Head to Pellston for warm hospitality and honest food at Dam Site Inn, where you'll be transported back in time. This article first appeared in Traverse Northern Michigan. Find this story and more when you explore our magazine library. Want Traverse delivered to your...
Savor these six new Old Mission Peninsula wine releases.Nature’s unpredictable pivots have forced Old Mission Peninsula growers and winemakers to stay nimble during the last two harvests when late springs and cold, wet autumns have curtailed crop yields and ripening...
Lie in bed late, perk up with a cup of locally roasted Joe then go be your best brunch self at one of these on-point Northern Michigan restaurants. Read on as we follow our morning hunger to some of the North’s best brunch spots. This article first appeared in...
The North is flush with boutique roasters sourcing some of the planet's best beans and creating nuanced coffees that are every bit as terroir-driven as Old Mission Peninsula riesling. Level up your home-brew game with these essential beans from A-list Northern...
All good things come in pairs, and you'll believe it when you dive into these 15 uniquely Northern Michigan food pairings. We've paired them up; now it's your turn to indulge.Pairing No. 1 Leelanau Savory Genovese Raclette Pesto | Traverse City Leelanau Savory might...
When it comes to smoked meats, you've got to visit Gabe's Country Smoked Meats in Maple City. GABE'S COUNTRY SMOKED MEATS | 12963 S. Maple City Rd., Maple City | 231.228.6224 Fresh cuts of marbled pork shoulder, sausage-friendly spices like garlic, coriander and...
In Northern Michigan, riesling is our jam. Bright and beautiful, this one of the seven noble vitis vinifera (read, wine grapes) tastes like a travel brochure for the Grand Traverse region. It's the stylistic scope of the wine, however, the unimaginable range of bone...
Leave the citrus-spiked wheat beers and hard seltzers at home, this is hunkering season and time to explore the hefty textures and roasty manifold malt flavors of brewing’s dark arts. For this month’s Northern Michigan beer rodeo, we’re specifically dealing with...
It’s a languid winter Saturday. Fresh snow is piled on the pine boughs and the coffee pot is empty. It’s time for a Bloody Mary, the queen of breakfast cocktails and a surefire way to stoke your inner warmth before heading out to play in the snow. The pursuit of this...
Our northern latitude, sandy soils and short, cool growing seasons spike the natural acidity in wine grapes. While the resulting chemistry makes a challenging metric for producing ripe, fully developed fruit from fickle varieties like pinot noir every year, these same...
Pop in and celebrate at these Northern Michigan wine bars.Tim's Pick // Provisions Wine Lounge // Boyne City Stepping into Provisions Wine Lounge, an ice-beaded bottle of bubbly pops it cork on cue. Giant charcuterie boards punctuated with ribbons of prosciutto, fiery...
2019 marks a ten-year anniversary for Jen Welty and 9 Bean Rows Bakery in Suttons Bay, slinging sourdough boules and flaky croissants to rival the finest French patisseries. We sit down to carb load and talk cold weather bread, Leelanau terroir and new beginnings....
An October afternoon hiking the blazing autumn hillsides is best capped with good food and wine. You’ll find both at these destination eateries. Read on as we get the dish on Rock’s Landing and travel leafy country highways to some of the North's best restaurants for...
Pack your bikes, your boots and your best flannel because you’ll need to burn some calories and then replenish them in this food mecca. You're going to love these Marquette restaurants. Marquette’s ornate sandstone architecture, Belle Époque accents and ultra-friendly...
Barrel + Beam, a craft brewery in Marquette, Michigan, packs pucker and amped-up aromatics into attention-worthy sour beers. Let's go! Barrel + Beam 260 Northwoods Road, Marquette | 906.273.2559 Occupying the rad log building that once housed Marquette’s Northwoods...
Find delicious local fish in markets and restaurants across Northern Michigan. Gates Au Sable Lodge 471 Stephan Bridge Rd, Grayling // 989.348.8462 Okay, this stretch of the Au Sable is catch and release only so that speckled brown trout that just leapt from the river...
The Petoskey Wine Region is the North’s next frontier in cool climate viticulture and Walloon Lake Winery co-owner Britta Dennis and winemaker Matt Killman are leading the charge with fresh, fruit-driven wines pressed from cold-hardy grapes like Marquette and La...
Basking under Northern Michigan's cerulean summer sky is thirsty work. The best remedies we know are easy drinking alchemies of white liquor, bright citrus and fresh herbs. Mammoth Distilling in Central Lake (and Bellaire and TC) shares the spirit of summer with us....
Sip rosé all day with Shady Lane Cellars Winemaker Kasey Wierzba. With a counterclockwise swirl, an inviting waft of strawberries and a sip of the mouthwatering acid verve that defines the wines of Northwest Michigan, we’re off, drinking pinot noir rosé and marching...
Beneath a cone-shaped beacon hung slightly askance in Charlevoix's Van Pelt Alley, the psychedelic chalkboard at Brian’s Ice Cream Experience shouts out today’s flavors: cherry basil, salted caramel, vanilla rhubarb bourbon, riotously pink beet poppy seed and Brian’s...
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