Boyne City Tap Room

A Big Burger Rebound | I’ve lived in Boyne City for less than five years, and in that time the location at 220 South Lake Street has now been three different restaurants. It’s a solid location right on the corner in the SoBo district, and there’s a really cool art gallery and concert hall right…

Kelsey’s Lakeside Grille

Weekday Lunch: Your Key to Hacking Crowded Restaurants | With a location right on Lake Charlevoix, Kelsey’s offers up some great views in a casual atmosphere. Like most places in this town, they are crazy busy in the summer time, so I made sure to sneak in during the lunch hours on a weekday to…

Smoke on the Water

Smoke on the Water just crossed their two-year anniversary, and I should’ve been there before recently, but alas, it was not to be. Co-owner Ed Mann is a Charlevoix native and his wife Julie is from St. Paul, but both had a dream to open a restaurant when they retired in Charlevoix. They make everything…

Charlevoix Dairy Grille

Summer is an exciting time in Charlevoix, as the tourists all come in, the shops reopen on a daily basis, and the Charlevoix Dairy Grille starts hopping with customers looking for burgers, fries, and ice cream from 11am-9pm every day. This is a classic summer establishment, and since they’re serving up burgers I owe it…

East Park Tavern

A new job means new restaurants in the vicinity of my fancy downtown Charlevoix office, and new restaurants means only one thing to me – new burgers. It didn’t take long for me to check out a new spot on one of my first lunch breaks, since it was only about half a block away….