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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.

  • Cracklin' Rose

    Rapa, Kaga and Rosé at Harbor Ridge Winery

    If you’ve ever spotted a pair of Easter Island heads while driving on Highway 42 south of Egg Harbor and pondered what the story behind them is, you’re not alone. One day I decided to let curiosity take the reins and set out to find the story. The two sculpture heads sit at the entrance […]

  • Cheers! An American Pilsner and a German Amber

    The colorful six-pack container and colorful cans inside looked like they might be another iteration of IPA, but upon a closer look, I learn that Da Shootz! is a new American pilsner from Deschutes Brewery of Bend, Oregon. Well, several American pilsners have let me down in the past, so I had to try this […]

  • The Matriarch of the Bowl: Remembering Rita Willems

    When Earl Willems asked Rita Baeten out on a date in 1945, she stood him up. “I heard he was a rounder,” she recalled 72 years later. “He got in a lot of trouble with the ladies.” But they had shared a dance at Geisman’s Bar in Egg Harbor, and Earl was sold on the […]

  • Kinnard Farms to Host Breakfast on the Farm June 16

    Celebrate Dairy Month during June when the Kewaunee County Dairy Promotion Committee (DairyPromo.com) puts on the family-friendly Breakfast on the Farm: June 16 at Kinnard Farms, N8200 Tamarack Road in Casco. This year’s hosts are Rod, Maureen, Lee and Jackie Kinnard; David Stewart; and their valued employees, who farm more than 11,000 crop acres and […]

  • Settlement Shops’ Plant Sale and First Farmers’ Market: May 25

    The Settlement Shops will hold their first 2019 farmers’ market – and annual plant sale – on May 25, 9:30 am – 1:30 pm. The farm market will offer local, in-season produce such as salad greens, arugula and asparagus. And just in time for spring planting, the plant sale will include shrubs, trees, bushes, annuals, perennials, organics, tomato […]

  • Jacksonport Farmers’ Market Opens May 21

    Jacksonport’s 2019 farmers’ market – sponsored by the Jacksonport Area Business Association – will be held in Lakeside Park on Tuesdays, 9 am – 1 pm, starting May 21 and running through October. The market features nearly 30 booths staffed by local produce growers offering a wide variety of fruits and vegetables that vary with the season. Other […]

  • Ahnapee Brewery

    Cheers! Ahnapee Brewing’s PB Hobo

    ‘If You Can’t Control Your Peanut Butter, You Can’t Expect to Control Your Life’ Quite a while ago I gave up eating carb-heavy things such as bread and feel much better for it. However, when I tasted Ahnapee Brewing Company’s latest iteration of its annual, early May Hobo release – which this year is called […]

  • Algoma’s National Treasure: Bearcat’s Fish House

    Algoma, a lakeside city roughly 20 miles south of Sturgeon Bay, is where the Ahnapee River runs into Lake Michigan. The area serves as an access point for plenty of avid anglers, and the port is known as one of the greatest on the Great Lakes for sport fishing. In fact, Algoma is home to […]

  • Postal Service Will Collect Food for Hungry May 11

    City and rural mail carriers in Door County will collect nonperishable food donations left by mailboxes along their routes as they deliver mail on Saturday, May 11, to help stock food pantries. “We are overwhelmed by the great response we have had from the people in our community as evidenced by the 17,000 pounds of […]

  • Take a Staycation to Old Mexico

    Old Mexico in Sturgeon Bay is serving up fresh and authentic Mexican food using family recipes passed down from one generation to the next. The restaurant opened at 901 Egg Harbor Road in Sturgeon Bay nearly five years ago and has since become popular for its shrimp tacos, made-from-scratch margaritas and focus on fresh ingredients. […]

  • Cheers!: How About a Little Cherry Blood?

    Yes! Yes! Yes! Yuhmmm! I’ve seen this one for months now and finally bit the bullet and picked up a corked bottle of Blood of the Cherry from O’so Brewing of Plover, Wisconsin. What I love about O’so is that you’re thinking one thing and get another. What would you expect from something named Blood […]

  • The Spring Sip: Mint Julep

    A sure sign of spring is the blossoming of mint juleps on bar menus. As the official drink of the Kentucky Derby, the mint julep surges in popularity the first weekend in May, just as spring begins to show signs of summer weather to come. This iconic Southern cocktail, which first appeared during the 18th […]

  • New Wisconsin Cheese Cookbook Highlights Door County Creamery

    Kristine Hansen’s new work, Wisconsin Cheese Cookbook: Creamy, Cheesy, Sweet and Savory Recipes from the State’s Best Creameries, highlights four Door County cheese destinations: Door County Creamery, Door Artisan Cheese, Renard’s Cheese and Wisconsin Cheese Masters. The Milwaukee-based author has written for many nationally recognized food and travel publications and regularly contributes to Milwaukee Magazine, […]

  • Discover Wisconsin Highlights Door County Food Scene

    Discover Wisconsin, the state’s leading media brand and tourism TV show, will shine its spotlight on some of Wisconsin’s best restaurants and retailers in the “Sip. Savor. Shop. Wisconsin” episode airing April 27, 10 am, on Fox Sports Wisconsin. During the hour-long program, co-host Mariah Haberman samples and watches cheese being made at Door Artisan […]

  • Husby’s to Host Third Annual Bar Wars

    Bartenders from bars all over Door County will compete in the third annual Bar Wars at Husby’s on Monday, April 29, 6-9 pm. Chris Janisse has organized the fundraiser, which will pit 10 two-person teams against each other. The teams pay to compete, and all of the funds raised will go to the Door County […]

  • Cheers!: There’s No Disputin’ Old Rasputin

    I know I’ve probably done this beer before, but I saw Old Rasputin looking down at me from the shelf like I owed him money or something, so I thought it was time to revisit the Mad Monk and his Russian Imperial Stout from North Coast Brewing of Fort Bragg, California. This is a big, […]

  • Gibraltar Legion Baseball Host Fish-Fry Fundraiser

    Join the Gibraltar Legion Baseball Team for a fish-fry fundraiser on May 5, 3-6:30 pm, at Alexander’s in Fish Creek. Dinner includes whitefish, boiled potatoes and onions, coleslaw, rye bread, dessert and drinks, and hot dogs will be available. Northern Door fishers will donate the whitefish. All proceeds will go to the baseball program. No […]

  • Cheers!: A Belgian Blend of Rood Brews

    I was happy to see a bottle of Petrus on the shelf recently, even though I wasn’t familiar with this particular beer with the odd name Rood Bruin. Petrus is a line of sour ales from Brouwerij De Brabandere of Belgium. Rood Bruin is a blend of 67 percent young brown beer and 33 percent […]

  • Goose & Twigs, Aleah Kidd

    Goose & Twigs Coffee Shop Aims for Inventive and Sustainable

    Sister Bay has expanded its roster of coffee shops with the opening of Goose & Twigs, a green lodging establishment, coffee shop and marketplace. The business is the result of an idea Gustavo Gallardo had after visiting friends in Sister Bay three years ago. “We fell in love with Sister Bay and realized as we […]

  • PODCAST: One-on-One with Goose & Twigs, Green Lodging, Coffee Shop, and Marketplace

    Andrew Kleidon and Aleah Kidd are joined by Gustavo “Goose” Gallardo and Chef Jamie Dahlin from Goose & Twigs, a new LEED certified Hotel, Cafe, and Marketplace in Sister Bay.