Category: Food & Drink
Get the scoop on Door County food and drink scene, including breweries, restaurants and taverns. From Brussels to Washington Island, we’ve got the latest on what the peninsula’s chefs, bartenders, and artisans are cooking up for you in Door County.
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Top Shelf Gourmet Has Rush Creek Reserve Cheese
The seasonal Rush Creek Reserve cheese is now available at Sister Bay’s Top Shelf Gourmet, a gourmet grocery that carries a variety of award-winning domestic and international cheeses. Uplands Cheese in Dodgeville, Wisconsin, produces Rush Creek Reserve, and cheese lovers cherish it for its creamy richness. It’s available only during the late fall because it […]
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Go Bo! Holiday Cookie Drive-Through Nov. 28 in Sister Bay
Cookie lovers can donate $15 to receive two hand-crafted “paint your own” cookies – an activity and treat in one! – during the Go Bo! Holiday Cookie Drive-Through on Nov. 28, 12-2 pm, at the Sister Bay downtown visitor center. Drivers and passengers should remain in their vehicle, and volunteers will be masked. Cash and credit cards […]
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The State of the Food Scene, Nov. 20
Your weekly winter dining update Since Gov. Tony Evers’ recent address, some local establishments have closed their indoor dining, and others have adopted online-ordering systems. Cornerstone Pub in Baileys Harbor announced on its social media that “due to the governor’s mandate and Gibraltar School District’s amended back-to-school plan, as a large gathering place, we have […]
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La Cocina Catering Offers Northern Door Pizza Delivery
Karen and Gil Garza – the Ellison Bay couple behind La Cocina Catering – have been busy this season as their pizza delivery service has picked up during the pandemic. Now in their fourth year of business, the Garzas run the only restaurant offering free local delivery in Northern Door, from the intersection of Highway […]
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Greens N Grains Offers Local Pasture-Raised and Free-Range Turkey
As Thanksgiving approaches and plans for the big holiday meal are coming together, Greens N Grains in Egg Harbor is taking advance orders for pasture-raised turkeys from Sunset Farms in Brussels (17-22 pounds at $5.25 per pound) and for free-range turkeys from Mary’s Free-Range Turkeys, based in central California (8-25 pounds, $3.49 per pound). Mary’s […]
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Your weekly winter-dining update As we shift into the final months of the year with the pandemic still weighing heavily on our minds, dining establishments are again having to adjust – this time to adapt to the changing weather. The summer months graced us with mild weather, which allowed many businesses to take advantage of outdoor […]
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Sturgeon Bay Area Community Thanksgiving Dinner
For the sake of safety, the long-standing community Thanksgiving dinner sponsored by the Sturgeon Bay United Methodist Church will be held as a carryout event this year. The delicious, home-cooked meal will include turkey, mashed potatoes, dressing, gravy, squash, corn and an individual apple or cherry pie. To reserve a dinner, please call the church […]
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Now Serving: Curbside Soup at Grasse’s Grill
When Grasse’s Grill closed early in August because of the challenges of the pandemic, co-owner Jess Grasse found herself sorely missing her connection with customers. To meet a bit of that need, she created a way to sell some favorite soups by taking advance orders and planning a contactless pickup service for customers on Saturdays. […]
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New Business: Door County Bagel Company
Alex and Patrick Cole moved to Door County in 2012, and although they love the area’s cafes and coffee shops, they found themselves missing bagels and thought a bagel shop would do well in Sturgeon Bay. “It’s an idea we’ve had for a while,” Alex said. “We moved here from a college town where there […]
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Suds with Sophie: Brewing Ingredients, Part 6
Yeast, Part 1 by Sophie Nelson [email protected] The final ingredient in beer – yeast – was essential but unknown even as recently as the 1500s, although beer had been made since at least 5000 B.C. In 1516, the Reinheitsgebot Beer Purity Law, introduced in Bavaria, limited the ingredients that could be used to make beer to […]
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Thanksgiving Meals Available for Northern Door Residents
A traditional Thanksgiving menu will again be available free of charge to northern Door County residents courtesy of First Baptist Church in Sister Bay and Bethel Baptist Church in Ellison Bay. This is an outreach to individuals, couples or families that may be dealing with health concerns, financial difficulties, mobility issues or isolation. This year […]
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Wild Tomato Now Has Frozen Pizzas
Fans of Door County’s Wild Tomato can now find the pizzas in the frozen-pizza section at the Piggly Wiggly in Sister Bay, at the Milwaukee-area grocery chain Sendik’s Food Markets and at most Grand Central Station convenience stores around the state. Current flavors, based on Wild Tomato’s specialty pizzas, include D-Lux, Green & Gold, sausage […]
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Thyme Cuisine Says Farewell to Maxwelton Braes to Focus on Catering
At the end of the 2020 season, the proprietors of Thyme Cuisine & Catering will cease serving at the restaurant located at Maxwelton Braes Lodge in Baileys Harbor and transition to catering full time from their live/work space in Sister Bay. Thyme Cuisine has been serving at Maxwelton Braes since 2017 while continuing to operate […]
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Thyme Catering: A Q&A with Owners and Chefs Tonda Gagliardo and Karl Bradley
When Gagliardo and Bradley came to Door County in 1995 after hearing about the seasonal cooking scene from a neighbor in Michigan, they couldn’t have predicted that 25 years later, they would run one of the largest catering operations in the county, serving 25-30 weddings a year, and operating a seasonal fine-dining restaurant at Maxwelton […]
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Know Your Fisherman: Henriksen Fisheries
This week we pivot our Know Your Grower series away from harvesting produce to harvesting whitefish. The bountiful waters of Lake Michigan surround Door County, making it home to a vibrant fishing community that dates back to the mid-1800s. That community today includes several larger commercial fishing operations, including Henriksen Fisheries. The fishermen: Charlie and […]
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Pop-up Markets Popping Up for Fall
Outdoor farmers’ markets have ended as the harvest season concludes and chilly weather moves in, but some vendors are keeping options open for shoppers in northern Door County. Starting last week, two pop-up markets are taking place weekly, providing great opportunities to visit some local vendors and artisans. Masks and social distancing are required. Pop-up […]
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Getting Your Licks In at Not Licked Yet
For visitors and residents alike, a trip to Fish Creek often involves taking a trek down a steep hill to get a dip or two of cold, creamy custard at Not Licked Yet: a custard and sandwich stand — and so much more — that’s been an institution in the area since 1982. Owners Susie […]
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Beer and Halloween candy pairings – for real! by Sophie Nelson, [email protected] Just because trick-or-treating will be minimal at best this year, that doesn’t mean you should skip the candy purchases. Instead, have a spooky night at home pairing your favorite candies with some delicious beers! Pairing beer and food is almost never a one-perfect-pair […]
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Following a Bountiful Harvest in 2020, Now What?
Gardeners cope with canning-supplies shortage Wanda Woldt, an almost-self-sufficient Sturgeon Bay farmer, had to search long and hard to find supplies to preserve the fruit and vegetables from her garden this year. Woldt has been canning green beans, jams, pickles, tomatoes and more for about 35 years now, and she’s never seen canning lids so […]
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One-pan skillet meals to excite the tastebuds Summer is here, and this year — more than any other — it feels really special. The warm breezes, the open windows, the smell of the lake — these are all things I cherish. They feel so much bigger this year than in years past. This past year […]