Alpena
Alpena, MI · Food & Drink
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Satisfy Your Inner Chocoholic At These 7 Legendary Chocolate Shops Hiding Throughout Michigan
Want to satisfy your inner chocoholic at legendary chocolate shops hiding throughout Michigan?. These 7 chocolate shops serve up handcrafted treats and irresistible sweets you’ll keep coming back for!. 1. Donckers (Marquette) There are some places that feel like they belong exactly where they are, and Donckers in Marquette...
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This Michigan Buffet Serves Sushi, Salmon, and Comfort Food Galore
A Chinese buffet in East Tawas is giving hungry travelers more than the usual fried rice and sesame chicken. China Buffet serves a wide selection of Chinese-American favorites, sushi, seafood, and comfort food, all under one roof. Located at 724 E Bay St, this casual restaurant has become a popular...
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This Michigan Cafe Serves Giant Cinnamon Rolls Grilled Until Golden And Gooey
A cinnamon roll already feels indulgent, but putting it on a buttery griddle first is the kind of breakfast idea that deserves applause. At this longtime roadside cafe south of Alpena, jumbo rolls arrive with golden edges, icing, and enough heft to make sharing feel suspiciously optional. The bakery case,...
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Step Into a Michigan Tavern With 100 Years of History and a Guinness World Record
Walk through the door and your eyes have plenty to chase before the music even starts. In Alpena, Michigan, Maplewood Tavern on French Road pairs more than a century of history with vintage guitars, wall displays, a dance floor, and a connection to a Guinness World Record that gives the place an extra layer of intrigue. The appeal comes from how much personality is packed into one longtime local hangout, where the stories on the walls can be just as interesting as the night ahead.
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$25,000 grant brings salad bars to five northern Michigan schools
NORTHERN MICHIGAN., (WPBN/WGTU) -- Five northern Michigan schools will receive salad bars as part of a company's effort to bring healthier options to school cafeterias. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, in partnership with the Chef Ann Foundation, is investing $25,000 to install salad bars in five Michigan schools. Blue...
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Fundraiser raises more than $35,000 after fire destroys 211 Bar & Grill
ONAWAY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- A fundraiser is bringing in thousands of dollars to support the owners and employees of 211 Bar & Grill after organizers say an overnight fire destroyed the Onaway-area restaurant. Bonz Beach Farms organized the GoFundMe following the fire overnight Tuesday into Wednesday. According to the fundraiser,...
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This Michigan Tavern Has 100 Years of History and a Guinness World Record
A Northern Michigan building that opened as a dance hall in 1924 is still bringing people together a century later, complete with live music, burgers, a jukebox, free popcorn, and one remarkable Guinness World Record story. Maplewood Tavern sits along French Road outside Alpena, where four generations of the same...
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Chick-fil-A to open first location in this Northern Michigan town with cow-themed celebration
Gaylord’s first Chick-fil-A restaurant will open Oct. 1 at 6:30 a.m. The opening will mark the popular fast food brand’s second location in Northern Michigan. Traverse City also has a Chick-fil-A. The new Gaylord location is bringing approximately 120 jobs to the community along with a $25,000 donation...
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You Only Have One Fall Day To Pair Fossil Hunting With Donuts, Cider, And Hot Fudge At This Michigan Museum
Most fall festivals offer cider and a hayride. This one adds three hundred eighty million years. A museum in Alpena opens its fossil park every October for a harvest celebration that lets visitors dig through Devonian limestone and keep every fossil they find. Crinoid stems. Horn coral. Brachiopods. The ground is full of them.
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Specialty drink shop opens in Fairview
Editor’s Note: Interested in free Thursday updates from Northeast Michigan? Sign up for the UP NORTH VOICE MAIL. FAIRVIEW — A new downtown stop is giving residents another place to cool off, perk up and try something a little different. Soady Poppers opened July 31 in Fairview, offering specialty drinks, flavored kettle corn and locally made items. Owners Maelynn and Ryan Watrous have created a menu that includes fresh-squeezed lemonades, blended energy drinks, sparkling water spritzers, lattes and customizable dirty sodas. The couple also brought their existing business, Big Poppa’s Kettle Corn, into the shop, giving customers a variety of flavored kettle corn to choose from. Delivery is available within the Mio/Fairview area. Soady Poppers is located at 2051 E. Miller Road in Fairview. Find the business on Facebook or call 231-942-0104.
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Inside Northern Michigan’s ultimate fall color dinner tour
Treetops Resort in Gaylord is hosting its annual Fall Progressive Dinner. Guests board golf carts for a guided tour across the scenic Jones Masterpiece course, making stops at curated tasting stations for autumn-inspired small bites paired with local Michigan beers and wines.
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Folks Drive An Hour Down M-32 For The Homemade Pies At This Little Michigan Roadside Bakery
Some treats are worth setting an alarm for, and some are worth a 60-minute drive down a two-lane road. Tucked along a quiet stretch of northern Michigan highway sits a tiny stand that has turned casual passersby into loyal regulars who plan their whole afternoon around it. The catch is...