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Institute Saloon

5.0 (13 reviews)
Open • 11:00 am - 1:00 AM (Next day)

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Jonathan S.

Great broasted chicken and curds! Dennis has provided a great old school small town atmosphere.

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No frills, unassuming, old fashioned bar/restaurant with great food, reasonable prices, nice sized portions and friendly, neighborhood service. Excellent food and homemade appeal! Hard to find a better executed Perch special. Even the coleslaw was noticeably homemade and delicious. Locally sourced, "farm-to-table", hand-cut fries. Kitchen is on point with their fry technique--some of the best fried food I've had in a while. Looking forward to trying other items on my next visit!

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Friendly staff . Had a couple drinks and lunch . Staff were very friendly and our lunch of burgers were delicious

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This local bar has the best broasted chicken in Door County! Great burgers & fresh cut fries too, and all for a good price.

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“Stopped for a beer and sandwich on the way deeper into Door County.”

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Sonny's Pizzeria - Thin crust pizza

Sonny's Pizzeria

3.3(405 reviews)
6.4 mi
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What a fantastic place to visit in the summer! I included pictures of the view from our table…read more Pasta servings are huge and the food was delicious. The order came with access to the salad bar. There's also a tiki bar by the water. Highly recommend!

I have to say, that I really like Sonny's. The food is great! However, the employees you hire as…read morehosts needs a lot of improvement, mostly in their attitude and demeanor. We came in for dinner and requested a table for 3. Since my mother has mobility issues, she can't do booths or tables with high top chairs. After being told we'd have to wait 15-20 minutes (which turned out to be less that 10 minutes), a woman was about to seat us and told us that they can't give us a table but could offer us a booth and put a chair in the middle of the aisle. No and that's not what we asked for. Your host staff need to learn the difference between a booth, a table, and a high top table. Also, sticking a chair in the walkway is really not an acceptable option. We ended up being seated at a huge half booth/half table in the far back corner big enough for a family of 8-10. Another customer's power scooter was also crammed behind us and when they needed to access the scooter, it was quite an ordeal to work around us, even when we tried to move a bit. Our server was a young man. Pleasant and professional. I had the cheese ravioli, my dad has the porcini rigatoni (I've had it before and it's very good!) and my mom had the mushroom ravioli. Her mushroom ravioli claimed to have a marscapone cream sauce. She ended up sending it back because it tasted like alfredo that had gone rancid. Our server was very nice about changing the dish out for the rigatoni and her replacement came out very quickly. We learned that they put brandy into all their pasta sauces and apparently the cook must have put too much in. Granted the alcohol burns off in the cooking process, but I think we'd have liked to know if liquor was being put into our food, especially when it's not mentioned on the menu. I hope they don't use the same practices on their kids entrees. Overall, I've never really had much of an issue with the food here, but I feel like everytime we come to Sonny's, there's something that goes wrong. Oh well, at least I got 4 jars of marinara sauce for $10 due to their surplus sale by the host station! ;)

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Door County Fire - Shaved Prime

Door County Fire

3.9(241 reviews)
5.9 mi
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On a Fish Fry Friday, I ordered the clam chowder and fish fry dinner with perch and sweet potatoes…read more The clam chowder was excellent. Generously prepared, great seasoning and with the right temperature. The fries are sprinkled with cinnamon which was a first for me. The sweet potato fries were a little soggy but not bad. The cherry hard cider was fizzy and refreshing, It looks like the restaurant used to be a fire house. To me, it's like if the Hot House (Menomonee Falls) and Mission BBQ had a baby. Our server was excellent. She took very good care of us. On a quiet afternoon, we were sat by the bar, by a group that was very loud. We would have preferred a different table.

Really mixed review. Food was good but the service was meh at best…read more We were seated immediately but then it took over 10 minutes before someone talked to us again. No drinks, no "we will be with you shortly" or anything. We just sat there. Finally a server came over and said they had a big group come in and it was causing some backup and the host should have told us; he didn't. The drinks and appetizer came quickly and the street corner appetizer was very good; I would order it again. Once the appetizer was finished we sat with empty glasses for a good while. Again, no communication. Once the food arrived, things got much better. Wraps were good, not great. My daughter's pizza was good. With all the restaurants in the area, they will need to up their game on service.

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Door County Fire - Perch plate with sweet potato fries w/ cinnamon. Get it deep-fried. Pan-fried is a little soggy.  Cherry hard cider

Perch plate with sweet potato fries w/ cinnamon. Get it deep-fried. Pan-fried is a little soggy. Cherry hard cider

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Bridge Up Brewing - Beer flight

Bridge Up Brewing

4.6(22 reviews)
6.4 mi

Right in the water, beautiful outdoor seating. Inside is just as neat to enjoy, featuring vintage…read morerecords and nooks to hang out in.

What even is this place? I walked into a nostalgic wonderland of vinyl records, a jukebox, buckets…read morefull of giant dice, walls of vintage beer cans, a mini Ms. PacMan game, a Ray Charles image in the window, a plastic reindeer suspended on the ceiling and lots more tchotchkes and pop culture ephemera. I loved Bridge Up Brewing even before I tasted their beer. This is a little local Wisconsin brewery located on the basement-level of the building that houses Sonny's Italian Kitchen. When you walk into the lobby, instead of walking up the steps to Sonny's, take the ramp down below to Bridge Up and enjoy a beer or a flight of beers. They have a small menu of appetizers, mostly wings and fried things, but if you want a full meal, you should probably go upstairs to Sonny's. I didn't want a full meal, so I stayed at Bridge Up and ordered a flight of beers. One of them was a sour (I love sours), and the others were some of the more popular beer flavors. I picked the U-Pick, which is a flavored with Door County cherries, and was one of my favorites. The others were the higher ABV beers: Flip Flops and Bikini Tops (an imperial IPA) and Stubborn Sturgeon (a New England hazy IPA). I loved all of the beers I chose, but the cherry-flavored U-Pick was my favorite. When in Door County, always choose the cherry-flavored thing! If Bridge Up has U-Pick available when you visit, I highly suggest trying it. The people who work here are very friendly but also stay out of your way, which I appreciated. They encourage you to play something on the jukebox, so go ahead and put on your favorite songs.

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Bridge Up Brewing - Appetizer menu

Appetizer menu

Bridge Up Brewing - Old Milwaukee

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Bridge Up Brewing - The ramp down to Bridge Up Brewing

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Renard's Cheese - Loaded Cheese Curds

Renard's Cheese

4.5(117 reviews)
13.6 mi
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My husband and I spent 3 weeks house-sitting near this shop and quickly fell in love with it…read more The restaurant is delicious. My husband and I shared: - Loaded Cheese Curds - French Onion Melt - Hot Honey Chicken Mac And Cheese - Strawberry Basil Lemonade Everything was fantastic. The cheese curds were the best we had while in Wisconsin. The flavor of the French Onion melt was so good. I loved the hot honey addition to the mac and cheese. We bought a ton of their cheese too and it was fantastic. They have so many other great goodies too. If I lived nearby, I would be here all the time. This is a must stop in Door County!

Wisconsin has a serious reputation for cheese, so during our visit to Door County we wanted to find…read morea place to sample some. That's how we landed at Renard's. They had a wide range of cheeses and oils out for sampling, and the staff was friendly and walked us through the different varieties. One of them had us try a cheese dip with ghost peppers, which was hands down our favorite, creamy up front with a slow burn that built after. We picked up some cheddar, a tub of that dip, and a few beers for the road. We also grabbed food from the in-store café: a grilled French onion sandwich, tomato basil soup, and cheese curds. The sandwich and soup were the standouts. The curds were fresh and squeaky. We finished with their ice cream, which held up to everything else we'd eaten. The prices were low enough that the whole stop felt like a steal. A must-visit when you're in Sturgeon Bay.

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Renard's Cheese - Treats too

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Renard's Cheese - French Onion Melt

French Onion Melt

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