Matt and Christine's favorite brewery of all time!

Also you can now visit their production facility in Elk Rapids for bottled beers on the weekends! Visit their website for more details.

Golfing opportunities are vast at a ga ming itself but we are a short drive from The Bear course at grand traverse.

Downtown elk rapids has a beautiful public beach - you can walk out in the water for more than 100 yards.

Also Barnes park is north of elk rapids and a ga ming. Beautiful campground and beach on grand traverse bay! #sunsethttp://www.antrimcounty.org/barnespark.asp

A great small town grocery right up the road! Should have all your basic needs

DOCKSIDE - in a category of its own because its the only drive up boat bar and restaurant. On the east side of the lake with a great deck and sunset views

Bellaire

-Coffee and pastries at Moka as well as amazing take away pizza with 3 toppings on Sundays for $10

-Dinner and the cocktail called the Gerrity is a DELISH alcoholic coffee drink both offered at the Starlight Lounge. In the back of Moka!

-Ruthies - GREAT ice cream shop and super yummy fried chicken

-Bellaire Smoke house - just outside of downtown but excellent shop with fresh cuts of meat, seafood and some of the best bacon in the area to take home to cook

-Pelican's Nest for dynamite cheeseburgers - next to the Chief Golf course (most expensive course in the area)

-Hawk Hollow golf course

-Shanty and Schuss both have great golf courses. If you golf at Shanty Creek you have to swing through "The Shanty" which is a great bar/lunch/dinner spot with fresh popcorn

Central Lake

-Fudgees for ice cream and fudge

-Blue Pelican has great seafood and a fun tiki bar

-Grocery store in town

Elk Rapids

-Siren Hall is a divine white tablecloth restaurant with great food

-Cellar 152 is a fun market with small deli counter, wine bar and vast selection of specialty foods, wines, beer. You can sit outside in the back!

-Pearls restaurant - AWESOME creole, new orleans style cuisine with comfortable atmosphere

-Shorts Production Facility - outdoor space with beer and a food truck typically. Corn hole games and fun times

Along M-72

-Many wonderful family farm markets roadside for the freshest produce - Kings orchard and Alton's

-Brownwood farms products can be found in multiple places but are a Torch Lake standard. The mustard has a kick that you can't resist and the cherry juice concentrate is a great addition to lemonade, soda or cocktails.