view everything we sell however it’s not something that has happened yet.

This happens every summer and winter hour change people complain “your website says you’re open til this time” we DO NOT have a website. The website that was created for our business 15 years ago has not been active in probably 12 and we no longer have access to it to change anything or deactivate it since the previous owner passed away and never wrote the login credentials anywhere.

All ACCURATE information can ALWAYS be found here on this page and this page only 😊

Thank you!

P.S we know Google still says our summer hours. They’ve been changed but when we change Google hours it takes 3-5 business days for Google to reflect that change 😉😊

10/02/2023

We’ve decided to close early at 3:00 today for the holiday.

We apologize for the last minute decision. Thank you for understanding!

We return to normal hours tomorrow.

Make sure to check the about section on our page for our fall and winter hours. Came into effect October 1st and will remain in effect into April!

09/28/2023

Mallory Monague we have a parcel at our store for you.

Guessing the delivery driver mistook us for the post office 🤷🏻‍♀️

We didn’t realize till after he had left what the name on it was.

So you’re package is here at the store you can pick up during our business hours!

09/28/2023

Do you have your orange shirt for this weekend?

National day for truth & reconciliation is this Saturday September 30th.

Wear orange to raise awareness. We’ve still got a decent supply left but they start to move very fast in the days leading up to September 30th so get yours before they’re gone!

We’ve also got stickers for your car 😊

09/19/2023

Deliveries may be delayed a little bit tomorrow.

Only one available to do deliveries works our store from 9am to 8pm but all should still be done before 9:30pm it just may be a few minutes after 9 before he gets to you.

Thank you for your patience and understanding!

09/13/2023

Orange Shirt supply has been refreshed.

Lots of adult sizes ranging from Sm-XXL and new this year we have limited youth sizes ranging from XS(4) to XL(18-20)

09/04/2023

Labour Day Hours (Monday September 4th)

9-5pm

08/23/2023

🚨 DELIVERY UPDATE 🚨

Due to the ever growing popularity of our delivery service we have to update our times of service that we originally set in place when this service returned in February 2022.

We’ve decided that to be able to accommodate the amount of people seeking a delivery some weeks we will have to extend our delivery times from 8am to 9pm every Wednesday instead of 9-6.

This means if we have not shown up by 6:00 do not fret we are still out making our rounds you will get your delivery before 9pm!