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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Community Honey Harvest Was Big Success
The Door County Beekeepers Club’s (doorcountybeekeepersclub.org) inaugural Community Honey Harvest was an educational success as visitors enjoyed the many bee stations in and around the Collins Learning Center at Crossroads at Big Creek. The event’s focus was to share the fascinating world of honeybees through hands-on activities – especially witnessing pure, golden honey being extracted from […]
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Belgian Heritage Center’s Hunters’ Raffle and Wild-Game Meal
The second annual hunters’ raffle will take place at the Belgian Heritage Center (belgianheritagecenter.org), 1255 County Road DK in Brussels, on Sept. 14, 11 am – 3 pm. Among the 20-plus major prizes are hunting firearms, a crossbow, handmade outdoor products, taxidermy gift certificates and much more. Ticket holders do not need to be present […]
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Cheers!: A Match Made in Heaven
This one has been calling to me for some time: Blackberry Berliner Weisse Ale from Hinterland Brewing of Green Bay. I do love blackberries in beer, and I do love the sour Berliner Weisse, so this should be a match made in heaven. And it is. Wow, what a beer! Tart, but not too tart. […]
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Flannel John Cookbooks Relocates to Sturgeon Bay
Flannel John Cookbooks (flanneljohn.com) has moved its headquarters to Sturgeon Bay. What started in 2012 as a collection of recipes for cooking-impaired friends at deer camp has now grown to 70 titles, with more on the way. The series covers topics for campers, RVers, college students, tailgaters, bacon lovers, burger fans, hot dog nuts, jerky […]
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Learn About Door County Herbal Teas at Hidden Acres
Herbalist Dave LaLuzerne will host a celebration of Door County herbal teas Sept. 13, 5-7 pm, at Hidden Acres Farm, 11128 Beach Road in Sister Bay. It’s a fundraiser for the Climate Change Coalition of Door County. LaLuzerne will introduce guests to the bounty of delicious and beneficial herbs that thrive on the Door peninsula […]
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Parallel 44 Celebrates Harvest Fest
After months of pruning, pulling and managing its 10-acre vineyard, Parallel 44 Vineyard and Winery (parallel44.com) invites you to join its annual Harvest Fest on Sept. 7, 12-6 pm. Compete in the grape stomp at 3 pm; take a tour of the vineyard and production facility with winemaker Steve; enjoy a wagon ride around the […]
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Ephraim’s Newest Gem: Pearl Wine Cottage
The picturesque village of Ephraim is known for its charming, white buildings and tranquil water views, and the newly opened Pearl Wine Cottage matches perfectly by embodying the quaint, relaxed Ephraim atmosphere. Nestled into a space just off Church Street near Ephraim Coffee Lab and Milworks, Pearl Wine Cottage officially opened for service the weekend […]
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Hatch Distilling Launches Pebble Beach Fundraising Promotion
Hatch Distilling Co. of Egg Harbor has crafted a new promotion to contribute to preserving Pebble Beach. Seven Northern Door restaurants will serve specialty cocktails made with Hatch gin or vodka through the end of October, donating $1 per cocktail to the Door County Land Trust’s fund to preserve Pebble Beach. Hatch will match each […]
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Professional barbecue teams from around the country traveled to Washington Island for the eighth annual Death’s Door BBQ competition Aug. 23 and 24. The Kansas City Barbeque Society sanctions the event, held at the Washington Island Airport. A total of $8,000 in prize money plus various honors were awarded. Local competitors included T-Mac Smokin’ from […]
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This Weekend in Door County: Marina Fest, Sausage Fest & Wilderness Day
Sister Bay Marina Fest All weekend long join the festival of fun in Sister Bay where you can find live music, kids’ carnival, food vendors, a vintage boat show and fireworks. See the full schedule here. Sausage Fest at One Barrel Brewing Company Find an Oktoberfest beer tent from One Barrel Brewing Co., hot sausages […]
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Cheers!: Fresh-Squeezed and Literary IPAs
Rob Moore of the Ephraim Yacht Club stopped by the other day with a six-pack of Deschutes Fresh Squeezed IPA, informing me that although he is aware I’m not a big fan of [American] IPAs, he heard this was a good one. He added that he used to live in Portland and is well aware […]
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Firefly Outfitters: A Specially Curated Library of Wine
Firefly Outfitters is like walking into a well-loved bookstore, except instead of shelves full of books, there is carefully curated wine; instead of searching by genres and new releases, you’ll browse by countries of import and grape varietals. Having relied primarily on word-of-mouth promotion since opening in 2016, the shop flies slightly under the radar, […]
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The 2019 Wet Whistle Wine Fest will be held Sept. 13, 5-9 pm; and Sept. 14, 10 am – 6 pm, at the von Stiehl Winery (vonStiehl.com), 115 Navarino St. in Algoma. If offers a grape stomp, hearty sandwiches, cider, beer, soda and lots of wine: red, white, rosé, semi-sweet, dry, you name it. Food […]
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Dinner in the Vineyard to Feature Matt Poole
Matt Poole of Hotel Washington will prepare the entrée this year for this year’s five-course Dinner in the Vineyard, Aug. 29 on Washington Island. “I don’t always get to be there with guests while they are enjoying their meal,” he said. “I’m excited to be able to share a meal, especially at Gathering Ground, which […]
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Having one of those blah days when I needed a powerful pick-me-up to lift me from the ordinary, I saw it immediately, looking down at me from the top shelf: Lindemans Kriek [Cherry] Lambic. Yes, let some tart, bright, cherry crispness enter my world. The cherry flavor is intense and amazing. I don’t want it […]
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This Weekend in Door County: Barbeque and the Blues
Although the end of August is in sight, summertime fun in Door County is showing no signs of slowing down. This weekend, there’s an event for everyone. Enjoy celebrated blues performances, taste award-winning barbeque, browse local art and spend some time in the great outdoors. Festivals and Celebrations Death’s Door BBQ, Aug. 24 A Kansas […]
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An Introduction to the Lobster Roll
Although Door County is known for freshwater fishing and the resulting bounty of whitefish, that doesn’t mean you can’t also find some saltwater favorites on menus around the peninsula. One of these summertime staples – the lobster roll – is better known on the nation’s northeast coast, where lobster can be bought straight from the trap. According […]
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Few Seats Available for Washington Island’s Dinner in the Vineyard
Only a few seats remain for the Aug. 29 Dinner in the Vineyard on Washington Island. This benefit for the Gathering Ground farm – an innovative, nonprofit farm founded in 2016 to gather people together to celebrate, learn about and practice regenerative agriculture – gathers top chefs from the island and peninsula for a magical night among […]
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Sturgeon Bay Chef to Appear on Food Network
Emilie Rose Bishop will appear on Guy Fieri’s Guy’s Grocery Games on Aug. 28, 8 pm, on the Food Network. Bishop recently moved from Chicago to Sturgeon Bay to join the Union Supper Pub as its executive chef/partner – a move that takes her full circle because she began her culinary career as a dishwasher when […]
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Food Trucks and Floaties at Anclam Beach
No shoes, no shirts, no problem! Celebrate the food-truck scene in Baileys Harbor during Food Trucks and Floaties (baileysharbor.doorcounty.com) on Aug. 17, 11 am – 4 pm. Enjoy offerings from local food-truck vendors – Chives’ Harbor Pizza and Harbor Griddle & Grill trucks, the Lumberjack Taco Shack, Wally’s Weenie Wagon and Ohana Hospitality – and […]