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Leelanau Food & Dining Guide

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Dining & Restaurants

Blue Bird Restaurant - From the casual 100 seat bar, to the more elegant, scenic dining room on the banks of the Leland River, the Bluebird tradition of excellence is always apparent.

Riverside Inn Fine Dining - A charming and warm restaurant and inn on the banks of the Leland River and in the heart of the beautiful Leelanau Peninsula.

The Leland Lodge Restaurant - We offer Lunch and Dinner daily and also breakfast on weekends, a full service bar and of course full Banquet services and plenty of space for large parties, family re-unions and banquets of all kinds, for groups, clubs and corporations.

Old Mission Tavern - Wonderful cuisine with prime rib, fresh fish and seafood, lamb, steaks, chicken, duckling, pastas and signature soups and salads plus a weekly pierogie special make the Old Mission Tavern restaurant a habit with locals and a priority for visitors.

Kejara's Bridge - Restaurant, Coffee Shop, Art Gallery & Music Venue - Kejara's Bridge is a unique restaurant offering delicious, healthy breakfasts and lunches; . or maybe it is a coffeehouse, deli, art gallery, live music venue, meeting place, library branch, community center. Kejara's is all of these things, and has always offered a menu based on fresh, organic ingredients.

Food

What's For Dinner? - Offering superb food personalized to your tastes and prepared in your home. Let me save you time and make your life a little easier!

Village Cheese Shanty - A never-trendy, tourist friendly, palate teasing, neighborhood store offering fresh, made to order sandwiches, over 60 imported cheeses, local cherry and related products.

Taste the Local Difference - Taste the Local Difference is part of the Michigan Land Use Institute's Entrepreneurial Agriculture Project, which works to grow jobs, save farmland, and build healthier communities with food that's thousands of miles fresher.

Leelanau Coffee Co. - We're the Coffee Guys. We make coffee. We drink coffee. We sell coffee. We're in Glen Arbor. Come and see us!

Benjamin Twiggs - Delicious unique cherry products.

Cherry Republic - Try our dried cherries, chocolate covered cherries, cherry salsa or any of our many jams and jellies.

Leelanau Fruit Company - We sell cherry juice concentrate, dried cherries and other great cherry & blueberry products as well!

Leland Cherry Company - Cherry products, cherry concentrate, dried cherries, cherry skin products, cherry dog treats, cherry trivia and FAQs.

Murdick's Fudge Shoppe - Owned and operated by Doug Murdick's son, Dale and his wife Michelle, Murdick's Fudge Shoppe features great tasting fudge, candies, and chocolates.

Stone House Bread - Our bakery in Traverse City and cafe in Leland specialize in artisan, sourdough breads, pastries and other foods, using whole-grains, organic flour, well water and sea salt,

Northern Seasons Ol' Geezer Soup Mixes - Northern Seasons features delicious, easy-to-make Ol' Geezer Soup Mixes, healthy and great tasting Dried Fruits (cherries, cranberries and blueberries), dried fruit nut mix, cherry berry mix, and our chocolate and yogurt covered cherries (yum!).

Grocer's Daughter Chocolate - Welcome to Grocer's Daughter Chocolate. I use organic cream, locally grown organic fruit, my homegrown herbs, high quality nuts and seeds and primarily premium high cocoa content Rainforest Alliance certified chocolate.

Higher Grounds Trading Company Coffee - Offering you fine fair trade, organic, shade-grown coffees from around the world.

Sisson's Main Street Specialties - We offer Specialty Cookies, Pastries, Desserts, Breads, Coffee, Dressings, Sauces & Gift Baskets!

Leland Mercantile - Leland Mercantile is a full-line grocery store located in downtown Leland, Michigan.

Leelanau Cheese Company - John and Anne Hoyt produce award-winning Raclette and other traditional European style cheeses from pure, fresh, local cow's milk.

Cottonwood Springs Farm/Leelanau Natural Beef - Cottonwood Springs Farm is a 250 acre family owned Hereford cattle operation.

Weddings & Events

Leelanau Flowers - Leelanau Flowers is an exclusive wedding floral business located near the shores of Glen Lake in Leelanau County, Michigan.

And to Cherish, Sublime Wedding Vows - Jacquelyn Freeman, M.A. an Ordained Minister who works in Leelanau, Grand Traverse, Interlochen, and Old Mission, MIchigan.

Epicure Catering - Full Service Catering Company - The Leelanau-Traverse area offers a wealth of exceptional food products; exquisite wines, artisan breads and cheese, delicious produce, fine meats and fresh fish from Lake Michigan which are available to us locally.

Wineries & Breweries

Leelanau Peninsula Vintners Association - Leelanau wineries, wine trail map, news & events to help you have a world-class wine touring experience.

Black Star Farms - A small winery with a hand-crafted approach to winemaking in a glorious setting with inn, stables, creamery and full wedding & event hosting capabilities.

Leelanau Brewing Company - Our products are made from the finest all-natural ingredients employing old world brewing techniques.

Wine Country Limo Tours - If you've ever wanted to experience northwest Michigan's wine country from an insider's point of view, or simply wanted to go wine tasting with a designated driver who knows the wine country like the back of his hand, then kick back in the air-conditioned comfort of our luxury limo coach for a fun-filled scenic tour of local wineries and attractions with our knowledgeable local guides.

Longview Winery - Longview Winery is about the possibilities in life. The life of our grapes, our wines and ourselves. We are making the best wines possible from the grapes we grow to reflect the moment in time when they were created.

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