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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.

  • The New Eagle Tower – Pulse Podcast

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    Andrew Kleidon and Myles Dannhausen are back this week to discuss some interesting news featured in this week’s Peninsula Pulse. Andrew also sits down with Alissa Ehmke about her recent interview with US Poet Laureate Tracy K. Smith. Our feature this week centers around the DNR’s sketches of the new Eagle Tower design, featuring a […]

  • Cheers!: There’s a Mollusk in My Beer!

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    It was the end of a brutal week and I felt in desperate need of a stout, something I could inject directly into my spine in order to buck up. One in particular caught my eye because it boasted buckets of malt in every bottle, but it’s not my favorite brewery for reasons I don’t […]

  • The Revamped Hitching Post: Juice Bar, Bar & Grill

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    Life is a balancing act and the new owners of The Hitching Post have fully embraced that concept as they revamp the classic bar and grill. First opened in 1956, The Hitching Post has long been known as the neighborhood watering hole and hot spot for Friday Night Fish Fry and cheap “tappers.” Through the […]

  • Pumpkin Patch & Haunted Mansion: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew and Matt are back again with your weekend primer. Events include: Hans Gruber and the Die Hards at Door County Brewing Co. Taproom and Music Hall The Brussels Haunted Mansion Apple Festival at Seaquist Orchards Run Wild at Potawatomi State Park and Pumpkin Patch in Egg Harbor.

  • Sold: Horseshoe Bay Farms – Pulse Podcast

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    This week on the Door County Pulse Podcast Andrew Kleidon is joined by Myles Dannhausen, writer and editor for the Peninsula Pulse, to talk about the future of the Weborg fishing property in Gills Rock, and the registration for the 2019 Door County Half Marathon. For our feature this week, we discuss the sale of […]

  • Door County Coffee Celebrates 25 Years

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    Door County Coffee & Tea Co., the largest artisan coffee roaster and distributor in the county, just celebrated 25 years in business with new special edition coffee flavors and an Anniversary Sale this past weekend. Opened in 1993 by Vicki and Doug Wilson, what started as a modest café in Forestville has grown to become […]

  • Behind the Scenes at the Death’s Door Juniper Harvest

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    Fifty bartenders walk into a bar… it sounds like the start to a joke, but instead, it was my Tuesday night. Having just arrived to Washington Island, the group of bartenders, bar owners and myself were there to partake in an annual tradition that has helped bring new life to the local economy and agriculture, […]

  • Ping Pong Ball Drop is Back at 2018 Fall Fest

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    Amazing food, great live music, fun family activities and spectacular fall color all come together to serve up a festival like no other on the peninsula. The 73rd annual Sister Bay Fall Fest runs Oct. 12 – 14 throughout Sister Bay. The Arts and Crafts Fair features more than 100 artisans and their unique, handmade […]

  • Cheers!: Eccentric Madness on Demand

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    In case you’ve ever wondered, here’s how the magic fridge works. After a full day at work and then another couple of mind-numbing hours at a municipal meeting, I come home wondering why I didn’t go into plumbing or greenhouse farming instead of the newspaper business. And the magic fridge makes everything alright by coughing […]

  • Fall Time Festivals & Door County Treasure Hunt: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew and Matt are back with your weekend primer for the weekend of September 28th, 2018. Events include: The Inside/Outside Sale in Fish Creek The Fall Art Fair in Fish Creek Twilight Tours, Tunes, and Tales at Eagle Bluff And The EPIC Door County Treasure Hunt

  • Oktoberfest On Tap

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    If you’re a fan of German-style beers and can occasionally be seen doing the polka, then you are certainly looking forward to the start of Oktoberfest and the seasonal suds that come with it. Here’s a sampling of a few locations that have readied their taps for the occasion, so lederhosen-up and ready your drinking […]

  • Cheers!: Bless My Wicker Basket, a Juicy Seducer!

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    Here’s the finish to the trio of beers I was gifted with that began with the chocolate peanut butter porter from DuClaw Brewing. Beer No. 2 comes from Tampa, Fla., Jai Alai Pale Ale from Cigar City Brewing. So, yeah, bless my wicker basket (my only jai alai joke!). I do not hide my disgust […]

  • Oktoberfests Ought to Have Some Color

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    Here is a perfect example of what I mean by the two different colors of Oktoberfests. First we have a German-American collaboration Festbier – Sierra Nevada teamed up with Bavaria’s Weihenstephan – the world’s oldest brewery – for a beautiful malty, amber-hued lager. This, to me, is an Oktoberfest – beautiful to look at and […]

  • Fall Harvest Fest at Lautenbach’s Orchard

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    Lautenbach’s Orchard Country Winery & Market will host its 19th annual Fall Harvest Fest on Sept. 22 from 10 am – 5 pm with complimentary tasting of its wines, new hard ciders, fresh-picked apples and specialty foods. The fun also includes apples for picking, free guided winery tours every hour from 10 am – 4 […]

  • Hey Hey 5k, Speakeasy Casino Night, Stinkfest: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew Kleidon and Matt Marcon are back with your Weekend Primer for the weekend of September 21st, 2018. Events include: Super Kids Fun Night at the Sturgeon Bay YMCA Speakeasy Casino Night Fundraiser at Maxwelton Braes The Hey Hey 5k and Autumnfest & Classic Auto Show in Baileys Harbor Fall Harvest Festival at Lautenbach’s and […]

  • This Weekend in Door County: Hey Hey 5k & Autumfest

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    The kids might be back and school and summer might be turning into fall but there’s still plenty of fun to be had in Door County.   On Friday, Sept. 20 start your weekend off right by dropping of the kids at Super Kids Fun Night at the Sturgeon Bay YMCA and head to the […]

  • Cheers!: Thank You Sweet Baby Jesus for So Many Things!

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    I have to thank Dick Van De Ven of Ephraim for recently bestowing a trio of beers upon me. After sampling just one, I have to wonder, will this be the holy trinity of beers? One can only hope. His original reason for stopping by the office was to offer me a ticket for a […]

  • The Heart & Science behind DC Chocolate Design

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    When I think of chocolate I think of pulling tin-wrapped chocolate santas from my stocking at Christmas or finding an oversized chocolate bunny in my Easter basket. The chocolate itself was not particularly memorable, but the celebrations and family traditions formed around it certainly were. Kara VanderLeest, owner and chocolatier at DC Chocolate Design, has […]

  • Baileys Harbor Autumnfest Schedule 2018

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    Autumnfest returns to Baileys Harbor Sept. 21 – 23 with something for everyone.  If you’re a car buff, you’ll want to catch the classic car show Sept. 22. Trophies awarded to People’s Choice, Best in Show, Emergency Vehicle, Louie Oldenburg Best in Show, and Top Vehicle in each category. Even if you don’t have a […]

  • AleFest, Bass Tournament, Harvest Festival: Weekend Primer Podcast

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    Andrew and Matt are here with your weekend primer for the weekend of September 14th, 2018. Events this weekend include: The Washington Island Literary Festival The Peninsula Century Fall Challenge The Sturgeon Bay Open Bass Tournament The Egg Harbor AleFest and the Sturgeon Bay Harvest Festival, Car Show & Street Auction