What an amazing site. We stopped here on 7/10/26 in the afternoon and had a couple of cocktails on…read morethe patio. Bartenders were helpful and made a perfect Old Fashioned for my wife and a lovely bourbon on the rocks for me. Overlooking the sailboats on Betsie Lake was relaxing, add the cocktails and it was heavenly. Will be back when possible.

Be open when you say you will be open . Drove all the way here from Grand Rapids, and you are not…read moreopen .

They've only been open since 2015 but they somehow seem like they've been around forever, and I say…read morethat as as compliment! They just fit so well into downtown Frankfort. They've got plenty of snacks and pantry staples to help stock the kitchen in your vacation rental as well as cute pottery, serving and kitchen items, etc They also have a nice selection of beer and wine and I just saw on their social that they got their packaged spirits license so now they carry spirits! So you really can get most everything you need here for a nice party. Speaking of parties, follow them on social because they often post special tasting events with food and beverage makers! It's the perfect spot for whether you're a local or just passing through town for a bit.

Looking for something to do in this little town my husband and I found this little shop. We had a…read moreblast! Sandy waited on us and she took her time showing us all sorts of yummy vinegars and wines. Sandy was very knowledgeable and introduced us to a number of ways to use the balsamic vinegars and different ways to mix up wines for yummy combinations. Sandy took her time with us and was a lot of fun to work with. I hope she is there when/if we travel to that area again.

The single star goes to the lady server who was kind and understanding when we visited for wine…read moretasting this week. If I were just scoring the wines, it would be a negative number. My two friends and I who have traveled extensively to wine regions and have a lot of wine knowledge joined me while we were on a vacation in the area. We all are dry drinkers. We could not get beyond the awful aromas of the wines, let alone the undrinkable flavors. Because everything we attempted to try were beyond horrible, we believe it has to be the winemaking practices, not just an "off", single bad bottle of wine. The website description of this tasting room led us to believe there was a variety of MI wineries represented, not just Love's Winery. We had never had Love's wines before, but now we know. This could be a nice spot to enjoy a drink...if it had palatable wines.

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The sign says 'tasting room'; I went in to pick up/try a couple of meads (which I generally love,…read moreand was really excited about!), since I couldn't stay. The 'bar' is not a bar (again despite the sign saying so); when requesting a taste of one I was met with such snark I just understand why this place is so popular. Unbelievably disappointing.

Great chat with staff. Knowledgeable about all the meads and cysers, made great recommendations…read morethat led to a lovely tasting. Use your hop passport! Will return!

Ok, TLB is brewery #263 for me. This was my second brewery for today before heading off to my hotel…read moreand it was definitely a great stop. I always try to review a brewery based on beers alone but sometimes it's hard. Sometimes I stop in and the vibe is just not good, or the service sucks, but neither was the case here. Great vibe, friendly staff and patrons. And as I will get to in a moment, the beer was great too. This is a small brewery with a one barrel system and a small tasting room. It's size belies it's impact though. The beers were really good, although I will not review them in depth individually. Sorry but I ended up chatting with Jameson, the owner, as well as a couple of patrons at the bar. The beer highlights for me were the blueberry and the barrel aged red. SWPFTD would enjoy the barrel aged red. In fact it might have made her PD if you know what I mean. You probably don't but if you don't take the time to figure it out you never will. Your loss... Of course your loss could be your time in figuring it out. This is going to be a short but enthusiastic review. I would definitely recommend stopping in at Third Life Brewing if you are in the area. Of course it would be really hard to stop in if you aren't in the area. In fact I'm hoping to stop in again since I missed picking up a TLB sticker for my RV fridge which is covered in brewery stickers. Maybe Jameson will read this and reach out to offer up a sticker. (Awesome name by the way...) If anyone is a glutton for punishment, please, follow my brewery, and distillery, reviews from across the U.S. and beyond! https://www.yelp.com/collection/-8iscFkpiiCI563-FDfwGg and if anyone is wondering who SWPFTD is you will have to check out my review of Black Market Brewing Co in Temecula, CA to understand. Yes, you will need to read into it a little to get the joke but I have confidence in you! I hope my confidence is not misplaced.

Brewery #266 Third…read moreLife Brewing is a true microbrewery: a small brewery doing good craft beer with no food and no frills. Third Life is located in the former office of an old warehouse that I believe was an old Iron Ore company ( if memory serves me right). The brewery even has the old safe still in wall. I got my usual flight that consisted of Cat Jammin'-Raspberry (Raspberry Wheat), Tomtoberfest (Marzen), S.S. Dankowiak (DIPA) and the Duke of Witch Tree (Hazy IPA). All of them were really good but the S.S. Dankowiak was the star of my flight board. Cool atmosphere with lots of table and board games. Good music playing and a cool brewery sticker. Who doesn't love a bear in a canoe?

I don't typically review gas stations but this has always been a good station to go to. They…read moredefinitely have more than others you'll find while up north and it's definitely the best Bear Lake has around. Just wish they had more of a selection of hard ciders but no big deal. Good station if you need to stop somewhere and pick up a few things.

I happened to run out of gas while pulling into the saddle up on my way to work with my five year…read moreold in the car. I found that I had made the unforgivable mistake of forgetting my wallet at home. I kindly asked to pay with a check and the employees rudely turned me away. I was forced to panhandle for money to drive home and get my wallet. I will not support this local business any longer. They can have the tourists.

This was a nice, new taproom we came to visit. We tried to go to the Stormcloud restaurant on Main…read moreStreet first, but we were told we would have to wait a half hour to get on the waitlist and then another 90 minutes for a table once we were on the list. What. Anyway, we decided on the taproom instead. We immediately found a table, purchased some tacos from the food truck, and had some beers. The beers were most unimpressive. The first was okay, the others were terrible. The s/o said he's never given that low of ratings on Untapped. Good service. Neat taproom. Good social distancing practices. Good outdoor area.

We were just driving up M22 for the day and were looking for a pet- friendly place to eat…read more Stormcloud Parkview Taproom came up in our search. It has a great outdoor space at their very nice facility. A cool color-coded card system works to order drinks. We were skeptical about food from a food truck but the food was great! Bleu cheese burger, perch po boy, tasty chicken wrap and truffle fries (our dog got a couple). Beer was good too. Nice selection. We will definitely go back.

Great drinks, beautiful view but pricey!!! Went for a cocktail and loved it but 16 dollars a drink…read moreis crazy. Would have loved 2 but held off and went somewhere else.

This was the perfect location on a hill across the way from the municipal marina. We had food from…read morethe food truck and had "a prostitute named Carla", excellent! And "let's pretend this never happened ", enjoyed the view and sunset later..