Norway Restaurants

MIKE'S ON MAIN
(906) 563-9919
Long known as the Rialto, this is a breakfast spot, a bar, a dinner restaurant, a six-lane bowling alley that's straight out of the 50s, and a place for clubs to meet.
    The place really hums on weekends with bowlers and diners of all ages. The menu includes hot dogs, burgers, Mexican, Italian, and steaks, plus homemade pies and, for vegetarians, gardenburgers and portobello mushroom sandwiches. There are several soups each day. Daily sandwich and soup or salad specials are $5, special hot lunches are $6.50. There's also a full menu. The really good buffets draw crowds: Friday fish ($12 includes five kinds of fish, shrimp, and crab legs plus chicken) and Saturday evening ($9.50).

THIRSTY WHALE BAR & GRILL
(906) 563-5466
This remodeled old roadhouse just west of Norway has become a community hangout because of its personable owner, Paula Pierpon, its good sandwiches, and its games - volleyball leagues in summer, Saturday trivia games in winter. The menu, based on a grill and fry basket, is big on burgers (the legendary half-pound burger is $4.25), club sandwiches, cudighi (that Upper Peninsula Italian sausage patty, $3.25), soups, and fish and chips ($5), with a chef salad for greens. Of course, there's a Friday fish fry (under $9), featuring perch, walleye, shrimp, or cod dinners with fries, slaw, and baked beans. There's a patio for nice weather. The nautical theme came inland from Escanaba. On a snowmobile trail.

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