Tahquamenon Falls State Park Restaurants
See also: Newberry, Paradise, Eckerman, Bay Mills.
TAHQUAMENON FALLS BREWERY & PUB
(906) 492-3341
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| Camp 33 restaurant, Tahquamenon Falls |
This big place enjoys the deserved reputation of serving the area's best food in a beautiful, big timberframe building. In winter there's a fire in its big stone fireplace. The brewpub and full-service restaurant, owned and operated by Lark Ludlow, is right by the parking area to the Upper Falls. (The DNR didn't want alcohol served at the park, but as grandfathered inholders, the Ludlow family is legally entitled to do so. And handcrafted beer at $4 a glass, including tax, doesn't encourage guests to drink to load up.) Sandwich and dinner menus are offered all day. Whitefish dinners ($15 and $18) are menu favorites, almost always fresh, served like most dinners here with soup or salad, fresh bread, rice pilaf or potato, and vegetable. The dinner entrees ($12-$24) also include steaks, shrimp scampi in garlic butter sauce, charbroiled yellowfin tuna (also as a sandwich), and pastas (several vegetarian). The pub's beer-battered fries are excellent. For lighter appetites, there are burgers, sandwiches ($6-$8, whitefish is the favorite), meal-size salads with charbroiled chicken or smoked fish, and pasties made on the premises. Wild rice soup ($3/bowl) and brew pub cheese soup with aged cheddar and smoked ham ($3.60) are hearty and distinctive. Guests may take their food out on the deck (wheelchair-accessible) in good weather.
A TAKEOUT WINDOW opens on to an outdoor eating area with fireplace and forest view. It serves pasties, cooked-to-order hamburgers, and similar fare. It's open from May into mid Sept. 11 a.m.-6 p.m. or later.
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POINTS OF INTEREST
Upper Tahquamenon Falls. A dramatic observation platform lets you stand at the falls' brink and look down at the 50-foot rush of falling water, 200 feet wide. Look out a bit and you can gaze on the tranquil river before its plummet. Come early to avoid crowds ... more
Lower Tahquamenon Falls. Four miles below the more dramatic Upper Falls, the smaller Lower Falls, with its series of cascades, can be enjoyed from an island if you rent a rowboat. It's a more contemplative experience ... more
Wilderness trails north of M-123. 17 miles of trail get hikers away from crowds and into wildlife-rich wilderness habitat: lakes, conifer forests, sandy ridges, and bogs. The North Country Trail connects from the Two-Hearted River to the Falls. ... more
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