Old-school resort weekend with no cars
No cars — bikes and horses only. Stay at the Grand Hotel or rent a cottage, ride the 8-mile loop in an hour, fudge crawl through Murdick's and Joann's, lunch at the Pink Pony, dinner at the Woods (the Stuyvesant family's spot in the interior), and drinks on the Grand's porch at sunset. Lake Huron bachelor — Gilded Age throwback, no phones, no cars, no excuses.
biking • 3 hr
Lakeshore loop with Arch Rock + cliffs
tour • 2 hr
No cars allowed — horses are the transit
food tour • 1 hr
Six fudge shops on Main
golf • 5 hr
Two nine-hole courses played by horse-drawn cart between
bar • balanced • $$
Harbor-view dance floor + pink everything
bar • balanced • $$
Live country/rock, late nights
rooftop bar • chill • $$$
The bar at the top of Grand Hotel, 180 degrees of the Straits of Mackinac and the bridge from the fifth and sixth floors. Published hours run noon to 1am daily, May 1 through October 25.
cocktail bar • chill • $$$$
A small bar beside Grand Hotel's Parlor built around brown spirits — whiskies and cognacs — with an elevated wine list and small plates. Published hours run 11am to midnight daily, May 2 through October 25.
American • $$$$ • Best for: group-dinner
Lake-view fine dining at Grand Hotel
Picnic • $$ • Best for: lunch
Pack lunch for the bluffs
Fine dining / wild game • $$$$ • Best for: the dinner worth the ride out
A Tudor hunting lodge on Cudahy Circle, inland from the harbor, cooking Midwest heritage ingredients and wild game. Published entrees run $42 to $78; dinner nightly mid-May through late October.
resort • Max 4 guests
Iconic 1887 porch + jacket-required dining
house • Max 12 guests
Private cliff-side estate
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