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    Chef Charles

    4.3 (89 reviews)
    InexpensivePizza
    Open • 11:00 am - 9:00 pm

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    CHEF CHARLES ATMOSPHERE

    What's the vibe?
    Moderate noise
    Casual
    Good for groups
    Outdoor seating

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    Great pizza in the village! Always busy in the summer. This is my go to for pizza up north!

    Tanner H.

    Amazing pizza and even better service! Loaded up on toppings with the Meat Galore. They were very busy and the pizza only took about 10 minutes to come out of the oven!

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    16 days ago

    Great service and great pizza. The seven cheese was great. They had a great playlist playing too

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    10 months ago

    Best pizza ANYWHERE! We drive from Florida for this. Classic, 5 cheese, veggie or Chef Charles' Special. Three generations love it.

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    1 year ago

    Absolutely love the pizza here it made my trip to Michigan worth it! Thank you Chef Charles!

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    1 year ago

    Great pizza. Friendly staff and service. Take out is always on time and hot and fresh.

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    2 years ago

    A great place for good pizza. Friendly staff and quick service. We've eaten in a few times, mostly

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    2 years ago

    Get the meat galore. It's amazing galore. I planned to eat two pieces and could only make it through 1.5 it was so hearty.

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    2 years ago

    The pizza was pretty good but it was way too overpriced, which seems to be a theme in Elk Rapids. Two large pizzas cost me $58.

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    3 years ago

    They do put the Pizzaz in Pizza. All hand crafted with unique taste. Better than your average pizza place

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    5 years ago

    Great pizza! Ordered two pizzas ahead, one special order and a Bayou Boy, both were ready when promised and delicious.

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    6 years ago

    Simply Delicious!! Try the mustard bbq based pizza. WOW!! Everything we had was great and fresh.

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    4 years ago

    Best pizza in Elk Rapids, so happy they have reopened for business! We eat here once a week and will continue to do so.

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    Chef Charles has re-opened under a new owner but they are still doing an amazing job. Pizza is as good as it ever was.

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    4 years ago

    Miss this place very much. So sorry to lose chef Charles.:(. He was a hard worker and so very dedicated. Rip.

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    Two Sons Pizza - This is why you never tip carry out

    Two Sons Pizza

    4.2(52 reviews)
    13.7 mi

    We ordered takeout from Two Sons Pizza. It was ready by the estimated time and our order was…read morecorrect. We felt the pizza had too much pepperoni for our liking. We enjoyed the garlic knots!

    This New York style pizzeria is located inside Silver Spruce Brewing, which is a fun,…read moreindoor-outdoor venue. Frontage on Eighth Street, but it feels like a neighborhood joint once you are in there. I apologize to Two Sons Pizza, for not writing a five star review, when the pizza was five stars. I mean, we've got The Filling Station for the real thin but still chewy crust. Excellent. Charles and Reid for Detroit style, which is life altering delicious (and I generally hate thick pizza). And Two Sons completed the power triangle with big New York style slices and pies. But what the F happened? They've always had a little bit of that dismissive hipster kind of vibe, where they try to make you feel like you're not important, or possibly not cool enough to enjoy how amazing their pizza is, or was. But now it's like the one or two employees who are there at a time, don't want to be there at all. And that's what the pizza tastes like now The slices used to be massive, like cutting an extra large pizza into six slices. They were priced accordingly, $7-8+, but well worth it. Delicious. Now the pies are old sitting around for hours, and they don't perk up when reheated like they used to. I don't have a problem with proper New York style slices, being reheated, that's part of the tradition. But the attitude I get is, if they aren't slammed busy, they don't care about having fresh food, and you just get what you get. It seems the employees don't care, they are like robots now, and unhappy robots at that. They've got the NY magic and the special sauce, they just aren't using it anymore. Maybe the chef quit, maybe it got sold, I have no idea. The last slice I had, I threw it in the garbage, and went to Toby's dog house, the hot dog trailer outside. But it was closed on a day it was supposed to be open. The guy behind the bar at Silver Spruce brewing has the same dismissive/dumb attitude. I wouldn't be surprised if all three places closed after summer 2026 ** since they are capable of making a good New York style pie, at least in theory now, just order a whole pizza. That way, it will be fresh. The slice game is dead there. **

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    Two Sons Pizza - All three pizzas mentioned in the review

    All three pizzas mentioned in the review

    Two Sons Pizza - Shame on you, fire this guy

    Shame on you, fire this guy

    Two Sons Pizza - Outside Patio

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    Outside Patio

    Riverwalk Grill - Lemon ricotta pancakes

    Riverwalk Grill

    2.8(264 reviews)
    0.3 mi
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    We decided to drive a little way out of town to avoid the Traverse City busy traffic so we went up…read moreto elk Rapids and found this river walk Grill, which looked really nice from the outside. The food was actually fine, but I thought the prices were a little high for what you actually got. I got salmon tacos and they were fine. They had sufficient amount of food inside and the ingredients were good. My friend got the fish sandwich and he said it was fine. My friend got an Arnold Palmer to drink and the total bill with tipping all ended up being $60 which I thought was a little steep for two sandwiches and an Arnold Palmer so I wouldn't come here again because of the price.

    Food: my coworkers walleye was good, the cauliflower dried up; my filet was awful!!!! I ordered…read moremedium and it came out rare--but the server never checked. Also it was brown on the top and grey on the bottom. The demi glacé was just cold gravy. They were out of the asparagus it comes with so I got one stalk of broccolini which was limp. It was served on a plate with two huge chips on the rim. My companion asked for unsweetened tea with sugar substitute (diabetic) the server brought a shot of simple syrup from the bar. When asked she said they didn't have sweet'nlow or something similar. The service was horrendous, she just couldn't be bothered to care. With so many good options in this tourist town this was a horrible experience.

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    Riverwalk Grill - Dining room

    Dining room

    Riverwalk Grill - Whitefish

    Whitefish

    Riverwalk Grill - Salmon tacos

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    Salmon tacos

    The Filling Station Microbrewery - Wolverine, Memphis line and cheese

    The Filling Station Microbrewery

    4.5(837 reviews)
    13.6 mi
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    We enjoyed a dinner after arriving in town on a recent Friday evening. It was quite busy, and there…read morewas a decent wait, but we passed the time in the beer garden. It was a mixed crowd, with lots of families and young children. I had the Northwoods Blueberry Açaí mineral water while I waited and it was SO GOOD. Once we were seated and placed our order at the bar, the food came out fairly quickly.We had the hummus appetizer, the Rocket and the Three Rivers. I loved the Rocket - I love any pizza with goat cheese! This was a great spot to kick off our vacation with the fam after a long day of travel!

    Super cool brewery located in at an old train depot with a huge patio for seating!! They specialize…read morein flatbread pizzas and beers. When we got there, the hostess warned us that the pizzas were taking up to an hour to make. I appreciate that they warned us before we committed to dining there! We didn't mind the wait. There are no waiters, so you order everything at the bar then they bring your food to you with a table number. I ordered the raspberry beer and it was really good. I typically don't like beer, but I love fruit flavors. As an appetizer, we got the red pepper hummus and it was meh--I didn't really like it. It was thick and had the texture of cold refried beans and instead of pita, it was served with tortilla chips that tasted like Tostitos brand. For my flatbread pizza, I chose the Wolverine which was topped with pineapple, pepperoni, jalapeños. I've never had pineapple on pizza so I can't really be a good judge, but it was alright. I liked how thin the crust was. For dessert, we got the mini ice cream bars as recommended by the woman sitting near us. They're Ice Box Brand Ice Cream Bars by a Michigan-based company. They sell two sizes: regular and mini. I chose a mini toffee crunch and it was the perfect size. It was really good. I'd love to just buy these ice cream bars to have at home!!

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    The Filling Station Microbrewery
    The Filling Station Microbrewery - Mini toffee crunch ice cream bar

    Mini toffee crunch ice cream bar

    The Filling Station Microbrewery - Firebox...not too hot and definitely shy of filling and flavor

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    Firebox...not too hot and definitely shy of filling and flavor

    Chef Charles - pizza - Updated October 2026

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