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A big part of my "love at first sight" with Door County, Wisconsin, was my dinner the first night I visited. We stumbled upon Pelletier's, one of the last restaurants holding up the tradition of the Door County fish boil. Since that first time, I have come to prefer the White Gull Inn, but that's… Continue reading White Gull Must Fly
This was not my first rodeo, I mean fish boil. Years ago, with no prior knowledge that there was such a tradition, Etta and I ate at Pelletier's. When the chef threw the lit kerosene and ignited the fish fat into a huge fireball, it was an elemental shock, an unexpected thrill on par with… Continue reading White Gull Inn
We were returning to another fond memory of a dinner we had at Hearthstone Bistro a couple summers ago. The Hearthstone, in operation for decades, lived up to its reputation as the best restaurant in the Muskegon / Grand Haven area. The soups are particularly good: Etta had a lobster bisque with rich aroma and… Continue reading Hearthstone Bistro Part 2