The classic, the questionable and the crazy-good. These are the Northern Michigan foods you’ve just gotta try.
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- Fish Boil
- Raw Maple Sap
- Traditional Pasty / The Pasty Oven, Quinnesec
- Strawberries, Bardenhagen Berries, Lake Leelanau
- Smash Burger, Glendale Ave., Traverse City
- Bloody Mary Mix, American Spoon, Petoskey (Recipe: An All Michigan Bloody Mary)
- Morel And Leek Omelette
- Maple Sausage, Louie’s Meats, Traverse City
- Smoked Whitefish Paté, Carlson’s Fishery, Leland
- Heidi’s Favorite Pizza, Vivio’s Northwoods Inn, Indian River
- Butter Pecan Ice Cream, Moomers, Traverse City
- Fried Fish Roe (Yooper Caviar)
- Raclette, Leelanau Cheese Co., Suttons Bay
- Spaghetti Sauce, Baroni’s, Hancock
- Chocolate Chunk, Tom’s Mom’s Cookies, Harbor Springs
- Thimbleberries Out Of Your Hand
- Asparagus Soup, Fischer’s Happy Hour Tavern, Northport
- Rhubarb Pie, House Of Pies, Alanson
- Homemade Cinnamon Rolls, The Bluebird, Leland
- Walleye Cheeks
- Salsa, The Roadhouse, Benzonia
- Fresh Sweet Corn, Hall Farms, Traverse City
- Pan Fried Trout, Gates Ausable Lodge, Grayling
- Pesto On Your Pizza, Chef Charles, Elk Rapids
- Venison Sausage
- Pecan Ball, Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island
- Thanksgiving Turkey, Biehl’s Farm, Mancelona
- Sour Cherry Patches, Cherry Republic, Glen Arbor
- Homemade Pie, With Apples You Picked
- Hummingbird Nectar Tea, Light Of Day Organics, Traverse City
- Traverse City Potato Burger, The Railside Bar & Grill, Elmira
- Dark Chocolate Covered Potato Chips, Alpine Chocolat Haus, Boyne City
- Porketta Sandwich, Crispigna’s Italian Market, Iron Mountain
- Fruit Cake, The Jampot, Eagle Harbor (These are the monks who bake it)
- Peanut Butter/Miracle Whip/Iceberg Lettuce/White Bread Sandwich (It’s A Gaylord Thing)
- Cinnamon Bread, Dutch Oven Bakery, Alanson
- Big “c” Burger With Cheese, Clyde’s Drive-in, St. Ignace
- Chicken Jalapeño Soup, Art’s Tavern, Glen Arbor
- Candy Bar, Sayklly’s, Escanaba
- Chicken Pot Pie, Good Hart General Store, Good Hart (Visit the store on a Tunnel of Trees fall color tour)
- Pepper Parmesan Roll, Crooked Tree Breadworks, Petoskey
- Hobo Pies ‘round The Campfire
- Bacon, Honor Family Market, Honor
- Apple Cider Doughnuts, Friske Farm Market, Ellsworth
- Sucker Burgers (Here’s the recipe)
- Pork Chops, Plath’s Meats, Rogers City
- Pan Fried Chicken Dinner, Dam Site Inn, Pellston
- Buffalo Burger, Oleson’s, Traverse City
- Jerky, Gabes Country Market, Maple City
- Sweet Cherries, Pits Spat Out The Car Window (Here’s where to pick your own!)
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