Vintage Benzie! Grab lunch at the 100-year-old Cherry Hut or an old-fashioned root beer float from A&W, then travel back in time as you cozy up to a double feature at the Cherry Bowl Drive-In.
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The Cherry Hut in Beulah
What started in 1922 as an orchard-to-table business still thrives today—under the smiling face of Cherry Jerry, who greets folks from a sign outside this restaurant on US-31. Open only in the summer (May kicks off the 2023 season), The Cherry Hut serves up classic cherry dishes including cherry chicken salad, cherry salsa, cherry preserves and, of course, old-fashioned cherry pie fresh from the oven!
Photo by Dave Weidner
Photo by Dave Weidner
Photo by Dave Weidner
Cherry Bowl Drive-In Theater in Honor
When the sun sinks low, put the little ones in their PJs and head for the monster screen on US-31 in Honor. (No kids? Round up your favorite smoochin’ pal.) For 70 summers, Cherry Bowl Drive-In has been showing first-run, fam-friendly flicks. Every night is a double feature and they are always rated G, PG or sometimes PG-13. But movies aren’t the only reason to hit The Bowl. Arrive well before showtime to try your hips at hula hoops or play mini-golf. Snag dinner at the Cherry Bowl diner, or make a meal out of hot popcorn with real butter. When the lights flicker on the screen, beeline it for your car. You’re in for some of the best entertainment under the Northern stars.
Photo by MyNorth Staff
A&W Drive-In in Frankfort
Employees of Frankfort’s A&W have been trotting frothy root beers, towering floats and deliciously sloppy burgers and coney dogs out to folks waiting in their cars since 1962. The car-side menus and speakers are so old-timey, you can almost picture your server on roller skates. For an added bite of nostalgia order up a bacon cheeseburger: in 1963, A&W was the first chain restaurant in the nation to put this most comforting topping on a burger.