Dinner
What We Love: Drinking Spritz cocktails in the front garden, the fresh Italian pastas made with locally sourced ingredients. The finishing touches that you make you feel like you’re really on the Italian Riviera. I also love how they play Italian language lessons in the restrooms!
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Tosi's Restaurant
4337 Ridge RdWhat We Love: Drinking Spritz cocktails in the front garden, the fresh Italian pastas made with locally sourced ingredients. The finishing touches that you make you feel like you’re really on the Italian Riviera. I also love how they play Italian language lessons in the restrooms!
What We Love: The outdoor dining area in the back garden; Chef Timothy’s array of amazing dishes and locally sourced ingredients
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Timothy's Restaurant
16409 Red Arrow HwyWhat We Love: The outdoor dining area in the back garden; Chef Timothy’s array of amazing dishes and locally sourced ingredients
What We Love: The focus on seafood, the local wine and beer selection. Exceptional quality and freshness of locally sourced ingredients; Grand Mere Inn supports local farms, wineries, and breweries.
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Grande Mere Inn
5800 Red Arrow HwyWhat We Love: The focus on seafood, the local wine and beer selection. Exceptional quality and freshness of locally sourced ingredients; Grand Mere Inn supports local farms, wineries, and breweries.
What We Love: The great wine list and cocktails alongside the amazing Italian dishes made with locally sourced ingredients. The indoor dining room has just been redesigned with high end finishes and the terrace sits in a calm spot right on the waterfront.
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Terrace Room
111 W Water StWhat We Love: The great wine list and cocktails alongside the amazing Italian dishes made with locally sourced ingredients. The indoor dining room has just been redesigned with high end finishes and the terrace sits in a calm spot right on the waterfront.
What We Love: The great cocktails and the outdoor rooftop bar. We love the simple, fresh pub style menu and a favorite has to be the guacamole and tacos selection.
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The Stray Dog Bar & Grill
245 N Whittaker StWhat We Love: The great cocktails and the outdoor rooftop bar. We love the simple, fresh pub style menu and a favorite has to be the guacamole and tacos selection.
What We Love: The great cocktails and small plates selection. The food is fresh and locally sourced. We love the eclectic mix of dishes with a global influence.
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Houndstooth Restaurant
132 Pipestone StWhat We Love: The great cocktails and small plates selection. The food is fresh and locally sourced. We love the eclectic mix of dishes with a global influence.
What We Love: The great atmosphere by downtown St Joseph on Silver Beach. A fun place for kids with outdoor play areas and a carousel
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Silver Beach Pizza
410 Vine StWhat We Love: The great atmosphere by downtown St Joseph on Silver Beach. A fun place for kids with outdoor play areas and a carousel
Breakfast, Brunch and Lunch
What We Love: The amazing banana oat pancakes; the focus on local, fresh, gluten free, and vegan options; great coffee selection
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The Mason Jar Cafe
210 Water StWhat We Love: The amazing banana oat pancakes; the focus on local, fresh, gluten free, and vegan options; great coffee selection
What We Love: Great coffee selection; the fresh food - pantry, kitchen, bakery & deli; the open space and layout; exploring the adjoining retail store, and their support of the LGBTQ community
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Froehlich's Kitchen & Pantry
19 N Elm StWhat We Love: Great coffee selection; the fresh food - pantry, kitchen, bakery & deli; the open space and layout; exploring the adjoining retail store, and their support of the LGBTQ community
Full Circle Café & Espresso Bar
5729 St Joseph AveWhat We Love: Great coffee selection; amazing baked goods - we love the vegan cinnamon coffee cake, amazing sandwiches with a vegan BLT option
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Black Currant Bakehouse
9911 Town Line AveWhat We Love: Great coffee selection; amazing baked goods - we love the vegan cinnamon coffee cake, amazing sandwiches with a vegan BLT option
Great Coffee
What We Love: Great coffee shop with exceptional roasts for a quick stop (more for coffee lovers with less food options)
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Infusco Coffee Roasters
5846 Sawyer RdWhat We Love: Great coffee shop with exceptional roasts for a quick stop (more for coffee lovers with less food options)
Small Town Grounds
4158 Lake StWhat We Love: Amazing coffee and a short drive from The Cottage
Exercise & Wellness
We love the beautiful and spacious studio. We love the calming presence of all of the teachers and their ability to leave you feeling totally refreshed after class. Aromatherapy vinyasa, yin, and beach yoga are our favorite classes. Yoga Life also provides mats and equipment so if you don’t have your gear with you for your trip no need to worry (check with the studio for the latest on COVID-19 protocols)
Yoga Life Studio
2629 Cleveland AveWe love the beautiful and spacious studio. We love the calming presence of all of the teachers and their ability to leave you feeling totally refreshed after class. Aromatherapy vinyasa, yin, and beach yoga are our favorite classes. Yoga Life also provides mats and equipment so if you don’t have your gear with you for your trip no need to worry (check with the studio for the latest on COVID-19 protocols)
What We Love: Their vast menu of services and ability to offer prenatal, couple and other kinds of custom massages
Evolve Spa
309 W Buffalo StWhat We Love: Their vast menu of services and ability to offer prenatal, couple and other kinds of custom massages
Wineries
What We Love: We love Hickory Creek as its a smaller and relatively quite winery that has a homestead feel about it. The grounds and outdoor patio area are great and never as crowded as some of the other wineries in the area. We’ve also been able to do tailgate wine tasting out of the back of our Jeep! Our dogs love joining us for a weekend picnic of wines at Hickory Creek. We also love the European varieties of wine made with the Michigan grapes.
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Hickory Creek Winery
750 Browntown RdWhat We Love: We love Hickory Creek as its a smaller and relatively quite winery that has a homestead feel about it. The grounds and outdoor patio area are great and never as crowded as some of the other wineries in the area. We’ve also been able to do tailgate wine tasting out of the back of our Jeep! Our dogs love joining us for a weekend picnic of wines at Hickory Creek. We also love the European varieties of wine made with the Michigan grapes.
What We Love: The Dablong tenant style red wine; sitting on the outdoor patio drinking wine overlooking the vineyard and listening to live music. The cheese boards are great too!
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Dablon Winery and Vineyards
111 W Shawnee RdWhat We Love: The Dablong tenant style red wine; sitting on the outdoor patio drinking wine overlooking the vineyard and listening to live music. The cheese boards are great too!
What We Love: The amazing vineyard and winery grounds that you can explore while enjoying the Round Barn wines. The round barn where the tastings are done is beautiful. Round Barn seems to have live music almost every weekend all summer long, there is a buzz in the air with an abundance of people visiting but plenty of room to spread out. You can bring your own picnic gear as well.
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Round Barn Estate
10983 Hills RdWhat We Love: The amazing vineyard and winery grounds that you can explore while enjoying the Round Barn wines. The round barn where the tastings are done is beautiful. Round Barn seems to have live music almost every weekend all summer long, there is a buzz in the air with an abundance of people visiting but plenty of room to spread out. You can bring your own picnic gear as well.
What We Love: Not only the beautiful grounds and wonderful wines, but the onsite farm market with locally grown fresh fruits.
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Lemon Creek Winery
533 E Lemon Creek RdWhat We Love: Not only the beautiful grounds and wonderful wines, but the onsite farm market with locally grown fresh fruits.
What We Love: The restaurant at the winery, walking through the vines with a glass of wine and the 3.6 mile walking trail between Tabor Hill and Round Barn wineries.
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Tabor Hill Winery & Restaurant
185 Mt Tabor RdWhat We Love: The restaurant at the winery, walking through the vines with a glass of wine and the 3.6 mile walking trail between Tabor Hill and Round Barn wineries.
Breweries
What We Love: Sitting in the front patio area with friends and our dogs enjoying the latest seasonal brews from Watermark. There is no kitchen onsite which makes this brewery particularly dog friendly. We also like the food truck options that they have out front on most weekends. There are also plenty of local events that are hosted out of Watermark such as beer and yoga, and group cycling rides that end at the brewery on a Thursday evening.
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Watermark Brewing Company
5781 St Joseph AveWhat We Love: Sitting in the front patio area with friends and our dogs enjoying the latest seasonal brews from Watermark. There is no kitchen onsite which makes this brewery particularly dog friendly. We also like the food truck options that they have out front on most weekends. There are also plenty of local events that are hosted out of Watermark such as beer and yoga, and group cycling rides that end at the brewery on a Thursday evening.
What We Love: The proximity to The Cottage. Haymarket is only a couple of minutes drive down the road. We love the outdoor patio and the full service kitchen.
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The Haymarket Brewery & Taproom
9301 Red Arrow HwyWhat We Love: The proximity to The Cottage. Haymarket is only a couple of minutes drive down the road. We love the outdoor patio and the full service kitchen.
What We Love: The great beer and the proximity to The Mason Jar Cafe - you can hit The Livery right after a hearty brunch!
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The Livery
190 5th StWhat We Love: The great beer and the proximity to The Mason Jar Cafe - you can hit The Livery right after a hearty brunch!
What We Love: The great local beers and the full pub menu. The small village of Sawyer where Greenbush is located is great to explore.
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Greenbush Brewing Company
5885 Sawyer RdWhat We Love: The great local beers and the full pub menu. The small village of Sawyer where Greenbush is located is great to explore.
What We Love: The great beer selection and full kitchen menu.
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Ghost Isle Brewery Closed by Michigan mandate until December 9th, 2020
17684 US-12What We Love: The great beer selection and full kitchen menu.
What We Love: The uniqueness - an old church converted into a brewery. Great outdoor seating and beer selection.
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Beer Church Brewing Co.
24 S Whittaker StWhat We Love: The uniqueness - an old church converted into a brewery. Great outdoor seating and beer selection.
Distilleries
What We Love: The distillery tours and the amazing events run in the various spaces throughout the seasons such as the Wee Piece of Scotland golf games.
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Journeyman Distillery
109 Generations DrWhat We Love: The distillery tours and the amazing events run in the various spaces throughout the seasons such as the Wee Piece of Scotland golf games.