Guidebook for Feast and Fun
Food Scene
This is my favorite restaurant. The food is excellent and healthy and fun to eat. I brought a Japanese friend there and he thought they had the best miso soup since he had lived in Japan. Also he said the food was really authentic. They also have lots of great Hokusai prints on the walls. The bento box can easily be shared between two people and we have shared the Shabu Shabu between six of us and couldn't finish it.
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Mizu Sushi
99 E 8th StThis is my favorite restaurant. The food is excellent and healthy and fun to eat. I brought a Japanese friend there and he thought they had the best miso soup since he had lived in Japan. Also he said the food was really authentic. They also have lots of great Hokusai prints on the walls. The bento box can easily be shared between two people and we have shared the Shabu Shabu between six of us and couldn't finish it.
There is some wonderful art for sale here-including my own. I sell journals, lanterns, and wall art.
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Root Cafe, Coffeehouse & Spirits
120 E Main StThere is some wonderful art for sale here-including my own. I sell journals, lanterns, and wall art.
I live two doors away from their kitchen and the smells are delicious, but the food is fantastic. Their line on a beautiful weekend morning is 45 minutes but there are pleasant places to sit on the square. Otherwise you can get in right away. The Harper Rose Eggs are good, but the salmon, eggs, capers and biscuits is my favorite egg dish. But when you come right down to it, the biscuits and onion jam often is my favorite lite breakfast. They have pancakes and waffles also that are a delight.
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The Biscuit
450 Washington AveI live two doors away from their kitchen and the smells are delicious, but the food is fantastic. Their line on a beautiful weekend morning is 45 minutes but there are pleasant places to sit on the square. Otherwise you can get in right away. The Harper Rose Eggs are good, but the salmon, eggs, capers and biscuits is my favorite egg dish. But when you come right down to it, the biscuits and onion jam often is my favorite lite breakfast. They have pancakes and waffles also that are a delight.
I love the atmosphere whether you sit inside or out. Inside the place is decorated with all kinds of Irish memorabilia. But the food is very good also. On a cold night I like to sit in front of the fireplace. However, you better bring five people in your group or you can't sit there. I like the Amaretto hot chocolate with whipped cream myself. They have trivia nights also that look like fun.
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The Curragh Irish Pub
73 E 8th StI love the atmosphere whether you sit inside or out. Inside the place is decorated with all kinds of Irish memorabilia. But the food is very good also. On a cold night I like to sit in front of the fireplace. However, you better bring five people in your group or you can't sit there. I like the Amaretto hot chocolate with whipped cream myself. They have trivia nights also that look like fun.
An excellent chef makes great food. It is not your run of the mill deli.
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The Farmhouse Deli & Pantry
100 Blue Star HwyAn excellent chef makes great food. It is not your run of the mill deli.
They have some authentic Dutch food. But it is a good lunch spot if you are in Holland and the bakery is good.
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Deboer Bakkerij
360 Douglas AveThey have some authentic Dutch food. But it is a good lunch spot if you are in Holland and the bakery is good.
Parks & Nature
There is a lovely 15 minute hike through the woods to get to the beach. This year the water is a bit high so the beach is a little short. There is one porta potty near the beach and no food stands, but you go there for the hiking throughout the dune complex, the beach, and the spectacular sand dunes.
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Saugatuck Dunes State Park
6575 138th AveThere is a lovely 15 minute hike through the woods to get to the beach. This year the water is a bit high so the beach is a little short. There is one porta potty near the beach and no food stands, but you go there for the hiking throughout the dune complex, the beach, and the spectacular sand dunes.
This is the best beach this summer since the water is so high. There are changing rooms also. If you walk north from the parking lot there are some low lying dunes on the right. You can walk through this beautiful area on trails. My husband is a geologist and a sand dune expert and he, his students, and colleagues do their studies on these dunes to check which way the wind blows the sand and how fast and many other things. If you see some guys and gals carrying strange equipment on their backs or looking at funny equipment on the sand dunes give them a hello. My husband also helped design the trail system out their.
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Oval Beach
690 Perryman StThis is the best beach this summer since the water is so high. There are changing rooms also. If you walk north from the parking lot there are some low lying dunes on the right. You can walk through this beautiful area on trails. My husband is a geologist and a sand dune expert and he, his students, and colleagues do their studies on these dunes to check which way the wind blows the sand and how fast and many other things. If you see some guys and gals carrying strange equipment on their backs or looking at funny equipment on the sand dunes give them a hello. My husband also helped design the trail system out their.
Centennial Park
250 Central AveKollen Park
240 Kollen Park DrSmallenburg park
Fairbanks AvenueMoran Park
515 W 22nd StEntertainment & Activities
This is like a tiny amusement park from the 1950s. It is the perfect size for children, not huge and overwhelming. The rides are a small ferris wheel, carousel, and a Dutch swing, but they also have a small zip line. I take adults here as well though since they have a tiny Dutch village with cheesemaking, witch scale, museum, and Dutch dancers. There is a large store with Dutch things and a wooden show maker. Everyone has a good time and it doesn't break the bank.
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Villagg Olandiż ta 'Nelis
12350 James StThis is like a tiny amusement park from the 1950s. It is the perfect size for children, not huge and overwhelming. The rides are a small ferris wheel, carousel, and a Dutch swing, but they also have a small zip line. I take adults here as well though since they have a tiny Dutch village with cheesemaking, witch scale, museum, and Dutch dancers. There is a large store with Dutch things and a wooden show maker. Everyone has a good time and it doesn't break the bank.
Retro Boat Rentals
730 Water StSounds like fun!
It is a fun way to see the sand dunes which are unique in Michigan and unusual the world over for the height.
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Saugatuck Dune Rides
6495 Blue Star HwyIt is a fun way to see the sand dunes which are unique in Michigan and unusual the world over for the height.
1 Adventure Company
405 Park StIt is fun to be on the water.
WaterTrail Ventures Paddle Respite
3151 57th StLooks like fun
Big Lake Outfitters of Saugatuck
219 Water StLooks fun
Drinks & Nightlife
There are lots of great beers and wines. I am not much into alcohol, but my friends who do like a good beer enjoy coming here. I like their mimosas, ciders, ginger beers, hot toddies and other low alcohol or alcohol free drinks. The menu changes constantly and they have 31 taps. Also the decor is upscale and homey.
Brew Merchant
442 Washington AveThere are lots of great beers and wines. I am not much into alcohol, but my friends who do like a good beer enjoy coming here. I like their mimosas, ciders, ginger beers, hot toddies and other low alcohol or alcohol free drinks. The menu changes constantly and they have 31 taps. Also the decor is upscale and homey.
The owners are very supportive of the local artists and always have some art show up. They make their own wine and beer. They often have musicians come to play in the evenings.
Great Legs Winery Brewery Distillery
The owners are very supportive of the local artists and always have some art show up. They make their own wine and beer. They often have musicians come to play in the evenings.
Arts & Culture
The Cappon House is a historic house built by the mayor of Holland after the 1871 fire that razed the town. The house was built with the newest and best furniture of the time. It then stayed in the same family for 100 years before it was donated lock, stock, and barrel to the City of Holland. All of the original furniture and bric a brac remains. It is a jewel.
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The Cappon House
228 W 9th StThe Cappon House is a historic house built by the mayor of Holland after the 1871 fire that razed the town. The house was built with the newest and best furniture of the time. It then stayed in the same family for 100 years before it was donated lock, stock, and barrel to the City of Holland. All of the original furniture and bric a brac remains. It is a jewel.
Holland Museum
31 W 10th StMużew tal-Ħbieb ta' Grand Rapids
11 Sheldon Ave NEMużew Pubbliku ta 'Grand Rapids
272 Pearl St NWMuskegon Museum of Art
296 W Webster AveHolland Area Arts Council
150 E 8th StShopping
Khnemu Studio LLC on Fernwood Farm
6322 113th AveThis store is full of beautiful arts and crafts by the finest artists.
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Good Goods
106 Mason StThis store is full of beautiful arts and crafts by the finest artists.
Tin Ceiling
10 E 8th StIt has many items from Sweden. Very cute store.
Getting Around
They pick you up wherever you are and take you where you want to go for a very small fee. You can get to the beach, the stores, and everywhere else in the Saugatuck-Fennville area. I don't think I would ever drive if I lived in Saugatuck, Douglass or Fennville.
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Interurban Transit Authority
100 Wiley RdThey pick you up wherever you are and take you where you want to go for a very small fee. You can get to the beach, the stores, and everywhere else in the Saugatuck-Fennville area. I don't think I would ever drive if I lived in Saugatuck, Douglass or Fennville.