Dinner

Ambassador

The Ambassador Restaurant -- Houghton, Michigan

Have a fishbowl and a pizza at The Ambassador.
Have an ap & drink at the Ambadssador
http://www.onlyinyourstate.com/michigan/restaurants-to-visit-before-you-die-mi/
We loved the Ambassador.
I also of course will be sure to have a tostada pizza and a fishbowl at the Ambassador
We always stop at the Ambassador for pizza and a fish bowl

The Fitz

https://www.fitzgeralds-mi.com/home

The best food and beer you will ever have
On the shore of Lake Superior, try to catch the sunset on the deck!
Call ahead for a reservation

Joey’s

Joey's Seafood & Grill - Home Page

Suomi Bakery serves breakfast and lunch only

Bambu

Bambu Asian Restaurant

We also tried the Asian restaurant, Bambu, for the first time and would definitely recommend it.

Four Seasons Tea Room

My daughter loves the tearoom
Four Seasons Tea Room is also a great place if you haven't been there, their food is really good! Plus the tea of course.

Douglas Houghton House (The Dog)

Home Page

a must for us is a pickled egg at The Dog
some must stop places (we love pickled eggs)
As an alum, I'm sure I'll end up at the Dog House at some point. That was our hangout in the 80s and whenever I go in there I run into someone I know.

Roy's Pasties & Bakery

http://www.royspasties.com/ (Note: Roy's is not open on Sundays)

on the waterfront has a great view with soup and sandwiches and great looking bakery items
Roy's pasties are very good, I place an order when I first get in town and then pick them up on my way out. They box them frozen with reheating directions. Their baked goods are delicious !
Roy's Pasties is a must!!
Skip the traditional pasty at Roy's and try the turkey cranberry. I brought six home from Winter Carnival. Like having a Thanksgivng feast with each bite.
t's a nice, clean, friendly little restaurant. Seating provides a pleasant view of Portage and the bridge. I've enjoyed a couple of their "different" pasties in the past - cranberry turkey pasty and a breakfast pasty. They also have a wonderful pastry selection - which is why I was there in the first place.
PASTY from ROYS!!!
i want to get a few pasties from roy's to bring home!
Roy's has the traditional and several non traditional flavors of pasties.

Library

Library Restaurant — Taste Something Great!

the Library is another very nice - excellent food!!
But don't go if you are in a hurry....service is incredibly sloooooowwww
We went Thursday night before the winter carnival weekend rush - service was excellent; they weren't busy at all.

Gemignani’s Italian Restaurant in Hancock

http://gemignani.com/

Soooooo good! Absolutely fabulous pasta & a very nice wine selection. You may consider making reservations - the photo on the reservations link pretty much shows the entire restaurant.
We were there during Parents Weekend last fall and the food was delicious.
We enjoyed it as well, decent wine list
We ate there on our last trip up in January - fantastic food, service.

La Cantina Hancock

Decent Mexican restaurant, good service.

http://www.lacantinahancock.com/

Bonfire Bar and Grille

Great view, music, guacamole

https://www.bonfiresteakhouse.net/

Milly's

Great Sicilian-style pizza. Open till 9 each night, or when they run out of fresh dough. :)

https://www.millyshancock.com/

Outside of Houghton/Hancock

Hilltop Restaurant - L'Anse

https://www.sweetroll.com/

And stop at the Hilltop in L'Anse for a cinnamon roll!!!!!
The raspberry muffins are good also.
Great cinnamon rolls at the Hilltop Restaurant in L'Anse as well as other baked goods and jams ( they have thimbleberry and apple butter and many others ). We almost always stop on the way to or from MTU.
At Hilltop, the cinnamon rolls are as big as your head. And special bonus: check out the giant taxidermy whitefish in the trophy case

Quincy's - Dollar Bay

Also we like Quincy's in Dollar Bay, delicious food and the mining decor is very unique to the area, very cool place.

Carmelita's - Calumet

Southwest Grille - thimbleberry margaritas http://carmelitasasouthwesterngrille.com/

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The Fitz Eagle River

http://www.fitzgeralds-mi.com/

Craft Beer, Artisanal Whiskey and Bourbon and Barbecue, great view....nationally acclaimed....one of the best restaurants in Michigan. Reservations a must.