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Lake Leelanau · Dinner reservations

The table that earns the babysitter.

Chef-driven, wine-list-considered, view-when-the-light-drops. Reservations recommended at all of them; required at three.

Restaurants

2 stops
  • Leland
    The Riverside Inn
    Editor's pick

    French-inspired dinners on the Leland River, upstream from Fishtown — a dining room, a bar, and a riverfront deck with a private dock for anyone pulling up by boat. Farm-to-table sourcing runs through most of the menu, not just the specials board. Open Wednesday through Monday, 4:30 to 9, closed Tuesdays even in peak July. Reserve ahead for the deck.

    Wed–Mon 4:30–9pm, closed Tue$$$$(231) 256-9971Visit ↗
  • Suttons Bay
    Martha's Leelanau Table

    A Wednesday-through-Sunday dinner room in Suttons Bay built around the county's own farms — French technique applied to whatever the peninsula's producers dropped off that week, not a fixed menu chasing trends. Reserve through Tock; this is the table locals send visitors to when they want the food taken seriously rather than served with a lake view. Closed Monday and Tuesday.

    Wed–Sun 5–10pm, closed Mon–Tue$$$$Visit ↗