Destination Dining

The 1913 Room at the Amway

Amway Grand Plaza Hotel
Grand Rapids www.amwaygrand.com
Savor the pleasure of a very special meal at this crown jewel restaurant - The 1913 Room. Every detail of your dining experience, from the inspired first course to your last sip of an after-dinner drink, will stand apart. The 1913 Room has won many awards and honors, including Grand Rapids Magazine "Restaurant of the Year" seven times in the past 10 years, and recently "Restaurant of the Decade." In 2002, it was awarded the AAA Five Diamond rating, the first and only in Michigan. The 1913 Room has redefined fine dining with succulent main courses, inventive desserts, artful presentation, and exceptional service. Settle into the opulent Louis XVI surroundings and treat yourself to the chef's tasting menu for a meal you're sure to talk about for years. The 1913 Room is an opportunity you won't want to miss.

Best BBQ at Friske’s Farm Market

You may have heard that to taste the very best barbeque in the world, you have to go south: Memphis, St. Louis or the Mississippi Delta. Now you can twist your compass 180° and head for Friske’s Farm Market in Atwood (just south of Charlevoix). Friske’s has made the commitment to being a food destination in the north. Chef Kevin Heard is preparing astonishing dishes in northern Michigan’s only outdoor kitchen including slow smoked real pit barbeque. Chef Kevin refuses to hurry the process by using gas or liquid fuel. So you get pure, unadulterated fresh smoked taste in your St. Louis style ribs, pulled pork, beef brisket, chicken and roast beef. Enjoy these delicacies alongside some great side salads, fresh baked breads and fresh fruit in season. End your meal with a dessert selection from the bakery counter, like a slice of cherry pie or the delicious caramel apple pie.

Have an event that you need catered? Their pit barbeque is portable! Chef Kevin could be live at your location serving your guests some of the choicest offerings in the north. Food is served Monday through Saturday from 7a.m. to 5p.m. Closed every Sunday. Many items are available for carry out and breakfast is served from an Ala carte menu until 10:30 a.m. Take the scenic drive into Michigan’s pure north country and experience what they like to call . Call them @ 231.599.2604 or visit www.friske.com to learn more about them.

Sage

Sage (at the Odawa Casino Resort)
Petoskey
877-442-6464

Sage is a "Distinctive Dining Experience" that combines a superior menu, impeccable service and a luxuriously intimate setting to provide you with an amazing culinary adventure. The centerpiece of Sage is a sixteen foot tall wine tower offering an impressive number of high quality wines.
Our wine collection is exhaustive, with many refined choices and more standard fare for the less adventurous. No matter what your taste, whether dry or sweet, red or white, The Sage wine tower holds a bottle for you. Cuisine at the Sage is expertly prepared by one of our top chefs using only the freshest hand-selected ingredients. We believe dining should be an adventure, and after experiencing a meal at Sage, you will too.

The Dining In Downtown Petoskey

In Petoskey. Stafford's Perry Hotel, 100 Lewis Street, Petoskey, 231-347-4000 An 1899 Historic Hotel, Serves Burgers And 100 Different Kinds Of Beers In Their Fun-Filled Noggin Room

Sagamore’s

The Inn at Bay Harbor

Sagamore’s (at The Inn at Bay Harbor – A Renaissance Golf Resort)
3600 Village Harbor Drive, Bay Harbor 49770 
www.InnatBayHarbor.com
Award winning service and a gracious setting "set the table" for a series of gustatory delights.
Sagamore's is an elegantly appointed dining room with a bank of French doors overlooking Little Traverse Bay. Cushy crimson booths, white painted woodwork and historic photos of Victorian cruise ships that sailed local waters to a romantic place and time. Our culinary team creates contemporary gourmet and spa cuisine to tempt your palate. Morning breakfast buffets will be a fond memory long after you have gone.

The Terrace Grille at Bay Pointe

Bay Pointe Inn
Shelbyville
888-GUN-LAKE
www.baypointeinn.com
Extraordinary casual dining overlooking beautiful Gun Lake. Features dinner service Tuesday-
Saturday and a Spectacular Sunday Brunch. Escape the everyday with Lakefront dining
midway between Grand Rapids & Kalamazoo. Weekday dinner menu features Eight entrée
specials for $9.95 or less.

Ghostly Dining - Bowers Harbor Inn

Bowers Harbor Inn
Traverse Citywww.mytraversecity.com 

Genevive Stickney is something of a celebrity even by Traverse City standards. For decades, her unhappy spirit has been playing tricks on guests and employees at the picturesque Bowers Harbor Inn – generating scores of newspaper and magazine articles and even an episode of the syndicated television show “Unsolved Mysteries.”

Bowers Harbor is a lovely cove on the western shore of the Old Mission Peninsula, a narrow strip of land (almost 18 miles long and only a mile wide) just north of the city limits. Late in the 19th century, it attracted the attention of Chicago lumber baron J.W. Stickney, who built a home there for himself and his wife. The rambling house, which still stands, was filled with odd gothic touches and whimsical nooks and set in a grove of tall trees overlooking the harbor. The Inn has been a restaurant since 1959, and is a favorite spot for fine dining in spite of (or perhaps because of) its famous ghost.