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TABLE OF CONTENTS

FEATURE

Moving History 62 David DeVooght relocated 17 cabins, homes and one massive barn from the Little Sister Resort property to new purposes around Sister Bay. Photo by Brett Kosmider.

OUTSIDE Walking on Water 16

DOOR TO NATURE Lily-Family Flowers 34

ALUMNI A Life of Building 54

Exploring the Door by stand-up paddleboard

ART Forging a New Identity 38

HISTORY A Kingdom Still Delicious 20

Tom Groenfeldt explores the arts renaissance that’s transforming Sturgeon Bay.

Coach, builder, leader – John Sawyer seems to have a hand in everything.

Deep in the archives of National Geographic, Dustin Renwick found a snippet of 1930s-era Door County.

CURIOSITIES Local Fire 47

HABITAT Letting the Light In 28 Cathy Hoke used shipping containers as the foundation for an unexpectedly bright interior.

Why you should buy firewood where you plan to burn it

LITERATURE Building a Board Book 50 Motherhood inspires Sally Collins’ new childrens’ book.

FAIRWAYS Golf by Design 58 Craig Sterrett continues his look at the people behind the county’s golf-course designs.

PALATE All Aboard! 68 At the peninsula’s center, families find a playground for all ages at PC Junction.

IN YOUR GLASS A Little Sweet, A Little Spicy 75 ON YOUR PLATE Eating Fresh 78 Simple summer salads EDITOR’S NOTE 11 CONTRIBUTORS 13 RESTAURANT GUIDE 88 DOOR COUNTY MAP 97

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EDITOR’S NOTE Living Up to the Name You are opening the 20th summer edition of Door County Living magazine.

The other day I sat on the couch in our office, flipping through our archives, catching the names of some of the writers and artisits I’ve been lucky enough to rest a byline near over the years. Jim Lundstrom, Roy and Charlotte Lukes, Ryan Miller, Patty Williamson, Mariah Goode, Jacinda Duffin, Sam Perlman, Paul Wanish, Alyssa Skiba, Len Villano, Allison Vroman, Steve Grutzmacher, Dan Eggert, Madeline Johnson, Melissa Ripp.

There are many more.

I see in these names not just contributors, but people who care deeply about this community. People who value telling an honest story of their neighbors, or highlighting unsung contributors to our community.

And I see names of people who later moved into roles where they too dedicate themselves to improving this community as volunteers, nonprofit directors, as artists or in public service.

But before that, or outside of it, over the course of 90 editions of Door County Living and more than 1,000 stories, they have helped to record so much of the essence of what it is to make a life here.

I grew up in Egg Harbor, the son of shopkeepers (among other jobs my parents worked), as so many of my generation were. And if they weren’t raised at that particular foot, then it was a barkeep’s, mechanic’s, teacher’s or farmer’s. The biggest test I hope we pass each time we put out a publication with the title Door County Living is whether it honestly reflects the living of those people as well, in addition to informing and entertaining those new to our shores seeking the fun we do on vacation.

It’s why these pages have featured both the stories of snowplow drivers and kayak guides; dairy farmers and farmto-table chefs; rhythm and blues and rhythm chickens.

Throughout the pages of this edition – Volume 20, Issue 2 – you’ll find the fun, the roots, the quirks and the heartbeat of our home.

And I will try to paint a picture of the day when history was on parade in Sister Bay, driven by a young woman who dived into the deep end of the pool and kept paddling long enough to save a piece of community history and help address the local housing crisis.

No single magazine issue touches on every aspect of living here, but over the course of a year, we aim to come close. Throughout the course of 20 years, we hope we’ve woven a broad, rich tapestry. And we hope to continue weaving for 20 years – and many more – to come.

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You’ll meet John and Jackie Sawyer, who have been building and giving back to the community for a lifetime. You’ll take a look back at 1933 Door County through the archives of National Geographic magazine, courtesy of longtime visitor and writer Dustin Renwick. Tom Groenfeldt will tell the story of the artists transforming the image of Sturgeon Bay, and Sara Lancaster will take you beside the tracks at PC Junction.

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CONTRIBUTORS

Copy editor PAULA APFELBACH is living the good life in a great place west of Door County: Minneapolis. She also wonders how it got to be summer again.

Writer and editor MYLES DANNHAUSEN JR. has been searching out stories for Door County Living since 2005. This issue, he recounts the effort to move the Little Sister Barn and 16 other buildings from the Little Sister Resort.

JESS FARLEY is a sales manager for Door County Living and the Peninsula Pulse. Food is her passion, and practicing creativity in the kitchen is her happy place – preferably when paired with good company, great music and a full-bodied cabernet.

POLLY FITZ is a writer and Pilates teacher who has Door County genes through her mother, grandparents and great-grandmother, all of whom were born and raised on the peninsula.

Although she remains an aspirational resident, she’s a frequent visitor and is grateful to share stories about the place she loves the most.

TOM GROENFELDT of Sturgeon Bay writes about financial technology for Forbes.com and The Financial Brand in addition to writing profiles of Door County artists for the Peninsula Pulse.

GRACE JOHNSON is the special issues editor and a book nerd. For this issue, she talked with former co-worker and author Sally Collins about her new children’s board book.

Whichever chair creative director ANDREW KLEIDON sits in for the Peninsula Pulse, he’s always having a blast. When he’s not in the office, he’s hanging with his wife, their Yorkie, and their son, Oliver, and eagerly awaiting baby number two.

When BRETT KOSMIDER isn’t wandering off into the wilds, he usually has a camera in front of his face taking photographs or, as a co-founder and the creative director of Peninsula Filmworks, is producing videos about the people and places of Door County.

SARA RAE LANCASTER splits her time between writing about the people and places of Door County for the Peninsula Pulse and Door County Living, and operating OneEighty Petals Flower Farm in Fish Creek with her husband, John; son, Jack; and daughter, Evangeline.

Since the passing of her husband, Roy, in 2016, CHARLOTTE LUKES writes to fulfill his mission to help educate and inspire readers to learn, care for and protect our native species and the natural world.

JENNIFER MUCH is a freelance writer who resides in the Fox Cities of Wisconsin with her husband, Corey; and their two children, Katelyn and Lucas.

Door County is their second home.

As a journalist, DUSTIN RENWICK focuses on stories from the Midwest and Great Lakes. He’s the production director for National Geographic Live and visits Door County every summer from the other DC – the nation’s capital.

Outdoors enthusiast CRAIG STERRETT of Egg Harbor has more than three decades of journalism experience and a passion for the links. For this issue, he discovered the people who designed the county’s golf courses.

Peninsula Pulse photographer and videographer RACHEL LUKAS is getting more familiar with the county with every shoot.

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Walking on Water It looks like a surfboard, paddles like a kayak and is one of the most accessible ways to explore Door County’s waters.

by Sara Rae Lancaster t an initial investment of less than $200 on the low end, stand-up paddleboards (SUPs) provide the foundation for one of the more approachable and budget-friendly water sports. The SUP’s wide base makes it accommodating for those who feel more comfortable kneeling or sitting when paddling, and the technique for gliding over the water is friendly to all ages and can be picked up after only a few tries.

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OUTDOOR Where to go?

Nicolet Bay

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In Fish Creek, Nicolet Bay tends to be more congested than other locations, but the SUP rentals within Peninsula State Park offer easy, by-the-hour access for someone who just wants to try a quick paddle.

As with any water sport enjoyed in Door County, the options of places to paddle are many.

But the many SUP outfitters on the peninsula agree: Newbies should check out Cave Point first. The water tends to be a bit quieter, and the geological backdrop does not disappoint!

Eagle Harbor Around the bluff, Eagle Harbor in Ephraim blends the security of paddling in a protected

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HISTORY

A Kingdom Still Delicious

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Tourism boomed during the 1933 cherry season, but the county had already planned to welcome visitors year-round. A new lookout tower in Potawatomi State Park opened to the public in October 1931, with the expectation of thousands of visitors as “autumn foliage is daily adding to the splendor of the view.” Although it resembled the two fire lookouts in Peninsula State Park, the Potawatomi observation tower was the first in Wisconsin designed exclusively for recreation.

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Depression-era federal programs such as the Works Progress Administration landed in Door County by the end of 1933 to help build parks and improve roads. Yet locals had already funded bonds for resurfacing projects in 1930 with a clear goal, as reported by The Door County News: “Tourists are loath to travel over highways from which clouds of dust arise to obscure their vision and cover them with a coating of fine sand.” Williams provided no information for this location except “Ephraim Peninsula.”

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ational Geographic magazine introduced the world to Door County in a 1969 feature with a title that riffed on the centuriesold journal entries of French trader Pierre-Esprit Radisson: “A Kingdom So Delicious.” However, hints of the peninsula had arrived in the mailboxes of National Geographic readers decades prior.

These pictures – revealed for the first time to the public at last summer’s Miller Art Museum exhibit – were made in 1933 by journalist Maynard Owen Williams.

Williams (1888-1963), the magazine’s chief foreign correspondent, visited Door County on his first domestic story assignment in 13 years. His 9,000-mile tour of the Great Lakes represented familiar territory for the

global journalist who was a graduate of Kalamazoo College in Michigan.

The article was published in the April 1934 issue of the magazine, and Door County earned one photo and a passing mention in the text. Yet both the article and the unpublished archival images here avoided America’s struggles.

Williams himself had lost money in the stock market crash, and the magazine reduced his pay during subsequent

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(Top) The Fruit Growers Cooperative cannery operated 17 hours each day during full production in 1933, but Williams stopped by before the harvest began. Juicy red jewels would soon cascade onto the dimpled surface of the drums – the automatic pitters. Door County’s five factories could process 250,000 cherries every minute. This facility on the Sturgeon Bay waterfront was demolished in 1966 to make space for shipyards.

(Above) A.L. Hatch, one of the county’s founding cherry growers, declared his faith in the fruit at the turn of the 20th century: “The cherry is our long hold.” He viewed success in agricultural terms, but farm life blended with the travel industry when orchards advertised pick-your-own cherries as an option for family getaways. With cheap fruit secured, harvesters transformed into tourists, as this woman might have in Peninsula State Park.

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Orchards favored local labor during the Depression, but at least one Cherryland Special ran from Milwaukee to Sturgeon Bay in the summer of 1933. More than 200 boys and girls arrived on the train to pick for a month, similar to this group of high school girls Williams interviewed. Unemployed seasonal workers looking for agricultural jobs still arrived too, many without shoes or proper clothing, given the hardships of the year.

budget cuts. But Williams described Door County’s “wonderland of forest and water” with no mention of the Great Depression.

Despite the absence in the story, residents struggled with the national turmoil while the cherry blossoms bloomed. President Franklin Roosevelt signed legislation in May 1933 that attempted to stabilize farmers’ income and reduce agricultural surpluses.

“As a result,” reported the Door County Advocate, “the three leading cherry operators of Wisconsin worked for several weeks on a plan.” Reynolds Preserving Company, Martin Orchards and the Fruit Growers Cooperative agreed to keep their prices the same. Collaboration, not competition.

The harvest began July 5, and lines of trucks from the 400 or so county growers blocked Sturgeon Bay streets every afternoon and evening.

By early August, the canning factories had packed their federal quota. Much of the rest of the estimated total crop of 16 million pounds was sold with a new method called “pick your own.”

Some orchards had tested the concept in 1932, but the entire county embraced the tourists in 1933, Williams included.

Now for the first time since, visual representations of that momentous year find their way home to the kingdom that still thrives on cherries.

Look in the Door County Library branch in Sturgeon Bay to find a 1942 mural painted by city native Jessie Kalmbach Chase (1879-1970). She depicted a young woman wearing a halter top and dropping ripe cherries into a bucket while standing on an orchard ladder, its flared base obscured by the colorful trees much like the scene captured here by Williams.

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month before Maynard Owen Williams rolled into Door County on his 1933 assignment for National Geographic, some newlyweds arrived in Ephraim. Francis and Marion Färdig had moved a few days after their wedding.

However, the teaching job they expected had been reassigned to an established county resident. The couple looked for other work while they tended an orchard that Francis’ parents had begun to develop a few years prior.

The orchard thrived in the following decade and so did the Färdigs, though not in Door County.

They and their daughter, Marilyn, traveled north from Illinois each summer. Marilyn sold the orchard’s fruit and vegetables at a roadside stand that her grandmother had painted with Scandinavian motifs.

Gasoline rationing and her father’s summer job in a defense plant during World War II stopped Marilyn’s visits. After the war, she returned to the peninsula and noticed a wardrobe addition: a T-shirt that displayed the agricultural pride of Door County. CHERRYLAND appeared in red above a cluster of four fruits.

Marilyn’s name is written on an inside tag of her shirt, now in the collections of the Ephraim Historical Foundation.

“My guess would be that it was purchased in Bunda’s Department Store in Sister Bay,” she said, “but that’s just a guess. That was the main shopping place.”

As a 9-year-old at the time, she doesn’t specifically remember the origins. “But whenever I saw it in a drawer in our home in Ephraim, I recognized it as something I had owned and worn.”

The nickname “Cherryland” appeared in The Door County Advocate in 1914, but its usage likely precedes that date. The term gained validation after the 1930 census reported that Door County led the country in cherry production, and Williams referred to Cherryland in his story that published in the April 1934 issue of the magazine.

Marilyn continued her summer vacations to Door County after she married—now Färdig Whiteley—and moved to Canada in 1966. She sold the peninsula property in 2019, but she still lives about an hour from Toronto, a lifelong Great Lakes resident.

Marilyn Färdig Whiteley, seen here in 1945 or 1946 with her dog, Pokey, was in charge of a roadside produce stand at her grandparents’ orchard.

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HABITAT

Letting the Light In Container home mixes modern and traditional

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hile the south light is great for living, the north light is good for making artwork,” Cathy Hoke explained as she showed me around her home.

That Hoke designed her home to get light from opposing directions is emblematic of the project as a whole.

The house is a series of juxtapositions – modern and traditional, dark and light – that all come together as a unique whole.

Hoke’s home, just outside of Fish Creek near the Greenwood Supper Club, sits in the woods – the final stop as a long, unpaved road curves to an end. It’s this quiet, middle-of-the-peninsula setting she envisioned for her dream home: the one she decided to build out of shipping containers.

“I loved the design challenge of working with the shipping containers. They come in a certain size, eight feet by 40 feet, or eight feet by 20 feet, so it’s like building with Legos,” Hoke said with a laugh. “I loved the challenge of working with those constraints.”

Approaching home building as a design challenge seems fitting given Hoke’s creative lifestyle: She’s an art collector and maker, as well as the executive director of Peninsula School of Art in Fish Creek. Her decision to use shipping containers came only after researching numerous building methods, including traditional stick construction and various alternative methods.

Hoke explained that, having previously lived in a 120-year-old farmhouse, she wanted her new home to be low maintenance and energy efficient. It also needed to fit her budget, and, she emphasized, she didn’t want to compromise.

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“I wanted what I wanted in the space,” she said. “I got bids for this size house in a traditional stick-built structure, and it was more than I could afford to spend.”

Hoke said her shipping-container house ended up being about 25%-30% less than she would have paid for a similar traditional framed house.

Deciding to use shipping containers as her medium didn’t mean that she wanted a typical-looking shippingcontainer home, however – quite the opposite. Hoke wanted to use this unconventional material to create something that looked, well, conventional.

“I love all of those Scottish longhouses – those really long, linear buildings that historically existed in northern climates. That was my inspiration,” she said. “I think that when people think of shipping-container houses, they think of rusted metal boxes all stacked in a crazy way. I was more interested in something that was more traditional in the vernacular – that when you look at it, it looks like a barn-shaped building.”

Hoke’s contractor, Factotum Fabricor in Appleton, specializes in exactly the kind of flat-roofed shipping-container aesthetic she did not want, so for owner Justin Kuehl, her project offered a new opportunity.

“Just the look and stance of that house are so different from what we’ve done,” Kuehl said. “[Cathy] wanted that 12-12, super-steep peaked roof, and it was challenging to do that.”

Kuehl said the puzzle for his team was, “Can you make a shipping-container house that is just a house without all the frills, and still make it look really cool? I think we did that.”

To make Hoke’s house, Factotum used four eight-foot-by-40-foot shipping containers set in a rectangle, with a

four-foot open space lengthwise down the middle to create more usable space inside. The containers sit on a foundation, with a crawl space for the mechanicals.

Factotum uses only single-trip containers – containers that have been used for only one load – because they don’t have as much wear and tear. The company does all of the painting and window and door cutouts at its shop before moving the containers on-site.

From the outside, Hoke’s house echoes the currently popular modernfarmhouse look, with a black exterior, black metal roof and attached, woodfronted garage. But the inside is completely different – by design.

“I love the surprise,” she said. “You look at the front of the house, and you just see those small windows and the black façade. Then you walk in, and it’s just filled immediately with light and connection to the woods.”

The interior walls and ceiling are all painted white to create a bright space and provide a neutral backdrop to showcase Hoke’s art collection. The woods even appear as giant paintings, framed by the huge, black-framed windows along the back side of the house.

The art placement, naturally, reflects her design sense and her desire to honor her setting. Hoke explained which paintings she chose to hang on a wall of windows: “I wanted the ones that sort of mimicked what was happening outside,” she said. “They’re softer paintings.

They’re green. They’re blue. They catch your eye, but they don’t distract from the view.”

Maximizing the view also allows Hoke to capture some solar gain through those windows – something she had in mind when she first bought the lot.

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Hoke’s dog, Monty, rests in the warmth of the sun in Hoke’s office.

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(Clockwise from top left) Using shipping containers as the foundation, Hoke aimed to create a home in the style of Scottish longhouses. / The dark exterior of the home stands in contrast to the bright interior, which is filled with natural light. / The rigid metal of the shipping containers adds texture to the ceiling.

“I knew that this lot had the opportunity to have the back of the house facing south, so I had the ability to get all of this natural light,” she said.

The main living space is an open plan, with a seating area, dining space and kitchen that, all together, feel both modern and warm. A woodburning stove anchors the seating area, with softly upholstered furniture arranged around it. The dining table is made of reclaimed barn wood. Black, metal dining chairs give a nod to industrial design.

The kitchen is the focal point, with a textured, gray-and-white tile backsplash that stretches to the ceiling. The island is covered with glossy, white countertops with a waterfall edge.

Hoke’s bedroom and bathroom are on the other side of the seating area.

Behind the kitchen, a massive butler’s pantry provides plenty of storage.

Beyond that on one side is a guest bedroom and bath, and on the other side is her office.

The office is the one place where Hoke deviated from her plain, white walls.

As a nod to her sense of playfulness, one accent wall features a geometric wallpaper pattern in shades of blue and orange, and her office chair provides a bright-orange pop of color.

Hoke described building a shippingcontainer home as a process of deciding which part of the container to show and which to hide because the containers must be insulated somewhere. Her choice to show the container on the exterior meant insulating the walls inside – putting drywall over the containers’ ridged sides. But her pitched roof allowed for insulation above, leaving her free to keep the original texture of the containers for her ceiling.

“I loved the ridged metal on the ceiling – the shadows that created,” she said.

“By painting everything white on the inside, you really see those shadows, and I love that.”

Although Hoke approached her homebuilding project as a design challenge,

she encountered non-design challenges as well. One was finding financing.

She said that banks are reluctant to finance shipping-container homes, so she’s grateful that Nicolet National Bank was willing to give her a mortgage, especially because it’s a mortgage the bank cannot bundle with others and sell – it has to hold the mortgage itself.

Hoke also said that getting homeowner’s insurance was tricky because insurance risk models are based on traditional building materials.

Hoke describes her home as “right sized and deeply personal.” It’s clear that the design and building processes were personal, too – like art: They’re expressions of her creativity and passion for exploring new ways of doing things.

Hoke’s home will be one of the featured stops for the 61st annual House & Garden Walk hosted by the Door County Medical Center. The walk takes place July 26 this year. Find details at facebook.com/ doorcountyhouseandgardenwalk.

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Lily-Family Flowers

by Charlotte Lukes photos by Roy Lukes Michigan lilies are similar to the Turk’s cap, with strongly recurved, orange petals.

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his family of common wild and domestic plants is easy to identify because typical flowers are in parts of three or six, and the leaves are parallel veined. One of the most well known is the giant trillium of spring deciduous woodlands. This is the only flower in the group that does not have tepals.

Lilies with six petals that appear the same are actually composed of three petals and three sepals that look alike, so the blossom cluster is called tepals.

The trout lily is a good example: If you examine the back of the flower, you can

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see that the alternate petal structures are slightly different.

A rare member of this family is the Canada mayflower, Maianthemum canadense (my-AN-the-mum can-aDENS). Upon close examination of the flower structure, you see that it has four petals and four stamens. However, the leaves are parallel veined and appear to be much like other lily plants. It is in full bloom here in May and is very common in forests.

Three other members of the Maianthemum genus also grow in Door County: Solomon’s plume, M.

racemosum (ray-se-MO-sum); starry false Solomon’s seal, M. stellatum (stel-LAY-tum) and three-leaved false Solomon’s seal; M. trifolium (try-FOlee-um). Old field guides have these three listed with the genus of Smilacina (smy-li-SY-na).

Two other trillium species can be found in northeastern Wisconsin. The nodding trillium, Trillium cernuum, (SIR-newum), grows during the mid-spring in conifer woodlands where the soil is acidic and moist. The other species is called the dwarf white or snow trillium, T. nivale, (niv-AL). The plant is only

DOOR TO NATURE The waxy, greenish-white petals of the death camass lily are often seen along The Ridges Sanctuary’s trails in July and August.

three to six inches tall, and the species name refers to snow.

When the trilliums are nearing the end of their blooming season, the giant Solomon’s seal, Polygonatum biflorum, (pol-ee-GON-a-tum bi-FLOR-um), puts on a show. This species is often called the “true” Solomon’s seal, whereas the Solomon’s plume, mentioned earlier, is called the false Solomon’s seal. The giant has pairs of small flowers hanging down under the stem. The other species has a four- to five-inch white flower cluster at the end of the stem.

There’s a rhyme that helps to distinguish these two plants, and it fits Door County’s sailing community: “Solomon’s seal, for it to be real, must have flowers along its keel.” That means that the pairs of flowers hang down under the main stem of the plant.

My late husband, Roy, and I always preferred to call the false Solomon’s seal the Solomon’s plume. The large cluster of flowers does look like a plume. Another rhyme I found is this: “Solomon’s plume, for it to pretend, must have flowers at its end.”

Other lily species that bloom in the spring are the large-flowered bellwort, yellow trout lily and blue bead lily.

A plant that produces leaves early in spring – the wild leek – does not blossom until July. By then, the leaves have died back, and this bare stalk of white flowers mystifies many people.

They can’t figure out what it is because there are no leaves surrounding the stem. This is in the onion genus, Allium (AL-ee-um).

recurved petals. Years ago, we found a group along a quiet country road in a wooded area that appeared to be an abandoned farmstead.

The Ridges Sanctuary is home to a midsummer bloomer called the death camass lily, Zigadenus elegans (ziGAD-en-us EL-eh-ganz). Another name is the white camass lily, and it likes to grow in limy soils. The “death” part of its name came from cattle being poisoned by consuming the plant.

Its waxy, white-to-pale-green flowers wave in the August wind on plants that grow up to two feet tall, and the six-parted blossom may play tricks on visiting insects: If they overindulge on the nectar, it can have a stupefying effect, as if the flower is saying, “You can have a little bit, but not too much!”

A botanist friend who often enjoyed seeing The Ridges Sanctuary during the summer called this plant the wand lily because of its gentle, swaying motion in a breeze.

Spatterdock or yellow pond lily and the fragrant white water lily are seen all summer on the north side of the Kangaroo Lake causeway. They are in their own group called the water lily family, Nymphaeaceae (nim-fee-AY-seeee), named for water nymphs.

There are other common lily plants that we enjoy, such as some of the imported ornamental Asiatic or tiger lilies.

Others in this group are daylilies, which grow along roadsides and spread from old homesteads. The lily of the valley is another import, and it can become invasive. Peninsula State Park, in fact, had a large area where these were almost out of control. Many gardeners enjoy hostas for their great variety of leaves and flowers, but they, too, are not native. Surprisingly, two other popular nonnative plants in the lily family are the grape hyacinth and asparagus.

Regardless of whether the plants are native or imported, there are many species in the lily family that give joy to gardeners and naturalists alike. From the lowly, onion/garlic-scented leeks of the April woods, to the sprawling, naturalized patches of daylilies now marking sites of homesteads that have long disappeared from the landscape, lilies continue to be the champions of innocence, purity and magnificence.

In fact, it would be difficult to imagine being any closer to paradise than when “in the beauty of the lilies.”

The Ridges Sanctuary is a good place to see the deep-orange wood lily, Lillium philadelphicum (LIL-ee-um fill-uhDEL-fih-kum), which can reach a height of three feet and has upward, pointed blossoms. It is sometimes called the orange cup lily because of the shape of the flower.

Another brilliant, orange lily is the Michigan lily, which grows three to six feet high. It’s also known as the Turk’s cap lily and has flowers that point toward the ground with strongly Huge daylily patches like this one have grown for many years along country roads.

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Forging a New Identity The arts renaissance in Sturgeon Bay

by Tom Groenfeldt photos by Brett Kosmider

Jeremy Popelka and Stephanie Trenchard fire glass at their studio in Sturgeon Bay.

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or years, Sturgeon Bay residents have rolled their eyes at the visitors who think Door County doesn’t start until you reach Egg Harbor. But as the city evolves, that impression is changing.

The biggest part of this evolution may be the growth of the arts in Sturgeon Bay during recent years with the opening of several galleries and studios on South 3rd Avenue and new galleries and studios across the bridge on the west side of the city.

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Sturgeon Bay has often been dismissed as a hard, industrial, blue-collar town on the way to the more picturesque little towns that Door County is famous for, said Jeremy Popelka, who founded Popelka Trenchard Glass fine-art gallery and studio on 2nd Avenue with his wife, Stephanie Trenchard, 24 years ago.

“We used to bristle when visitors stopped and said they were on their way to Door County, but eventually you wear such disparagement as a rusty badge,” Popelka said.

The biggest concentration of art power in the city is the SŌMI Gallery, at 45 S. 3rd Ave., which opened in 2021.

It’s a joint venture between Popelka Trenchard Glass, which is behind SŌMI on 2nd Avenue, and Karen Hertz-Sumnicht, an abstract artist and the owner of Avenue Art & Co. in Appleton, which now has a new branch in Sturgeon Bay. Right behind the street-facing gallery is The Third Room, a venue for temporary exhibitions by guest artists.

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(Top right) Popelka Trenchard Glass. (Above) The city has embraced its new creative energy.

The building also houses studios for Melissa Resch, an abstract artist who displays work at Idea Gallery in West Jacksonport; and Mac Schueppert, a pastel painter of landscapes, town scenes and lakers, who shows at Fine Line Designs in Ephraim.

Seth Taylor bought the building sight unseen while he was in South Korea, where he had been living and running a school for 13-plus years with his wife, Christine Hong. He does ink painting with India ink, as well as watercolor and

pen-and-ink portraiture, and Hong does traditional Korean painting.

walkways along the water on the east and west sides, for example.

The other storefront on the north side of the building has become the home for Avenue Art on 3rd, a Door County extension of Hertz-Sumnicht’s Appleton gallery and framing shop. It displays work by artists from Door County and the Fox Valley.

“Part of it is as simple as the signage that has gone up all over,” he said. “I can’t tell you the number of people, both locals and folks living out a ways, who say how much easier it is to find things in Sturgeon Bay.”

Sturgeon Bay Mayor David Ward said the city is seeing the results of efforts that started 20 years ago: parks and

It Starts with Artists But nothing happens without the artists.

Ward said that establishing the creative district – bringing visual, musical and

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theatrical arts together, driven by the local artists – has created a larger scene.

Avenue, where it was the lone gallery and glass works for most of those years.

“A lot of people don’t see the personal and individual energy that goes into these ideas and projects,” Ward said.

The street gained added vibrancy in 2014 when Margaret Lockwood and Allin Walker sold Woodwalk Gallery in Egg Harbor and opened the Lockwood Gallery on the corner of 2nd Avenue and Michigan Street. It features her large, abstract paintings, plus sculptures, jewelry and ceramics by other artists.

The building also has a performance space on a lower level with an entrance on 1st Avenue.

Popelka said that he and Trenchard didn’t envision becoming – with the Holiday Music Motel, Steel Bridge Songfest and Miller Art Museum – what Ward called one of the driving forces of redefining Sturgeon Bay, but Popelka is pleased to see it happen.

The Miller Art Museum, founded almost 50 years ago, is the peninsula’s only fine-art museum. It’s open year-round, with a main gallery that features regularly changing exhibitions.

Across the street from the SŌMI Gallery is Two Bridges Gallery, with cold-wax paintings by Julia Redwine and prints

by Dale Vanden Houten, who often fashions his prints into 3D sculpture.

Farther down 3rd Avenue toward Oregon Street is The Pearl of Door County, which displays paintings by several Sturgeon Bay artists, including Ernest Beutel and Andrea Naylor.

The Originators The area, which the city has designated the Steel Bridge Creative District, may appear to have sprung to life in 2021, but Popelka Trenchard Glass will soon celebrate its 25th anniversary on 2nd

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Sturgeon Bay native Audrey M. Off has run AMO Gallery & Framery on 3rd Avenue for 20 years, mixing traditional landscapes and seascapes with abstract work and photography – her own pieces, as well as works by several other artists.

“Having grown up in Sturgeon Bay, I’ve seen great changes in the art scene,” she wrote in an email. “Recently, in spite of world events, creativity here has exploded! It’s wonderful to be a witness to history and the infusion of energy with each generation.”

Next door to her shop is Novel Bay Booksellers, which shows large prints

by Luke Collins, a city resident who also operates a gallery and studio business in Baileys Harbor. Another block north is Artists Guild, which carries an extensive inventory of art supplies.

Popelka also cited Third Avenue PlayWorks, which has just undergone a $3.5 million renovation and has a small lobby gallery where local artists’ work is on display. Across the street, the Door County Community Foundation also has a gallery with shows that change about four times a year.

For years, the Holiday Music Motel on 2nd Avenue and Michigan Street, and the Tambourine Lounge next door, have promoted music and visual arts. Several artists have studios in the building, and the Tambourine Lounge features open-mic nights, live performances and songwriting retreats that have led to more than 1,500 songs being written and recorded.

Visitors Support the Arts with Money But the arts are not merely a cultural phenomenon in Door County: They also have significant economic impact.

A 2017 study by the Peninsula Arts & Humanities Alliance showed that local nonprofit arts organizations generated $24.7 million in economic activity annually, resulting in nearly $2.5 million in local and state tax revenues, 632 full-time-equivalent jobs and $12.2 million in resident income.

Sturgeon Bay’s growing role in the arts comes as a bit of a surprise to a city that has long been better known for shipbuilding and sophisticated

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manufacturing than for art. Popelka credits Pam Seiler, the recently retired executive director of Destination Sturgeon Bay, for garnering wider recognition for the potential of the city’s arts community.

“She was a conduit to the common council, and all that was good,” Popelka said. “Pam was like the first person who really knew that disparate voices needed to be heard in the community – you have to bring them together. She took the Holiday Music Motel seriously when a lot of people just looked the other way or thought they were a bunch of eccentric hippies.”

The arts enjoy support from the mayor and council members, several artists said. The evolution has shown that the city’s strong industrial roots can not only coexist with the arts, but can complement and inspire them as well.

Like Popelka, who thinks the city’s industrial base gives it a strength that many tourist destinations lack, Ward likes the views of tugs, barges, lakers and cranes.

“We keep talking about the working waterfront,” Ward said. “Now that we have walking paths across the water and across the bridges, you can see the elements of the city’s working waterfront, from the Coast Guard to Roen Salvage, to the tugs and marinas.

We have over 650 slips in the city – that is true scale.”

The city’s growing art scene has certainly impressed Hertz-Sumnicht, who has spent much of her career in the arts business in Appleton. She said her experiences working with Popelka, Trenchard and Taylor have been remarkable, especially compared to operating a framing business and gallery in Appleton.

“In the 35 years I’ve been in Appleton,” Hertz-Sumnicht said, “there’s been almost no one else who tried to open anything even resembling a gallery, so the fact that we’ve got what we’ve got here in our little downtown is amazing.”

Music is crisscrossing with the visual arts, she added, and she can see it when SŌMI has openings, where she’s met a variety of people through Trenchard.

“This vast, diverse group of people – it’s not just a bunch of visual artists who are stepping in, and it’s not a bunch of rich patrons,” Hertz-Sumnicht said. “It’s just people who are just really involved in the arts, and what a gift that’s been.”

Some Northern Door Artists Are Looking South Lockwood confirmed what Popelka and Trenchard saw two decades ago: that Sturgeon Bay had potential for the arts.

Now she looks at the new galleries, both on 3rd and across the bay, and thinks they’re just the beginning of what Sturgeon Bay is becoming.

New developments, including refurbishing the Door County Granary and opening a new One Barrel Brewing Company location on the city’s West Waterfront, will soon link the districts more tightly.

“The Granary and One Barrel on the Westside Waterfront will change everything,” Lockwood said. “In three years, Sturgeon Bay will be the place. It will be much more fun; people will be coming all the time. They have already started coming down to Sturgeon Bay for the day and then going back north.

They like the food; they like the art galleries.”

Add public art to the mix, such as the fountain at Graham Park and the woolly mammoth sculpture that now sits at Bay View Park, and you’ve got a city on the brink of a new identity, said Helen Bacon, a member of the Sturgeon Bay Common Council who also leads the Sturgeon Bay Local Arts Board.

“We have private donations providing public art, which is a nice combination,” Bacon said. “We would like to have a sculpture walk along the water, from Stone Harbor across the bridges to Sawyer Park.”

With the pace of the city’s evolution into an arts hub, that may not be so far away.

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pending time around a crackling fire is a celebrated staple of summer, and whether you’re a camping enthusiast or a backyard boss, it’s important to buy wood where you plan to burn it.

Purchasing wood locally is essential in helping to prevent the spread of invasive species such as the emerald ash borer. This green-hued beetle originated in Asia and made its way to North America in 2002 in shipping crates and infested wood. To date, the beetles have damaged and killed millions of ash trees.

To combat invasions of unwanted pests that are unknowingly transported from their region of origin, and to protect our state’s forests, Wisconsin began regulating the movement of firewood.

The recommendation is that wood should be sourced 10 miles or fewer from where it will be burned.

Maintaining area forests and parks, including harvesting firewood, is labor intensive. Egg Harbor residents Lance and Sue Olson know this firsthand. For

40 years they worked in Peninsula State Park as the wood concessionaire for the park’s 468 campsites before retiring last year.

“They would help pick up wood from the fallen trees and load racks as needed,” Sue said. “It was definitely a family business.”

Lance began working in the park in his late teens as a wood concessionaire, and he cut down hazardous trees around the park.

Wood sold at the park is harvested on-site. The exception is if the supply is supplemented with certified wood, which carries a label from the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection or the U.S. Department of Agriculture that means it has been processed and kiln dried. Heat-treating the wood in this way greatly reduces the risk that it’s carrying diseases and unwelcome pests.

Sue, who has been a teacher at Gibraltar School for 32 years, has fond memories of working in the park alongside her husband.

“I would spend my weekends helping Lance pick up the wood that he dropped throughout the park,” she said. “We usually were done with the process in early May. Then the splitting began.”

Splitting the wood was no easy task – and it would take until October – but it yielded a generous stockpile of fresh firewood. Throughout the camping season, the Olsons would be at the wood yard selling firewood to campers. That quickly became a family affair as their two daughters, Cassie and Anissa, also helped at the park.

Those looking to stock up on bundles for home use can shop locally from area roadside stands or visit Firewood Scout at firewoodscout.org. It allows users to search within a specific area and generates listings for nearby firewood businesses and private sellers.

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LITERATURE

Building a Board Book How motherhood inspired Sally Collins to write

by Grace Johnson photos by Luke Collins

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s a girl, Sally Collins would send letters to Pleasant Company – the publishers of the American Girl doll series – offering her writing services and storytelling prowess.

Although the company never took the 10-year-old up on her offer, Collins eventually realized her dream of getting her work published through the release of her children’s board book, Door County Animals.

“My friends have started to own businesses, put their stuff out there and are starting to invest more in themselves,” Collins said. “That’s really inspiring, and I felt I could do this.”

Her interest in writing was in the realm of fiction – and she has a novel in the works – but it was the birth of her daughter, Greta, in 2019 that put Collins on the course to writing children’s books.

“I’m really excited about this novel, and I plan to publish it and want to do a good job, but as I was writing it, we started to go through IVF [in vitro fertilization],” Collins said. “I realized that writing a novel is extremely emotionally draining, especially because I tend to want to write about sad topics.”

When she and her husband, Luke, found out they were pregnant, they started to collect children’s board books during their travels as little mementos that they could share with their daughter.

“I had the assumption that it would take me such a long time to decide on layout, color palettes and the overall vibe,” Smith said. “However, once I had the rough sketches created, it was only about an hour until it was flowing out of me and into art boards. It all just felt right, which is the best thing an artist could ask for.”

When Collins received the illustrations back from Smith, she took them to her young

A young artist named Riley Smith was working for Luke, and Collins started to see her illustrations on social media. She knew immediately that Smith’s work was a perfect match.

When Collins approached Smith about the project, she hesitated until meeting with the author.

“Sally’s constant encouragement and support made me feel confident that if she believed in me, then I should, too,” Smith said.

“She knew that I was capable of creating something beautiful that she was proud to put her name on.”

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The two worked in tandem to realize Collins’ dream. Even though Collins

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“I wanted something special for the tots of Door County – visitors and locals

Collins decided to focus on the natural beauty of Door County, showcasing various creatures and critters that one would find here in their natural habitats. Collins jotted down rhymes in spare moments with Greta and began to plan the book’s layout, even considering illustrating the story herself. But, after an attempt to draw a goat went poorly, Collins decided to look elsewhere to find the perfect illustrator match.

had an idea of what she wanted the layout to be, she gave Smith a lot of room to create.

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After a search for a Door County– themed board book came up with nothing, Collins decided to pick up her pen and started writing again, but this time in rhyme.

alike – especially after seeing other beautiful board books in other parts of the U.S. that we bought and continue to look at to talk about our travels and experiences,” she said.

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PICTURE BOOKS VERSUS BOARD BOOKS The basic difference between these two styles of children’s books is the materials they’re made from.

Picture books can be printed with hard or soft covers, with the pages inside made from either glossy or matte paper. Board books are typically made from thick cardboard, including the interior pages.

Board books are generally designed for children ages 0-3, so they need to be easy for small hands to grasp. This style of book is also often preferred for small children because of its durability.

Picture books tend to be more illustrative and long, while board books tend to be shorter and feature simple rhymes and visuals that help young learners start to identify objects, numbers and letters.

The author was inspired by her daughter, Greta.

daughter to see whether Greta could identify the animals on the pages. Any she may have misidentified went back to the artist for small changes.

While this was going on, Collins was working on finding the best rhymes and animals to depict. At first, she tried to represent all of the major sights in the county, but then she decided that she wanted her nod to her home to be more subtle, with its main goal being to teach a little lesson about appreciating the natural world without bothering it.

“I wanted it to be something that, even if you don’t live here, you can enjoy it and appreciate it.”

After a few spreads and rhymes were rejected on the advice of her nieces

and nephews, Collins settled on 10 that created a look into the natural diversity of Door County.

Because of the niche nature of her book and wanting to keep creative control, Collins gathered people around her who could offer advice and armed herself with a copy of Self-Publishing for Dummies before creating her own LLC and publisher, Cherryland Press.

From her experience, Collins recommends that people who take the self-publishing route get samples before settling on a printer – it took her a few tries before she found a company that printed board books with the quality she was looking for.

Her hopes for Cherryland Press lie beyond being just a “Sally Collins publisher” in that she wants to work with more local artists, tapping into their talents and potential.

But for now, after a few delays due to shipping, Collins has received copies of her completed board book, which is now available in the community.

“I’m proud of myself for making it happen, especially for Greta,” Collins said. “It’s fun to have that for her – this board book Mom made that you inspired.”

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A Life of Building John Sawyer is still helping youth and businesses

John and Jackie Sawyer have gone to bat together on a long list of community projects. Photo by Brett Kosmider.

by Craig Sterett

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ntrepreneurs talk about “giving back” to the community. But John Sawyer doesn’t need to talk: He’s all action.

Sawyer has spent most of his days building homes, launching businesses and helping others to attain their dreams, but he’s also made time to teach sports to children, coach high schoolers and develop youth programs.

The Egg Harbor resident became a public servant for the benefit of young people almost immediately after graduating from college, and so did his wife, Jackie.

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There were times when both of them missed their own kids’ games because they had other teams to coach.

“I actually started the youth football program before I had a son,” John said.

“It was all about the kids – never just for our children.”

Years prior to coaching high school students, Sawyer took leadership roles in local baseball organizations and helped to establish youth football and youth softball in Northern Door. At the time, the varsity girls – other than a few who played Little League baseball – joined high school teams with no experience at all. At the first youth softball practice he held, eight girls showed up without gloves.

“We create the opportunity for kids to play,” Sawyer said. “It isn’t about them playing in high school. It isn’t about them becoming a college or Major League player. It’s learning to love the sport, and if they enjoy going to a ball game later in life and just enjoy the sport, that’s sort of the goal.”

As John reached retirement age this past winter, Jackie said he was starting to cut back. But John’s version of “doing less” still might seem incredibly hectic to his peers from Gibraltar High School’s Class of 1976.

He was still calling on clients early this winter, for example, as a consultant for Carlson Erickson Builders, which he sold four years ago and helped to run

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for almost 30 years. Sawyer said he developed a “habit” of making lasting friendships with clients, business partners and acquaintances from local organizations.

During those decades, in addition to launching youth sports programs, he coached the Gibraltar High School football team to its first playoff appearance, coached and later volunteered to assist the high school baseball team, was assistant coach and head coach for two girls softball teams that won regional titles, and served on the school board for 13 years.

Prior to buying into Carlson Erickson, Sawyer served on the board of the YMCA when it was in its infancy in Door County and helped to establish the Gibraltar Athletics Booster Club with Bill Becker in 1983.

Sawyer plans to continue as a volunteer assistant for the Gibraltar High School football team, and he and Jackie still own Champeau Flooring, her family’s business. He also remains active on the family farm south of Egg Harbor, tending to beef cattle, which he breeds and sells when they reach about 700 pounds. And there’s much more.

that involvement in the league would help him make his most important acquaintances, and he was right.

By the time Larsen entered the league, Sawyer was still playing as a catcher and first baseman. When the opportunity arose, Sawyer and Kodanko bought Husby’s bar and restaurant and asked Larsen to help run the place. Over time, sweat equity earned Larsen a full partnership.

Gibraltar High School baseball coach Jay Kita said Sawyer’s work with hitters and catchers for 20 years was invaluable for the varsity Vikings.

“He wants to see kids smile, but he also has a passion for them to be good,” said Kita, noting that Sawyer switched his focus from business to student-athletes at 2:30 or 3 pm every day after going to work around 5 am.

Kita emphasized that Sawyer has always cared about getting students involved in multiple sports and extracurricular activities, and helping other people succeed in business.

“He has so many irons in the fire,” Jackie said. “This is a man who’s never going to be bored in retirement – ever.”

“If you needed him to do something, he very seldom said no,” Kita said, such as when a friend asked Sawyer to coach a U.S. Air Force base football team two years ago in northern Italy and he spent the fall there.

Sawyer continues to serve as president of the Northern Door softball and Little League programs that he helped to establish, and he became president of Door County League men’s baseball this year. He also serves on the boards of Northern Sky Theater and the Friends of Plum and Pilot Islands.

“Cutting back” for Sawyer means he still gets up by 7 am to help with businesses, including the family’s newest venture: the Egg Harbor wedding venue that his daughter Katie Helscher and her husband, Mark, operate on the centuryold Sawyer Farms property south of the Landmark Resort.

Sawyer and partners Chad Kodanko – a vacation-rental agency owner – and James Larsen also own Husby’s in Sister Bay.

Sawyer has always been versatile. He was a star baseball and football player in high school before playing college baseball at UW-La Crosse. Shortly after college graduation, he and partners transformed some of the former Sawyer family farmland into the Landmark Resort.

“I don’t know how he did it. He’s involved in so many ways,” said Larsen, referring to how much Sawyer has accomplished and how many people he’s helped.

Sawyer, in fact, has had a huge impact on Larsen’s life. Larsen’s dad, Chris, played in Door County League baseball and knew Sawyer. Chris told James

When economic issues and high interest rates during the early 1980s slowed sales, he got in on the ground floor of selling timeshares. Later, he and local partners worked to create timeshares

at The Rushes on the west side of Kangaroo Lake.

Sawyer’s real estate and marketing abilities meshed with lessons learned from summer jobs, ranging from his work on construction crews for Carlson Erickson to a summer as a mud mixer and driving a dump truck for Joe Parent. During the early 1980s, he marketed projects and real estate for Portside Builders.

“In 1988, Don Erickson called and asked if I wanted to be involved in a project – building Pine Grove Motel,” Sawyer said. “He and I worked together for six months and enjoyed each other’s company so much that I bought into the company that he and John Carlson owned.”

All the while, Sawyer stayed active as an athlete.

“I played County League baseball until I was 50,” he said. “I always said if I didn’t play baseball on Sundays, I’d probably be working seven days a week. Baseball on Sundays in the County League was my day off.” He also played in the Wednesday-night over-30 basketball league until he was 55.

Jackie said John missed only one Sunday League game – when they honeymooned in the Bahamas. She also stayed busy in local business and athletics, coaching Gibraltar High School volleyball during the 1980s and getting involved again when their daughters, Kimberly and Katie, got older.

Although the Sawyers missed their own children’s games every now and then, they didn’t miss many of their activities, whether it was son Tom’s sports competitions or their daughters’ games or pageants.

Today toy boxes fill John and Jackie’s living room. The man who built so many houses for Door County residents and visitors is now making sure his grandchildren feel they’re at home away from home when they visit.

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FAIRWAYS

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Modern Marvels and Bootstrapped Courses

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Internationally renowned golf-course architects Rick Robbins and Brian Lussier made detailed drawings for elevations and computer-designed color images for golf holes at Horseshoe Bay in 1993, but when operators moving earth and rock needed help understanding the vision, Lussier quickly made sketches in the field, such as this one of #6. Submitted.

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oor County’s most prestigious clubs and the nine-hole tracks designed for leisurely family outings have one thing in common: Each was a labor of love for the owners and designers.

MODERN MARVELS Horseshoe Bay Golf Club, part of the private resort south of Egg Harbor, traces its origins to 1922 and the construction of a “Horse Shoe Bay Country Club” clubhouse – but no golf course was built at the time.

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In 1995, descendants of farmer Frank E. Murphy hired former Nicklaus Golf designer and executive Rick Robbins and Brian Lussier. Robbins’ golf designs span from North Carolina to China, and Lussier’s extensive résumé includes The Tribute in Gaylord, Michigan, and the renovation of PGA National in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida.

The luxury course opened in 2000 during a worldwide course-construction boom, but construction had a major setback from a tornado that mowed a path through the course in 1998.

Robbins and Lussier completely redesigned the par-3 fifth hole on the fly after the tornado. Robbins had planned to carve a chute from the tee to the green through a thick stand of pines, but the tornado shredded those pines.

Lussier said that in addition to the tornado, limestone close to the surface complicated the construction of many parts of the course. However, he said building Horseshoe Bay was one of his most enjoyable experiences because of how well he, Robbins and staff found solutions to create a great course.

FAIRWAYS

The Orchards plays long but forgiving, with wide fairways. Photo by Rachel Lukas.

(Right) Legendary LPGA player Nancy Lopez follows through on the 18th fairway at Horseshoe Bay Golf Club during a match with a foursome that included course co-designer Rick Robbins when the track opened for play in 2000. Submitted.

During the late 1990s, Jack Jackson and partners saw a countywide need for a course with challenges and qualities like those in golf destinations such as northern Michigan and Hilton Head. They solicited designs for The Orchards northeast of Egg Harbor, received fairway routings from three competitors, and chose William Newcomb, a protégé of the famous Pete Dye.

Trudy and Dan Schelitzche bought the property in 1997, refurbished the motel and received guidance from Wisconsin State Golf Association representatives during their do-ityourself refurbishment work. Digging a pond provided a hazard and a focal point, plus soil for elevated tees. The Schelitzches lengthened holes, built dogleg fairways, installed irrigation and added bunkers.

style” drawings of golf holes: lines for fairways, squares for tees, circles for greens.

His plan created a relaxing experience from the front tees and the toughest course in the county from the back tees, based on rating (75.0 on a par of 72) and slope (131) statistics.

“One sand trap is shaped like Detroit Island, and one is shaped like Washington Island,” Trudy said.

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“He was familiar with making this type of course playable and enjoyable, getting people through,” Jackson said. “When people are on vacation, you want them to enjoy it and have a good time, so you want to make it player friendly.”

SPORTY COURSES NORTH AND SOUTH Construction of small lakes jump-started both Deer Run Golf Course and Resort on Washington Island and the par-3 27 Pines course and driving range south of Sturgeon Bay. Leland Thompson opened Deer Run – originally called Maple Grove – during the 1960s. The course had a lot of straight and parallel fairways and did not meet U.S. Golf Association standards.

In January, Wausau-based developer and restaurant operator Michael Masgay purchased the resort. His plans included hearing golfers’ ideas for improving the course, continuing to rent rooms, sprucing up the clubhouse and adding lawn games and a German beer garden, said Jesse Bartnik, director of operations.

Southeast of Sturgeon Bay, Tom Schmelzer constructed a pond for his beef cattle and then decided to make it the centerpiece of 27 Pines Golf Course instead.

He’d helped to maintain an Armybase golf course when he was in the service, and he’d read about how to build and care for a par-3 course on rough farmland. Years before the course opened in 2002, he did “stick man–

The result? Schmelzer opened a driving range and a course with creative routing and modern greens that were bigger than those at most par-3 tracks.

Two holes border his pond, and orangehued sand from the sandiest part of his farmland fills large traps.

At age 72, John Cole began building something new for Door County on 41 acres east of Egg Harbor: a par-3 executive course. He received help from his sons, who had golf-course and landscape experience, according to a Door County Advocate story that’s framed in the Stone Hedge golf shop.

After four years of work, the course opened in 1993. Last winter the course’s fourth owners, Kevin and Erin Wehrenberg, took over.

Although Stone Hedge provides chances at good scores for novices, that doesn’t mean pars come easily for skilled players. The greens make for tiny targets and provide plenty of opportunities for better players to work on half shots and short approaches.

This is the second installment in a two-part look at the people behind the design of Door County’s 10 golf courses. Part one was published in the Early Summer edition of Door County Living.

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Moving History David DeVooght relocates Little Sister Resort

by Myles Dannhausen Jr.

Photo by Rachel Lukas.

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he first dim light of morning is only beginning to stretch over the Sister Bay water tower March 8, but David DeVooght and his 18-person crew have already been on-site for an hour, preparing the first of four buildings they would move that day.

Workers from Wisconsin Public Service are beginning the task of disconnecting power lines along the edge of Highway 42 at 5:30 am when a DeVooght House Movers truck rolls tentatively around the bend of Little Sister Road, pulling one of the Little Sister Resort cabins behind it.

The utility workers drop a power line to the ground to make a path for the Little Sister Barn, a fourplex and two cabins to drive off the old Bay Ridge

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Golf Course, over the highway, down Country Lane and off to locations around Sister Bay to be repurposed.

The cabins and fourplex will become workforce housing. The mammoth barn will become, one day, the Sister Bay Historical Society’s new history center.

posts will be replaced after the cargo went through.

But as the truck rolls up the wooden planks and onto the pavement, it is not the power lines that cause the first hiccups. Or the trees. Or traffic.

Instead, it’s a stubborn stop sign at the end of Country Lane, frozen solid in the ground and unwilling to budge on a 27-degree morning. Workers have to pry and jackhammer at the base for 20 minutes before clearing the way.

Still, DeVooght concedes, “The barn is tricky because they’re not meant to move.” And yet it inches slowly behind him and up Country Lane, leading an impromptu February parade of homes – literally.

Around the bend, mailboxes present the next challenge, but a simpler solution is used here: chain saws. The lopped-off

It’s a daunting task, but for DeVooght and his crew, moving the 110-ton barn, the 75-ton fourplex, and two 15-ton cottages is just another day at the office.

“Smaller buildings aren’t too much work,” he says, “but putting this all together in one day takes months and months of planning, coordinating with police, utility companies, the town, the county. It takes a lot of experience, a lot of years doing it.”

(Above) The Little Sister Barn leads a parade of structures down Country Lane in Sister Bay in March. Photo by Rachel Lukas.

(Left) David DeVooght directs his crew members as they get set for the nearly 10hour process of moving the Little Sister Barn to its new home on the Sister Bay Historical Society campus. Photo by Rachel Lukas.

DeVooght’s family has been moving structures in the Midwest and on the East Coast since 1964, when his father started the business.

“He was going to college, and they were expanding and taking out houses,” DeVooght says. “He decided to get one.

They hired a guy to move it, but that guy didn’t show up – he just dropped the stuff off. Dad just started asking him questions and did it himself.”

Then people started asking him to do it for them. DeVooght’s father was a teacher in Valders for four years while moving buildings on the side, and he eventually started moving buildings full time.

“We all grew up moving buildings,” DeVooght says. “It’s kind of like a farm – you all participate and all work.”

Now DeVooght works in the Midwest, and his brother, Jason, works on the East Coast. All told, he estimates the family has moved well over 1,000 structures throughout the years, including dozens in Door County.

In 2018, his team moved the Teweles and Brandeis granary off its foundation and across the Maple Street Bridge in Sturgeon Bay. A year later, they moved it back. And they’ll move 17 buildings off the Little Sister property when all is said and done, but none more impressive than the 103-year-old barn.

Robert Jischke, a fourth-generation Sister Bay resident and carpenter, got up early and braved the cold to see history being made. He became involved with the historical society several years ago, as plans to construct a new barn for a history center were taking shape.

“This is far greater than building something new because this has the history in it,” he says as the jackhammer loosened the stubborn stop sign behind him.

“You can’t put it into words. They had a couple great fires here that burned much of the village down. But this place still lives. This is Christmas to me. Everybody has dreams about doing things, and when this opportunity came, as a carpenter, I dream about what it can become. A little care here and there, and it could live another 100 years. And somewhere in there, my name will be on it.”

The historical society has worked hard on the project, but it wouldn’t have happened without the persistence of Paula Anschutz, the third-generation general manager of the Sister Bay Bowl who stumbled onto the Little Sister property last summer on her own

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“All of this would have filled a landfill site without Paula,” Jischke says. “You take someone like Paula who has a vision and gets everyone interested. It’s a wonderful thing.”

Anschutz is turning eight of the Little Sister cottages into a five-building workforce-housing complex on her property outside of town, and moving the eight-bedroom fourplex to a lot in the village to provide more housing in partnership with the Northern Door Children’s Center.

“It was a gut reaction at first,” she says. “I saw that this was all getting torn down, and I thought, ‘This can’t happen.’ And I think about how hard the last few years have been for everyone finding employees. We’ve been talking about housing for years and years.”

But she thought someone else would do it.

“I thought, ‘Someone is going to save these; the village is going to save these,’” she says. “Then I realized nobody was, and it was days away from things being torn down. And that’s when I realized there weren’t other adults in the room, and I had to step up and find a way.”

Anschutz learned that the historical society had entertained the idea of taking the barn, but the cost of moving it was daunting. She wanted to save the fourplex, but the cost of moving it on its own was also too high. But she discovered that if they both moved on the same day, it would save thousands of dollars in utility and moving costs, so she rekindled the flame with the

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DeVooght stabilized the barn for the move with a complex menagerie of interior chains and cables. Photo by Rachel Lukas.

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There is still a lot of gnawing to do before the houses become homes, but by the time the sun set on this day in February, the buildings sat on the now-familiar DeVooght I-beams on the land that will be their new homes. And there, they’ll have stories of Sister Bay to tell for generations to come.

Paula Anschutz was the catalyst behind the move of the barn and nine other structures that she’ll turn into workforce housing. Photo by Brett Kosmider.

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f you’ve ever witnessed someone having lunch at PC Junction for the first time – or if you think back to your own first visit – then you know how difficult it is to choose a favorite moment.

Outside, an array of activities – from racing pedal carts through the woods to visiting a friendly pig – beckons kids (and kids at heart) to stop and play awhile. Inside, your eyes flash about, finding something new to observe with every glance. And if you’re able to snag a seat at the counter (cleverly made from mismatched, repurposed doors), your food order will arrive atop

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the miniature railcars of a model train.

Whether you’re 2 or 92, it’s impossible to hold back a smile at not only the genuine delight of being served a cheeseburger and Coke by rail, but also the entire ambience.

Perhaps that’s because a visit to PC Junction, the train-depot-meetsfarmyard-fun restaurant in Baileys Harbor, isn’t meant to be about enjoying just a moment, or even just a meal. It’s about having an experience at a place that’s about as down-home Door County as it gets and a little off the beaten path.

welcomes a fair number of patrons who were told by friends, family members or vacation social-media groups to check out the “must-stop” depot. But there are also plenty of people who, by happenstance, stumble upon the curious-looking property while driving through the Door County countryside.

Which is on purpose.

“Initially, a lot of people questioned being out at Peninsula Center,” said owner Bill Hanusa, recalling those early days when he was scouting the county for a place to open his own business.

“But how can the center be bad when you’ve got all this goodness around you?”

Situated at the corner of county highways E and A – known as Peninsula Center, thus the “PC” – PC Junction

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Both entertaining and practical, meal service by model train is the hallmark of a meal at PC Junction.

Door, that “goodness” included a vacant building surrounded by some apple and cherry trees. Where many saw a daunting project in a less-than-desirable locale, Hanusa saw a blank canvas on which to paint his Door County dream.

“I knew that if I was going to do something in Door County, it was going to be something for the kids,” said Hanusa, who describes himself as the “vision person” in both his business and his marriage. “I’m the ‘Hey! We could do this!’ person, and Denise [his wife] is the one who is more pragmatic about actually doing it.”

But it was that vision that guided some of the earliest projects on the property.

As some of the old barns and buildings came down, the wood was salvaged to build the new ones. In fact, a walk around the grounds surrounding the

restaurant reveals an abundance of repurposed materials. This not only saved the pocketbook of the fledgling business, but it also illustrated a set of values that Hanusa wanted his family’s livelihood to reflect and to instill, very intentionally, in his own children.

“I wanted my kids to grow up with some farming values, and I felt Door County had that,” he said. “Even if they ended up being business people, I wanted them to know the values and work ethic of the family farm.”

In fact, many of the outdoor activities at PC Junction stem from the agrarian lifestyle that Hanusa wanted to create for his family, with additional inspiration coming from favorite childhood pastimes such as 4-H and Little League baseball. From creating “Piggly Field” and sharing beloved

Rosie the pig, to offering pedal carts and oversized checkers, Hanusa had his youngest customers in mind.

Jack and Carrie Kelly of Kenilworth, Illinois, first brought their children, Katie and Conor, to PC Junction when they were 4 and 2 years old, respectively. Their favorite activity?

Racing the pedal carts through the trees.

“Mom and Dad raced them, too,” Carrie said. “Eventually we got tired, but the kids kept going and going.”

Adults can kick back with a beverage outside, either while waiting to be seated or enjoying a pizza from the after-hours on-site restaurant known as the Pizza Czar. Meanwhile, kids entertain themselves with a ride on the seesaw, a pickup game of basketball or

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pretending to conduct the big wooden train in the yard.

Hanusa has his son, Tyler, to thank for the train motif.

“My younger son, Robert, went through years and years of a train obsession,” said Anne Swoboda of Whitefish Bay.

“The idea for the train aspect came from my son being infatuated with trains and going to train depots when he was younger,” Hanusa said. “Whenever we saw anything train related, we had to stop.”

When Swoboda’s mother first told her about the restaurant, it became a mustdo activity on the family’s next visit to Door County, and even though there hasn’t been a real train depot in the county for more than 50 years, a trainthemed restaurant on the peninsula just seems to fit.

The theme resonated with a lot of other children, too.

“The ambience of PC captures something very ‘Door County,’”

Swoboda said. “It’s a throwback in so many ways, from the counter service, to the simple menu, to the ice cream at the counter. The nostalgia, quaintness and joy of something simple is what makes PC special.”

Today, even though Swoboda’s sons are entering their teenage years, PC Junction continues to find a place in the itinerary of every family vacation, simply because it’s fun.

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Serving these recipes at your next summer soirée will impress your guests – and with just a few ingredients!

CLASSIC DAIQUIRI Many recipes call for half an ounce of a maraschino liqueur, but unless you have an expansive home bar, you probably don’t have that at the ready.

In this version, the sweetness comes purely from the simple syrup and the hint of pineapple flavor in the rum.

2 oz Plantation pineapple rum ½ oz simple syrup or agave syrup ¾ oz freshly squeezed lime juice Lime garnish

Combine the three ingredients in a shaker, and add plenty of ice. Shake vigorously until well chilled. Strain into a coupe glass, and garnish with lime.

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aiquiris and margaritas are two of summer’s staple drinks, but if you know them only as the blended versions that every busy bartender hates to make, it’s time to give them a new, simpler twist.

SPICY CILANTRO MARGARITA Give your margarita game a little kick with muddled cilantro and jalapeño in the mix. In this version, we skip the orange liqueur, but add half an ounce if that’s your jam. It won’t hurt anything.

Kosher salt or Tajín seasoning 2 sliced jalapeño rounds (without seeds) ½ cup fresh cilantro, chopped 1 oz freshly squeezed lime juice 2 oz blanco tequila ½ oz agave syrup Lime garnish Cilantro sprig as garnish

Rim a cocktail glass with kosher salt or Tajín Clásico seasoning (for extra spice and flavor). Combine the jalapeño rounds, cilantro and lime juice in a shaker glass and muddle well. Add the blanco tequila, agave syrup and plenty of ice. Shake vigorously until well chilled. Pour the contents of the shaker, including the ice, into a cocktail glass. Garnish with lime and a sprig of cilantro.

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ON YOUR PLATE

Eating Fresh Simple summer salads

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he lazy days of summer are upon us, with the warm, southern breezes coming off the bay and lake, and lots of sunshine. Along with the summer heat, we in Door County are also “blessed” with Midwestern humidity. Let’s be honest: It gets hot here!

During these long-awaited “dog days” of summer, you can typically find me (when I’m not in my office) floating in the water or camped out on one of the beaches dotting the peninsula. I hope to see you all there.

When the heat is thick enough to cut with a knife, minimize your time in the kitchen. Keep the oven off, and transition to tossing something on the grill, paired with something fresh from the farm market – or, if you’re lucky enough, from your garden.

You know summer is here when you can stand in the backyard and smell the barbecues around the neighborhood all fired up and grilling whatever it is their owners are preparing for dinner. I love when that moment comes each year.

Healthful eating is easy in the summer because of all the delicious, locally grown produce that’s available.

Preparation is easy, too: A drizzle of this and a squeeze of that enhance and release all the fresh, amazing flavors.

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eating salads of many colors each day. We make sure we have fresh produce stocked in our refrigerator, waiting to be made into something delicious.

There are so many options when you frequent all the farmers markets, and there are many of them dotting the peninsula. If you grill your protein and pair it with a different salad every day, your belly will be happy, and dare I say your waistline will thank you.

As you prepare for salad season, here are some things to think about: • When using lettuce or herbs with tender leaves such as a spring mix or basil, rip or tear the leaves instead of using a knife. The steel in the knife’s blade oxidizes the leaves, making them wilt quickly and turning the edges brown. If you want the clean-cut line, use a plastic or ceramic knife to cut the tender leaves. Basil is more aromatic when the leaves are torn by hand rather than cut with a knife.

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as you quickly whisk them together.

The other option is using a hand-held emulsion blender (this tool is tenderly known in our home as the “zee zee”). You’ll know you’ve accomplished your goal when the liquids are blended into one.

• Salt is magic. I know I’ve said this before, but when it comes to working with fresh produce, a little bit of salt goes a long way and makes all the difference.

The type of salt you use matters, too. Throw out your Morton because it’s weaker in flavor and highly processed.

Replace it with kosher salt or a flaked salt. You don’t need much, but the kind you choose to use makes all the difference.

• Use freshly ground pepper.

Coarse black pepper is really the key to making fresh produce taste good. I love lots of pepper on most things, but for those who don’t, I recommend using at least a smidge – pepper adds zing and zip to all things.

Also invest in a good pepper grinder so you can adjust the grind.

• Salad spinners are key. This is a tool everyone should have in their kitchen. Rinsing and then spinning the water away with centrifugal force allows you to avoid bruising your greens. Clean, dry produce makes a good salad great!

ON YOUR PLATE CHERRY BURRATA SALAD 2-4 servings I recommend building the burrata on a platter because it’s a show stopper.

2 fresh heirloom tomatoes, sliced Pint of cherry or grape tomatoes, halved Pint of sweet cherries, halved, pits removed (or substitute peaches, sliced, pits removed) Big bunch of fresh basil, washed and ripped into small pieces (keep the small leaves whole because they look beautiful) Burrata cheese, sliced into 6-8 pieces Drizzle of olive oil Drizzle of balsamic glaze Salt and pepper to taste

Start by placing the tomato slices on a platter. Sprinkle the halved cherry or grape tomatoes and the halved sweet cherries (or sliced peaches) over the top, building layers as you go. Top with the fresh basil and burrata cheese.

Finish this off with a drizzle of olive oil and a drizzle of balsamic glaze over the top. Add salt and pepper to taste.

FRESH ROMAINE WITH LEMON VINAIGRETTE 2-4 servings This is a super light, simple, crunchy salad that goes well with a fish or chicken dish.

1-2 heads of romaine lettuce, washed, spun dry and chopped Bunch of fresh Italian parsley, removed from the stems and chopped ½ cup olive oil Juice of 1 lemon Pinch of salt ½ cup freshly shredded Parmesan cheese Salt and pepper to taste

Mix the romaine and parsley in a big bowl. In a separate bowl, add the olive oil, lemon juice and a pinch of salt, and whisk until emulsified. Pour the dressing over the romaine, and top with Parmesan cheese and salt and pepper to taste.

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CLASSIC WEDGE WITH BACON AND CREAMY BLUE CHEESE DRESSING Makes 4 servings Iceberg lettuce is the perfect example of farmfresh delicious versus grocery-store produce.

The first time I harvested iceberg lettuce out of the garden, I thought I was going to cry because I grew up being forced to eat store-bought iceberg lettuce. Crunchy, yes; flavor, no. These days I look for iceberg lettuce at farm markets. It’s hard to find, but it’s like gold in my opinion. Garden-fresh iceberg lettuce is what makes this classic salad fantastic.

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Place a quarter of the lettuce head on each plate.

Creamy Blue Cheese Dressing ¼ cup sour cream ¼ cup mayonnaise 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce 1 clove fresh garlic, diced finely 1 Tbsp fresh lemon juice Drizzle of olive oil ¼ cup blue cheese crumbles

Blend all the ingredients except blue cheese using a whisk. Then blend most of the cheese into the creamy dressing, reserving a little for sprinkling. Drizzle some dressing onto the lettuce. (This dressing is thick, so it will drizzle down the side of the wedge.)

Sprinkle a little extra blue cheese crumble on each plate, and add some bacon crumbles to each salad (optional). Finish with some coarsely ground black pepper and a sprinkle of salt.

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GILLS ROCK POTTERY

FISH CREEK

One of a kind. One at a time. All of the time.

NORTH EPHRAIM

Highway 42 & Lakeview Road Ellison Bay, 54210 920.854.2774 gillsrockpottery.com

Founders Square | Open Daily

Open Daily

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Come explore!

Crossroads at Big Creek

Habitat Trails FIELD Campo

FOREST MEADOW CREEK Bosque Prado Arroyo

You’re invited to explore! ¡Estás invitado a explorar!

Crossroads at Big Creek is a learning center and 200-acre nature preserve offering education and providing outdoor experiences to inspire environmental stewardship in learners of all ages.

Open every day, all day, at no charge.

Abierto diariamente, todo el día, sin costo.

2041 Michigan Street, Sturgeon Bay www.crossroadsatbigcreek.org

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Cappaert

Manning

Hargarten

Swaydan Grebel

– Open Daily May-October –

7901 HWY 42 • Egg Harbor, WI cappaertcontemporary.com • 920.868.3987

ABR®, CRS®, REALTOR®

MaryKay Shumway shumway.mk@gmail.com

Exceptional Door County Real Estate Services

MORE of what you are looking for in Door County Real Estate Exclusive Buyer Representation and Exceptional Listing Services MaryKay Shumway • Kellstrom- Ray Agency, Inc. Directly across from the Sister Bay Marina Mobile (920) 421-0038 • Office (920) 854-2353

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Restaurants are listed in alphabetical order by town. Information is subject to change.

Contact individual restaurants for hours of operation. Inclusion in this directory should not be considered an unqualified endorsement by Door County Living. Restaurants are encouraged to email us with up-to-date information at info@doorcountyliving.com.

RESTAURANT GUIDE Key $ $$ $$$ $$$$

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$5-10* $10-15* $15-20* $20* Full bar Beer and wine only Outdoor seating available Kids’ menu available Offering breakfast Offering lunch Offering dinner Reservations accepted Open during winter (hours may vary)

*Price range based on average dinner entrée (if available)

BAILEYS HARBOR AC Tap 9322 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2426 $LD JT Baileys 57 7998 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2114 Baileys57.com $BLDT

Bearded Heart Coffee 8093 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9111 beardedheartcoffee. com $BL{ Chives Restaurant 8041 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2000 chivesdoorcounty.com $$$$ L D T (

Clover & Zot 8054 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2587 cloverandzot.com $$ L D { Cornerstone Pub & Restaurant 8123 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9001 baileysharborcorner stonepub.com $$ B L D J T { Coyote Roadhouse 3026 Cty E (920) 839-9192 $$ L D J T { Located on the shore of Kangaroo Lake, we offer a full-service bar, appetizers, lunch and dessert selections in a casual and comfortable setting. Children’s menu available. Family friendly.

DCBC Eats 8099 Hwy 57 (920) 412-7226 $$ L D Florian II Supper Club 8048 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2361 $$ D J

Harbor Fish Market & Grille 8080 Hwy 57 (920) 839-9999 harborfishmarket grille.com $$$$ B L D J { ( A full service restaurant in the heart of Baileys Harbor.

Open 7 days a week serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. We have a full bar and seasonal, pet-friendly, waterfront garden dining.

Heirloom Cafe & Provisions 2434 Cty F (920) 839-9334 heirloomcafeand provisions.com $$ B L MAX at Maxwelton Braes Lodge 7680 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2321 $$ L D J { PC Junction Corner of A and E (920) 839-2048 $LD JT{

Pen Pub County Hwys A and E (920) 839-2141 $LD T{ The Blue Ox 8051 Hwy 57 (920) 839-2271 $LD { Top Deck Restaurant & Bar 1420 Pine Dr. (920) 839-2331 gordonlodge.com $$$ B D J { ( Vino! Vino! and Boccé at Stone’s Throw Winery 3382 Cty E Vino! Vino!

(920) 839-9760 Boccé (920) 839-9665 $$ L D T Vino! Vino! is a contemporary Tuscan wine bar and tapas experience. Boccé serves oak-barrel-fired pizza at Stone’s Throw Winery. Traditional northern Italian-style pizza like no other!

Join us for great wine

and fresh food in an atmosphere of friendly, casual elegance.

BRUSSELS/LITTLE STURGEON Chaudoir’s Dock 10863 Cty N (920) 493-7075 chaudoirs.com $$ L D { Gilmo’s Bar & Bistro Wavepoint Marina Resort, 3600 Cty CC (920) 824-5440 wavepointe.com $$ L D J T { ( Idlewild Pub & Grill 4146 Golf Valley Dr. (920) 743-5630 $$ L D { Joe Rouer’s Bar E1098 Cty X (920) 866-2585 facebook.com/ Rouer1952 $LD T{ Rouer’s Grand Slam 9710 School Road (920) 493-6556 $$ L D

Cheers to 100 years!

HISTORIC

Experience Bayside Tavern, Bayside Coffee & Bayside Shops located in downtown Fish Creek, Door County, WI TAVERN

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Rouer’s Roadhouse 8649 Cty C (920) 824-5100 facebook.com/ RouersRoadhouse $LD Sunset Grill 3810 Rileys Point Road (920) 824-5130 $$ D J T { The Belgian Delight 1100 Cty C (920) 825-1111 belgiandelight brussels.com $$ B L D (

CARLSVILLE Carlsville Roadhouse 5790 Hwy 42 (920) 743-4966 $LD T Door County Coffee & Tea Co. 5773 Hwy 42 (920) 743-8930 doorcountycoffee.com $BLJT{ Little Caesars Express 5493 Monument Point Road (920) 743-1700 $LD

Rusty Tractor 6216 Hwy 42 (920) 743-8704 rustytractordoco.com $B

EGG HARBOR Big Easy Bagel & Beignet 7755 Hwy 42 (920) 868-9600 bigeasydoor county.com $BLT{ Burton’s on the Bay 7715 Alpine Road (920) 868-3000 Alpineresort.com $$$B L D The Alpine Resort in Egg Harbor is cooking up something special: Burton’s on the Bay is opening this summer!

Burton’s on the Bay is an upscale waterfront restaurant within the newly restored Alpine Resort that offers delicious daily cuisine – breakfast, lunch and dinner with panoramic views of the bay. Both indoor and outdoor dining options are available.

Follow The Alpine

Resort on Facebook and Instagram for updates.

Buttercups Coffee Shop 7828 Hwy 42 (920) 868-1771 $B Carrington Pub & Grill 7643 Hillside Road (920) 868-5162 thelandmarkresort.com $$$ B L D J T { ( Casey’s BBQ & Smokehouse 7855 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3038 caseysbbqand smokehouse.com $$ L D J T Matthew Peterson established Casey’s BBQ & Smokehouse in the spring of 2008.

Matthew, a Door County native, wanted to put a Door County twist on Southernstyle BBQ by using cherry wood to give our meats a rosy cast with a delicious, mild smoked flavor. We also offer a fabulous fish fry, locally famous burgers and many other tasty treats.

Fireside Restaurant 7755 Hwy 42 thefireside restaurant.com $$$ D J ( Greens N Grains Deli 7821 Hwy 42 (920) 868-9999 greens-N-grains.com $BLJ{ The Greens N Grains Deli features a selection of vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free and raw-food cuisine. The deli also features a juice bar with freshly pressed veggie juices, fruit smoothies, a healthful bakery, tea bar and organic coffees.

Log Den 6626 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3888 thelogden.com $$ L D J T { ( Just south of Egg Harbor, you will find a hand-carved restaurant nestled in the woods with an atmosphere like no other, an eager staff and savory menu. We encourage

you to stop in for a one-of-a-kind Door County experience.

Serving lunch, dinner and Sunday brunch.

MacReady Artisan Bread Company 7828 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2233 MacReadyBread Company.com $LDJT{ Mezzanine 7821 Horseshoe Bay Road (920) 786-7698 mezzaninerooftop.com $$$ B L D Mojo Restaurant Group 7778 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3274 mojorestaurant group.com $$ L D J T { ( Parador 7829 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2255 $$ D {( Pizza Bros 4633 Market St. $$ L D Shipwrecked Brew Pub 7791 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2767 shipwreckedmicro brew.com $$$ L D J T {

Stonehedge Golf and Pub 4320 Cty E stonehedgegolf andpub.com $LD The Orchards at Egg Harbor 8125 Heritage Lake Road (920) 868-2483 orchardsategg harbor.com $L J{ Village Cafe 7918 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3247 $$ B L J {

ELLISON BAY Blue Bear 12029 Hwy 42 (920) 854-3284 $$$ B L D Brew Coffee 12002 Hwy 42 (920) 421-2739 $BLT{ Hügel Haus 11934 Hwy 42 (920) 633-4080 $$ D J T ( A German-inspired, Wisconsin-influenced restaurant located on the hill in Ellison Bay

Winner of GMA’s “Best Breakfast in America Challenge”

FRESH SEAFOOD HAND-CUT STEAKS FINE SPIRITS Reservations appreciated – please call our host to reserve your table

Gift certificates available

Follow us on social media for daily specials + updates

Open Year Round 3667 Hwy 42 North of Fish Creek 920.868.3532 alexandersofdoorcounty.com

breakfast • lunch • dinner traditional Door County fish boils overnight lodging 4225 Main Street • Fish Creek • 920.868.3517 innkeeper@whitegullinn.com • www.whitegullinn.com Summer 2022

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serving Deutschland classics and inspired Wisconsin favorites, including Door County’s best cheese curds! Nightly specials and daily happy hour with German bier, wine and specialty cocktails.

Open year-round and self-proclaimed as “Door County’s Wurst Bar.” View our menu and hours at hugelhausdoorcounty. com.

Kick Ash Coffee 12001 Mink River Road (920) 421-1041 kickashproducts.com $BL T{ Mink River Basin 12010 Hwy 42 (920) 854-2250 minkriverbasin.com $$ B L D J T { ( Rowleys Bay Restaurant & Pub 1041 Cty ZZ (920) 854-2385 rowleysbayresort.com $$ B D J { ( Wickman House 11976 Mink River Road (920) 854-3305 wickmanhouse.com $$$ D { (

EPHRAIM Bad Moravian 3055 Church St. $$ D Chef’s Hat 9998 Pioneer Lane (920) 854-2034 $$ B L D JT{( Fresh Take 42 10420 Water St. (920) 854-3232 freshtake42.com $$$ L D Good Eggs 9820 Brookside Lane (920) 854-6621 $BL { Lost Tuk Tuk 9922 Water St., #7 (920) 421-1328 losttuktuk.square.site $$ L D Old Post Office Restaurant 10040 Hwy 42 (920) 854-4034 oldpostoffice-door county.com $$ B D J{( Pearl Wine Cottage 3058 Church St. (920) 633-5006 pearlwinecottage.com $$ D {

Peninsula State Park Clubhouse Restaurant 9890 Shore Road (920) 854-5791 peninsulagolf.org $BL Prince of Pierogi 9922 Water St., #6 (920) 421-8619 princeofpierogi.com $$ L D { Sip 10326 N. Water St. (920)-857-5602 $$ B L D T{ Summer Kitchen 10425 Water St. (920) 854-2131 $$ B L D J{( Located between Ephraim and SIster Bay, Door County’s garden restaurant, the Summer Kitchen, is open every day for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and it’s wellknown for its soup bar and homemade pies. In addition to its extensive menu, the Summer Kitchen also serves authentic Mexican food.

Sunset Harbor Grill 10018 Water St. $$ B L D J

Trixie’s 9996 Pioneer Lane (920) 854-8008 $$$ D ( Wilson’s Restaurant 9990 Water St. (920) 854-2041 wilsonsicecream.com $LDJ{ Located in the heart of Ephraim since 1906. A classic Door County landmark that possesses the enchantment to take even the youngest visitors back in time with its old-fashioned soda fountain, ice cream specialties, house-brewed draft root beer, flamebroiled burgers and juke box playing the classics.

FISH CREEK Alexander’s Contemporary Cuisine & Fine Spirits 3667 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3532 alexandersofdoor county.com $$$$ D J T { ( Specializing in seafood, steaks,

contemporary cuisine, catering and special events (fully licensed and insured). Bar opens at 4 pm; dinner at 5 pm. Sunday brunch starting at 9 am.

Barringer’s Restaurant 1 N. Spruce St. (920) 868-3738 barringersdoor county.com $$$$ L D { T ( Bayside Coffee The Shops at the Bayside baysidecoffee cottage.com $BLJ Fish Creek’s only waterfront cafe.

Beautifully situated across from the town dock. Outdoor seating with a view.

Featuring piping hot or iced Colectivo coffee, espresso drinks and Rishi teas, breakfast and lunch sandwiches, salads and bakery.

Bayside Tavern 4160 Main St. (920) 868-3441 baysidetavern.com

$LD JT For an unpredictably great time, visit Fish Creek’s favorite tavern.

Serving cocktails, beer and our famous Bayside Coffee. Our short-order menu features hearty house-made soups, sandwiches, burgers, house-made pizza, Friday fish fry and Smilen Bob’s chili.

Open daily year-round!

Blue Horse Beach Café 4113 Main St. (920) 868-1471 bluehorsecafe.com $BLJT{ DC Chocolate Design 9341 Spring Road, Unit A6 (920) 868-5155 dcchocolate design.com $BL T{ Chocolate, full coffee menu, beer, wine and friendly smiles. Serving rich and bold milk chocolate and warm and complex dark chocolate. Handmade on site. Grab a seat at the bar to watch the process, or sit

RESTAURANT + CATERING

Join us at our brand new restaurant in Sister Bay Catering services available year-round ThymeDoorCounty.com | 920.421.5113 | 10339 N Hwy 57, Sister Bay

DOOR COUNTY’S GARDEN RESTAURANT 10425 N. Hwy 42 • North Ephraim 920.854.2131 TheSummerKitchenDoorCounty.com

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outside on the patio with fresh espresso, beer or wine.

English Inn 3713 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3076 theenglishinn.com $$$ D J T ( Fika Bakery & Cafe 3903 Hwy 42 (920) 868-5233 $BL{ Fish Creek Market 4164 Main St. (920) 868-3351 Fishcreekmarket 1892.com $$ L Greenwood Supper Club Intersection of Cty A and F (920) 839-2451 greenwood supperclub.net $$$ D J Hill Street 4149 Main St. Hillstreetdoor county.com $$ B L D Julie’s Park Cafe & Motel 4020 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2999 juliesmotel.com $$ B L J{(

Loft 4170 Main St. (920) 868-5242 $$ L D J { Not Licked Yet 4054 Hwy 42 (920) 868-2617 notlickedyet.com $LD{ Pelletier’s Restaurant Founder’s Square (920) 868-3313 doorcountyfish boil.com $$ B L D J{( Shiny Moon Café 4164 Main St. shinymooncafe.com $$ B L In the heart of Fish Creek, serving breakfast and lunch with a full-service coffee bar, beer and wine. Vibrant food for the soul that makes you feel good!

Skaliwags 4135 Main St. (920) 868-3634 $$ L D { Skaliwags in Fish Creek serves lunch and dinner daily. Our specialties focus on custom-ground

burger patties; the best handcut steaks; fresh Hawaiian seafood; big, sexy pasta; and famous sandwiches found around the country, perfected with quality ingredients. Join us!

The Cherry Hut 8813 Hwy 42 (920) 868-4450 doorcounty cherryhut.com $$ L D J{ White Gull Inn 4225 Main St. (920) 868-3517 whitegullinn.com $$$$ B L D J T( Serving breakfast, including the famous cherry stuffed French toast as featured on Good Morning America, as well as a full menu daily.

Featuring fish boils in the summer, fall and select winter nights, along with candlelight dinners. Reservations recommended for dinner.

Wild Tomato Wood-Fired Pizza & Grille 4023 Hwy 42 (920) 868-3095 wildtomatopizza.com $LD JT{

FORESTVILLE Johnny G’s Fishing Hole 1599 Hwy 42 (920) 743-9814 facebook.com/ johnnygsfishinghole $$$ L D J The Bullpen 213 W. Main St., #9691 (920) 856-6199 $$ L D T

JACKSONPORT Island Fever Rum Bar & Grill Cty V and Hwy 57 (920) 823-2700 $LD JT{ Little Bit of Coffee 6332 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2408 $B T Located in Jacksonport at the Square Rigger Lodge, you will find us serving delicious

coffee, quiche and baked goods. Come for the coffee, and linger for the great water view.

Mike’s Port Pub 6269 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2081 $$ L D Mr. G’s Logan Creek Grille 5890 Hwy 57 (920) 823-2112 $$$ B L D J T {

SISTER BAY Al Johnson’s Swedish Restaurant 10698 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-2626 aljohnsons.com $$ B L D JT Boathouse on the Bay 10716 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-3223 $$$ L D J { Flip-flop into Boathouse on the Bay for outside seating, and majestic marina and grand sunset views. Stay for the good people, great food and speciality

drinks. With our patio seating, our Fly Bridge Bar and dining area with floor-to-ceiling windows, you can’t miss the beautiful, panoramic view!

Carroll House 2445 S. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-7997 $BLJ CHOP 2345 Mill Road (920) 854-2700 $$$ D JT{( Crain’s Kitchen 10635 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 633-4047 $LD Door County Creamery 10653 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-3388 $LD T{ Door County Ice Cream Factory 11051 Hwy 42 (920) 854-9693 doorcountyice cream.com $LDJ{ Come try our superpremium ice cream made right in-store.

Door County Ice

SPEND YOUR DAY OLD FASHIONED WAY!

Lunch, Dinner & Cocktails Year-Round

Enjoy a cocktail & food in our outdoor Alley Bar! Hwy. 42, Downtown Sister Bay

920-854-2841

Voted Best Fish Fr y & Best Old Fashio ned

FRIDAY FISH FRY • PRIME RIB • STEAKS AWESOME PASTA Outdoor Seating

www.SisterBayBowl.com Follow us on Facebook

Celebrating the culture and lifestyle of the Door Peninsula.

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OPEN FOR LUNCH AND DINNER CALL FOR RESERVATIONS 920.868.3888 6626 HWY. 42 • EGG HARBOR, WI 54209 THELOGDEN.COM Summer 2022

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Cream Factory has more than 30 flavors to choose from, as well as a long list of sundaes and other specialty ice cream offerings. More than 15 sandwiches made to order, housemade pizza, soups and salads. There really is something for everyone.

Fat Belly Bowls and Burritos 10621 N. Highland Road (920) 854-3500 fatbellybowls.com $$ L D { Goose & Twigs Coffee Shop 2322 Mill Road (920) 854-3212 $$ B L { Grasse’s Grill 10663 N Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-1125 $$ B L J{

Husby’s Food and Spirits 10641 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-2624 $LD JT{ JJ’s La Puerta Restaurant 10961 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-4513 jjswaterfront.com $$ L D J T { LURE Intersection of Hwys 42 and 57 (920) 854-8111

luredoorcounty.com $$$ D J T { ( McEvoy’s Culinaria & Catering 2602 S. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-8029 $LDT{ Northern Grill & Pizza 10573 Country Walk Dr. (920) 854-9590 D JT{ & $$ IC EL Vino EA M PA RL OR Pasta CR 10571 Country Walk Dr $$$ D

Wilson’s

A Door County Tradition Since 1906 Recognized by Midwest Living as a “Favorite Midwest Soda Fountain”

Great Food

Wilson’s & IC E CR EA M PA RL OR

Ice Cream Specialties Home Brewed Draft Root Beer Outdoor Seating

• Fresh Handcrafted Burgers

Family Atmosphere

Open 11am • May-October

• Wild caught Hawaiian Seafood

9990 Water Street • Ephraim • 920-854-2041 • www.WilsonsIceCream.com

• Kobe Beef Steaks

Great Food & Drink

• Mouthwatering Sandwiches

On Kangaroo Lake

• Southern style inspired menu

BAILEYS HARBOR, WISCONSIN

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(920) 868-3634 Open Year Round No Reservations 4135 Main St. Fish Creek, WI Skaliwags.com

UPSTAIRS FROM THE FISH CREEK MARKET 4164 MAIN STREET, FISH CREEK | 920.868.5086

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Roots Kitchen 2378 Maple Dr. (920) 854-5107 $L T{ Sister Bay Bowl 10640 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-2841 sisterbaybowl.com $$ L D J T Famous for its Friday-night perch fry and its prime rib, this throwback to yesteryear is located in the heart of Sister Bay, open year-round.

Featuring a full dining room, grill and bar, plus Northern Door’s only bowling alley.

Skip Stone Coffee Roasters 10678 S. Bay Shore Dr., Building 2 skipstonecoffee.com $BL JT{ Stabbur Beer Garden at Al Johnson’s 10698 Bay Shore Dr. (920) 421-4628 $$ L D { Sub Express at Sister Bay Mobil 2579 S. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-6700 $BLDJT{

The Kitschinn 10440 Orchard Dr. (920) 854-5941 $BJT{ Thyme Restaurant + Catering 10339 Hwy 57 (920) 421-5112 Thymecatering DoorCounty.com $$ L D { J T ( Thyme restaurant has a new home in Sister Bay. Join us at our brand-new restaurant, bar and outdoor dining space, where we’ll be serving up fresh, new dishes, as well as some of our classics.

Next door is twelve eleven provisions + wine bar, where you can enjoy a variety of wines sourced and produced from grapes grown in Sonoma and Mendocino County.

Our private, open-air dining space and gabled meadow are available to rent. See you soon!

Wild Tomato WoodFired Pizza & Grille 10677 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 854-4685 wildtomatopizza.com $LD JT{

STURGEON BAY Corner Café 113 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-1991 $BLJT( 5th and Jefferson Café 232 N. 5th Ave. (920) 746-1719 $BLD{ Betsy Ross Family Restaurant 239 Green Bay Road (920) 743-811 Betsyross restaurant.com $BLD Birmingham’s 4709 N. Bay Shore Dr. (920) 743-5215 birminghamsbar andcottages.com $$ L D J T Blue Front Café 86 W. Maple St. (920) 743-9218 $$ L JT(

Brick Lot Pub & Grill 253 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-9339 bricklotpub.com $LD JT Cedar Crossing Restaurant & Bar 336 Louisiana St. (920) 743-4200 innatcedar crossing.com $$$ B L D J T ( Chaser’s Sports Bar & Grill 1217 N. 14th Ave. (920) 743-6997 applevalleylanes.net $$ Cherry Lanes Arcade Bar 127 N. 4th Ave. (920) 818-0093 facebook.com/ cherrylanes arcadebar $$$ D Crate — Sushi & Seafood 136 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 818-1333 $$$ D T{( Dan’s Kitchen 50 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 818-1300 dans-kitchen.com $LD T

Door County Fire Company 38 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 818-0625 $$ L D J T El Sazon Mexican Restaurant 1449 Green Bay Road, Suite 2 (920) 743-6740 $BLD JT Fatzo’s 46 Green Bay Road (920) 743-6300 $LDJT{ Get Real Café 43 S. Madison Ave. (920) 818-1455 getrealcafedoor county.com $$ B L D Glas 67 E. Maple St. (920) 743-5575 glascoffee.com $BL T{ Greystone Castle 8 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-9923 Greystonecastle bar.com $$ L D J T Healthy Way Market 216 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 746-4103 healthyway market.com $L

Hoffman’s Red Room 66 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-3913 $LD T Hot Tamales 26 E. Oak St. (920) 746-0600 hottamaleswi.com $BLD JT Institute Saloon 4599 Hwy 57 (920) 743-1919 institutesaloon.com $LD T Kick Coffee 148 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 746-1122 $BLT{ Kinara Urban Eatery 25 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-8772 $LDT Kitchen Barons Public House 23 W. Oak St. (920) 818-0377 $$ L D Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub 59 E. Oak St. (920) 743-7441 kittyoreillys.com $$ L D J T {

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DOOR COUNTY’S ‘WURST’ BAR & RESTAURANT

Fine German Fare, Full Bar, & Nightly Specials

11934 Highway 42 Ellison Bay, WI 54210 920-633-4080

23 N. 3rd Ave Sturgeon Bay www.The-Gnosher y.com Coffee, Tea, Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

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Motel • Cottages 920.823.2404 920.823.2404 SquareRiggerLodge.com SquareRiggerLodge.com 286 feet of private sand beach

OPEN OPENDAILY DAILY Motel Rooms, Motel Rooms,Cottages Cottages++ 920.823.2404 Jacksonport 286 feet 286 feetof ofPrivate PrivateSand SandBeach Beach Just north of County V SquareRiggerLodge.com COUN DOOR TY’S

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Fish Market & Grille

Distinctive Waterfront Dining Serving Breakfast, Lunch, & Dinner 7 days a week Outside Waterfront Dining (Weather Permitting)

dcfreshchefs.com | 920.621.6391 dcfreshchefs@yahoo.com | @dcfreshchefs

8080 Highway 57 Baileys Harbor 920.839.9999 www.harborfishmarket-grille.com

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Start at the Top - Shop the Rock 1/2 mile east of Gills Rock on Hwy 42 Ellison Bay 920-854-2268 • Fax: 920-854-7299 • www.beashomadeproducts.com

CASEY’S BBQ & SMOKEHOUSE brisket • ribs • wings salads • soups • sandwiches burgers • friday fish fry saturday smoked prime rib saturday night karaoke

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Little Brown Jug Saloon 8952 Cty C (920) 824-5005 littlebrownjugbar.com $$ L D Lodge at Leathem Smith 1640 Memorial Dr. (920) 743-5555 $$ L D J T { ( Melt Shoppe at Renard’s Cheese 2189 Cty DK (920) 825-7272 $BL JT{ Now offering more great options. The deli has a great variety of meat, egg and cheese breakfast sandwiches, as well as a full line of gourmet coffee and tea. Lunch features Renard’s pizza, hot and cold sandwiches, hot dogs, soup, salad and a grilled cheese of the week. Offering a variety of alcoholic and nonalcoholic beverages.

Mill Supper Club 4128 Hwy 42/57 N (920) 743-5044 $$$ D J T

Morning Glory by the Bay 306 S. 3rd Ave. (920) 818-0711 $$ B L Morning Glory Restaurant 7502 Hwy 42 (920) 743-5355 $BLJ Old Mexico 901 Egg Harbor Road (920) 818-1500 oldmexicowi.com $$ L D J T { Poh’s Corner Pub 164 N. 3rd Ave. $LD T Samuelson’s Creek Pub & Grill 1009 S. Oxford Ave. (920) 743-3295 whitebirchinn.com $$ L D J T ( Scaturo’s Café 19 Green Bay Road (920) 746-8727 $BL JT{( Sonny’s Italian Kitchen & Pizzeria 129 N. Madison Ave. (920) 743-2300 sonnyspizzeria.com $$ L D J T (

Stage Road Inn 2049 Cty S (920) 743-4807 facebook.com/ stageroadinn $$$ D Stone Harbor 107 N. 1st St. (920) 746-0700 stoneharborresort.com $$$ B L D J T { ( Sturgeon Bay Yacht Club 600 Nautical Dr. (920) 743-6934 $$$ L D ( The Gnoshery #23 N. 3rd Ave. (920)818-0727 $BLT New in 2021, The Gnoshery is the county’s premier board game cafe.

Filled with fun, games and great “Gnoshables” – food and drink that make your experience a truly memorable one!

The Nightingale Supper Club 1541 Egg Harbor Road (920) 743-5593 $$$ D J T

Trattoria Dal Santo 147 N. 3rd Ave. (920) 743-6100 trattoriadalsanto.com $$$ D T( Wanda Jean’s 846 Egg Harbor Road (920) 743-0105 $BLDJT Waterfront Mary’s Bar & Grill 3662 N. Duluth Ave. (920) 743-3191 waterfrontmarys barandgrill.com $LD JT{

VALMY Donny’s Glidden Lodge Restaurant 4670 Glidden Dr. (920) 746-9460 gliddenlodge.com $$$$ D J T { ( The Hitching Post 4849 Glidden Dr. (920) 818-1114 thehitchingpost doorcounty.com $$ B L D J ( Valmy Happy Hour 4418 Whitefish Bay Road (920) 743-6236 $LD JT

WASHINGTON ISLAND Albatross Drive-In N7W1910 Lobdells Point Road (920) 847-2203 $LD{ Bread & Water Café 1275 Main Road (920) 847-2400 washingtonisland food.com $BL{ Cellar Restaurant at Karly’s Bar Main Road (920) 847-2655 $$$ L D J T { ( Fiddler’s Green 1699 Jackson Harbor Road (920) 847-2610 washingtonisland fiddlersgreen.com $$ L D T{ Hotel Washington 354 Range Line Road (920) 847-3010 $$$ D T{( Island Pizza At the ferry dock (920) 847-3222 $LD Jackson Harbor Soup 1904 Indian Point Road (920) 847-2589 $L{

KK Fiske Restaurant 1177 Main Road (920) 847-2121 $BLDT Le Petit Bistro at Fragrant Isle 1350 Airport Road (920) 847-2950 fragrantisle.com $$$ L D {( Nelsen’s Hall Bitters Pub W19N1205 Main Road (920) 847-2496 $LD T{ Red Cup Coffee House 1885 Detroit Harbor Road (920) 847-3304 $BL Sailor’s Pub 1475 South Shore Dr. (920) 847-2105 $$$ D { ( Ship’s Wheel Restaurant Shipyard Island Marina, South Shore Dr. (920) 847-2640 BLD Sunset Resort Old West Harbor Road (920) 847-2531 sunsetresortwi.com $B

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