Michelle's Guidebook
Food scene
It is always wise to make reservations
Chives Door County
8041 WI-57Terrific meals with many locally sourced ingredients.
Amazing coffee, great food!! My personal favorites for coffee are Mexican Mocha and Beautiful Burnt Goat. They’re all so good you can’t go wrong. Last time I was there I had sourdough toast smothered in fresh raspberries and drizzled with lavender syrup.
It was heaven!!!!
26 locals recommend
Bearded Heart Coffee
8093 WI-57Amazing coffee, great food!! My personal favorites for coffee are Mexican Mocha and Beautiful Burnt Goat. They’re all so good you can’t go wrong. Last time I was there I had sourdough toast smothered in fresh raspberries and drizzled with lavender syrup.
It was heaven!!!!
Terrific food in a beautiful setting. Indoor or outdoor dining.
12 locals recommend
Barringer's Restaurant
1 Spruce StTerrific food in a beautiful setting. Indoor or outdoor dining.
Beautiful historic Inn with amazing food.
Incredible breakfast and their famous Door County Cherry Stuffed French Toast.
They have, in my opinion, the best Fish Boil on the peninsula. Your fish boil meal comes with a slice of cherry pie (and ice cream if you wish). Aside from everything being delicious.....they offer seconds!!!
They make their breads, coleslaw, and tarter sauce from scratch. Enjoy a cocktail on the beautiful patio while the boil master tells you the history of the fish boil and cooks your dinner.
If the timing is right, take a walk after dinner to the end of the street to Sunset Park and enjoy a beautiful Door County sunset!
35 locals recommend
White Gull Inn
4225 Main StBeautiful historic Inn with amazing food.
Incredible breakfast and their famous Door County Cherry Stuffed French Toast.
They have, in my opinion, the best Fish Boil on the peninsula. Your fish boil meal comes with a slice of cherry pie (and ice cream if you wish). Aside from everything being delicious.....they offer seconds!!!
They make their breads, coleslaw, and tarter sauce from scratch. Enjoy a cocktail on the beautiful patio while the boil master tells you the history of the fish boil and cooks your dinner.
If the timing is right, take a walk after dinner to the end of the street to Sunset Park and enjoy a beautiful Door County sunset!
Island Orchard Cider
12040 Garrett Bay RdLocally sourced ingredients made into delicious meals!! Hand crafted cocktails made with homemade syrups and flavors. Awesome oysters and the delicious Wickman Wedge salad.
42 locals recommend
Wickman House
11976 Mink River RdLocally sourced ingredients made into delicious meals!! Hand crafted cocktails made with homemade syrups and flavors. Awesome oysters and the delicious Wickman Wedge salad.
Door County Creamery
10653 N Bay Shore DrDelish!!! It’s hard for me to not go crazy here.
It’s often crowded but you HAVE TO GO!!! The Swedish Pancakes are buttery and light as a feather. Hot chocolate comes with a mountain of whipped cream. Perch is golden and crisp. Specials are always wonderful. Everyone knows that food tastes better when there are goats on the roof!!!!
52 locals recommend
Al Johnson’s
10698 N Bay Shore DrIt’s often crowded but you HAVE TO GO!!! The Swedish Pancakes are buttery and light as a feather. Hot chocolate comes with a mountain of whipped cream. Perch is golden and crisp. Specials are always wonderful. Everyone knows that food tastes better when there are goats on the roof!!!!
Stabbur beer garden
10698 N Bay Shore DrWild Tomato Wood-Fired Pizza and Grille Sister Bay
10677 N Bay Shore DrGood for families,
Grab a walking sundae and find a spot across the street to watch the sunset on Eagle Harbor. Burgers, fish baskets, sandwiches and of course ice cream.
34 locals recommend
Wilson's Restaurant & Ice Cream Parlor
9990 Water St SGrab a walking sundae and find a spot across the street to watch the sunset on Eagle Harbor. Burgers, fish baskets, sandwiches and of course ice cream.
Located at 30 Church street in Ephriam, this darling cottage serves light fare with a delicious assortment of wines to choose from.
7 locals recommend
Pearl Wine Cottage
3058 Church StLocated at 30 Church street in Ephriam, this darling cottage serves light fare with a delicious assortment of wines to choose from.
Last time I stopped in I had an amazing burger. Door County’s original microbrewery.
17 locals recommend
Shipwrecked Brew Pub & Restaurant
7791 WI-42Last time I stopped in I had an amazing burger. Door County’s original microbrewery.
Nothing fancy but if you want to grab a beer, Bloody Mary or a fish sandwich or burger it’s a great go to.
16 locals recommend
Baileys Harbor Cornerstone Pub
8123 WI-57Nothing fancy but if you want to grab a beer, Bloody Mary or a fish sandwich or burger it’s a great go to.
Door County Brewing Co. Taproom and Music Hall
8099 WI-57Sightseeing
Peninsula State Park
9462 Shore RdIncredibly beautiful!!!
Just south of Jacksonport this park is amazing. Peninsula Kayak Company in Jacksonport gives kayak tours and if water levels allow you can kayak into the caves. A favorite with divers looking for shipwrecks. Great trails and look out spots. There’s a place where you can leap off the cliff into the water!!!
87 locals recommend
Cave Point County Park
5360 Schauer RdJust south of Jacksonport this park is amazing. Peninsula Kayak Company in Jacksonport gives kayak tours and if water levels allow you can kayak into the caves. A favorite with divers looking for shipwrecks. Great trails and look out spots. There’s a place where you can leap off the cliff into the water!!!
Newport State Park
475 County Rd NPLakeshore Adventures Zipline
8652 WI-57I haven’t done it yet but I hear it’s awesome.
Take a staircase to Deaths Door!! This park features a staircase leading to the rocky shore of Deaths Door. It’s beautiful and once you’ve walked down and waded in the water, look up at the cliff. It’s incredible.
Porte des Morts Park
12832 Kenosha DrTake a staircase to Deaths Door!! This park features a staircase leading to the rocky shore of Deaths Door. It’s beautiful and once you’ve walked down and waded in the water, look up at the cliff. It’s incredible.
The Clearing is a folk school founded in 1935 by landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951). This “school of the soil” is nestled within 128 acres of Door County forests and meadows and overlooks the dramatic Green Bay shoreline. It was built as a place where ordinary people could, as the name implies, “clear one’s mind” by reconnecting with nature and with one another.
The Clearing
12171 Garrett Bay RdThe Clearing is a folk school founded in 1935 by landscape architect Jens Jensen (1860-1951). This “school of the soil” is nestled within 128 acres of Door County forests and meadows and overlooks the dramatic Green Bay shoreline. It was built as a place where ordinary people could, as the name implies, “clear one’s mind” by reconnecting with nature and with one another.
Lakeshore Adventures Inc
8113 WI-57North Bay-Mud Lake Preserve
Not really a beach but a perfect place to watch the sun dip down into Green Bay at the end of the day.
Sunset Beach Park
Not really a beach but a perfect place to watch the sun dip down into Green Bay at the end of the day.
Groceries etc
Wonderful grocery store! Rotisserie chickens, great deli and a beer, wine, liquor selection that will wow you! Local produce on occasion, smoked fish, fresh perch, and they carry your groceries to the car for you.
46 locals recommend
Main Street Market
7770 WI-42Wonderful grocery store! Rotisserie chickens, great deli and a beer, wine, liquor selection that will wow you! Local produce on occasion, smoked fish, fresh perch, and they carry your groceries to the car for you.
Not far from the cottage is this little farm store with produce, grass fed beef, milk, eggs, home made sweet breads and other items. You can tour the garden your food was grown in or tour the whole farm. I have walked here from the cottage and I say it’s walking distance. My son would strongly disagree. 😆
Waseda Farms & Country Market
7281 Logerquist RdNot far from the cottage is this little farm store with produce, grass fed beef, milk, eggs, home made sweet breads and other items. You can tour the garden your food was grown in or tour the whole farm. I have walked here from the cottage and I say it’s walking distance. My son would strongly disagree. 😆
Great store and cafe!! They have pet food too.
19 locals recommend
Greens N Grains Natural Food Market & Café
7821 WI-42Great store and cafe!! They have pet food too.
Newly remodeled and priced right. This is where the locals shop for groceries. Some local items too.
22 locals recommend
Piggly Wiggly
10576 Country Walk DrNewly remodeled and priced right. This is where the locals shop for groceries. Some local items too.
Hometown Pharmacy
10578 Country Walk DrDid you forget your prescription medication??
This place has groceries, sunglasses, candy, and odds and ends.
My Mom and I would walk here and get popsicles when I was small while my Dad fished on the pier. : )
9 locals recommend
Pioneer Store
12023 WI-42This place has groceries, sunglasses, candy, and odds and ends.
My Mom and I would walk here and get popsicles when I was small while my Dad fished on the pier. : )
Fun stuff
Peninsula Players Theatre
4351 Peninsula Players RdIt sometimes rains in Door County. Luckily you can still golf!!!! Practice your swing or play on a championship course. Reserve your time and have fun!
Golf N' More In-door
4614 Harbor School RdIt sometimes rains in Door County. Luckily you can still golf!!!! Practice your swing or play on a championship course. Reserve your time and have fun!
Ceramics, fused glass, metal work, you can make great works of art in a beautiful setting.
My friend Cy Turnbladh ❤️took an old dairy farm and made it a place where you can be a creative genius!
My metal work birds on the property were made by me at Hands On.
30 locals recommend
Hands On Art Studio
3655 Peninsula Players RdCeramics, fused glass, metal work, you can make great works of art in a beautiful setting.
My friend Cy Turnbladh ❤️took an old dairy farm and made it a place where you can be a creative genius!
My metal work birds on the property were made by me at Hands On.
Wine tasting, fresh cherry cider, jams and other food stuffs in this darling farm market/vineyard/orchard.
26 locals recommend
Lautenbach's Orchard Country Winery & Market
9197 Wisconsin 42Wine tasting, fresh cherry cider, jams and other food stuffs in this darling farm market/vineyard/orchard.
Charming and old school Door County, this is the best mini golf on the peninsula. Each year it hosts a tournament and the prize is over a thousand dollars.
So head over and start practicing!!
12 locals recommend
Red putter mini golf
10404 WI-42Charming and old school Door County, this is the best mini golf on the peninsula. Each year it hosts a tournament and the prize is over a thousand dollars.
So head over and start practicing!!
Sara and John have created the most beautiful cutting garden to share with you!! Their market stand has absolutely beautiful ready made bouquets, fresh eggs and handcrafts.
You can reserve time in the flower field to cut a jar or bucket full of flowers. It’s a wonderful experience that I highly recommend and you can’t ask for nicer or more knowledgeable hosts!! ❤️
OneEighty Petals
8999 Highland RdSara and John have created the most beautiful cutting garden to share with you!! Their market stand has absolutely beautiful ready made bouquets, fresh eggs and handcrafts.
You can reserve time in the flower field to cut a jar or bucket full of flowers. It’s a wonderful experience that I highly recommend and you can’t ask for nicer or more knowledgeable hosts!! ❤️
OneEighty Petals
8999 Highland RdShopping/Galleries
Wayne is a talented artist who’s paintings of dogs in particular are soulful.
Wayne Simmons Studio/Gallery
1375 Co Rd ZzWayne is a talented artist who’s paintings of dogs in particular are soulful.
Edgewood Orchard Galleries
4140 Peninsula Players RdBeautiful gallery. Check out the sculpture garden!
Emmett Johns Gallery
9100 WI-42Great little gallery and great guy.
Peninsula School of Art
3900 County FFun classes, great gallery.
Beaches
Anclam Town Park -- Swimming Beach
7976 Sth 57Beautiful and clean, we love this spot.
Nature
Nature center and trails with Range Lights that guided ships.
The Ridges Sanctuary