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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Zero Sum Walking Lightly on the Earth
Imagine starting a business. Difficult, right? Now imagine starting a business in which the amount and type of resources used are such that their impact on the planet is nonexistent. How can such a business be successful? That’s what Stroyan Dimitrov has set out to discover. The owner of a juice bar and breakfast cafe […]
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Cultured DC Creates Sourdough, Other Fermented Foods
There’s a new sourdough culture in the county, and we have the COVID-19 pandemic to thank because it allowed baker Mattea Fischer to devote herself to building her new business. “I found myself without a full-time job, and I’m very privileged to have benefited in some small way as I was forced to create a […]
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Know Your Grower: Robbens Nest Farm
Location: North of Sturgeon Bay at 4724 Mathey Road Acreage: 20 acres Meet your growers: Josiah Robben and Joe Lopez, plus farm dogs Judy and Dexter Josiah Robben and Joe Lopez have been growing and selling vegetables and flowers for 17 seasons in Door County, following in the footsteps of Robben’s grandparents’ self-sustaining family farm […]
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Blackbird Bake Shop Offers Custom Cakes, Cupcakes
Professionally trained baker and pastry chef Sara Unkefer has opened her own business in the space where Cloud Nine had been on County Q between Baileys Harbor and Sister Bay. The new venture, Blackbird Bake Shop, is not currently open to the public, but it is open for custom cake and cupcake orders. Unkefer, who […]
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Rowleys Bay Resort’s Fish Boils Are on Pause
Grandma’s Swedish Bakery’s Pecan Rolls Are Not After a trial run opening during the July Fourth weekend, owner Jewel Ouradnik announced on Instagram that the restaurant and fish boils at Rowleys Bay Restaurant and Resort are going to be closed for the time being. “With the business model we have and our lack of staff, […]
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Your Summer Lobster Roll is at Harbor Fish Market
Although we aren’t surrounded by the salty waters of the ocean here in Door County, you can still indulge in the coastal favorite sandwich of the summer: the lobster roll. Several places throughout the peninsula serve a lobster roll, but last week I tried Harbor Fish Market in Baileys Harbor, which is known for its […]
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Lil Diablas Popping Up with Frozen Treats
Claire Erickson has handmade ice cream and other frozen treats to soothe your summer cravings for something cool at her Lil Diablas frozen-pop stand. Erickson crafts these delicious treats herself using mostly local ingredients and creative flavor combinations. “My passions are art and food, so I decided to blend the two together to create beautiful, […]
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Kick Ash Coffee Celebrates One Year
On July 2, Kick Ash celebrated its one-year anniversary in its new space at the corner of Highway 42 and Mink River Road in Ellison Bay. Kick Ash produces artisan granola, freshly roasted coffee and gluten-free bakery items, and it sells fun and creative gifts. The current location offers comfortable seating inside in the renovated […]
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Spritz: a New Pop-Up Concept at Goose & Twigs
Goose & Twigs Lodging in Sister Bay has debuted a new food-and-drink concept called Spritz to attract guests coming and going on Friday and Saturday evenings. The idea is modeled after the Italian aperitivo: a few hours between the end of the workday and before dinner that are filled with nibbling on snacks and sipping […]
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The Filling Station at Husby’s Opens Serving Frozen Cocktails
Next door to Husby’s Garage, you’ll now find the Filling Station, a frozen-drink bar with an attached open-air lounge area and front patio with bar seating. Its name is a nod to the history of the building, which was once a Standard Service gasoline filling station before becoming an ice cream shop for the last […]
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‘Simply Cuban’ Serving Authentic Cuban Food Lakeside
Simply Cuban Food Truck and Florian II’s HarBar Open in Baileys Harbor Zulema (Sue) and David Greco have opened a new food truck in Baileys Harbor called Simply Cuban. Sue, who is from Havana, Cuba, grew up eating traditional Cuban food and learned her recipes from her parents. “I’ve always wanted to do this,” she […]
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Suds with Sophie: Celebrate America with American Styles of Beer
by Sophie Nelson, [email protected] Take your celebration of America’s independence one step further this year by buying American-made beers in styles that were also made in America! Many styles that we are familiar with today are styles created in Europe and brought to America with the large waves of immigrants from many countries. Not all […]
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Picnics are having a moment. Now is a great time to take your mealtime out of doors because it’s easier than ever to get takeout – thanks to the increased availability and ease of ordering – and Door County has seemingly endless options for places where you can perch to chow down. Plus, keeping your distance […]
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Bits and Bites: Aronia Berries, the DisOnyx, Tap Cocktails and More Carhop
Discourse Coffee’s DisOnyx Supports Black Lives Matter Before Discourse Coffee even opened its doors in 2017, owner Ryan Castelez contacted Arkansas coffee roaster Onyx Coffee Lab to propose a collaboration. Born out of that partnership was the DisOnyx, a refreshing, revitalizing iced-coffee drink. “We developed this recipe together over the phone and through email, and […]
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Fred and Fuzzy’s Sold: Sale is contingent on zoning change
Pebble Beach has been preserved, but the views and cherry margaritas from Fred and Fuzzy’s Waterfront Bar and Grill next door may soon be a relic of the past. The owners of the restaurant and adjacent Little Sister Resort have accepted an offer on the restaurant and waterfront parcels of the Little Sister Resort property. […]
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Drive-through Dairy Distribution
A drive-through Dairy Distribution will take place on June 24, 4-6 pm at the Maplewood Church parking lot, 7491 County Road H, Sturgeon Bay. A free cooler bag of assorted dairy products including milk, butter, cheese curds, and other cheese products will be distributed one bag per vehicle, while supplies last. The dairy distribution is […]
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Bits & Bites: Fat Belly Bowls and Burritos
Welcome, Fat Belly Bowls and Burritos Luke Danger Boss, Ryan Dimmitt and Sam Lindsley have combined their restaurant experience to open Fat Belly Bowls and Burritos: a fun, approachable, fast-and-fresh food option in Sister Bay that’s focused on burritos. “The name and logo were a collaboration of all of our ideas that snowballed into what […]
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2020 Door County New Food & Drink
Bangkok Asian Takeout, 7778 Hwy 42, Egg Harbor Fresh Asian takeout from the Mojo Restaurant Group will eventually be located at the old Villaggio’s location in Juddville. For now, order from its pop-up location at Mojo Rosa’s in Egg Harbor. Bearded Heart, 8093 Hwy 57, Baileys Harbor The coffee shop that had been located in […]
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Brewing Ingredients Part 1: Water
Did you know that your beer is 95 to 98 percent water? That’s an extremely high percentage, yet its importance in creating beer is often overlooked. Nowadays, courtesy of a pretty keen understanding of water chemistry and how to manipulate it, the water composition at a brewing location is not very important. If a brewer […]
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SBHS Continues Farm Markets, Garden Walk
This was going to be a year of celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Sister Bay Historical Society (SBHS, sisterbayhistory.org), but although many events have been canceled, the society’s members will use the downtime to improve and remodel displays, and work on maintaining and restoring their buildings. SBHS’s annual Garden Walk is still going on, […]