Food & Drink in Fish Creek
27 places, each with a quick take from us — kept current as hours and seasons change.
Alexander's of Door County
A classic Wisconsin supper club on Highway 42 with a full bar and an in-house pastry chef: hand-cut Angus steaks, roasted cherry duck, and a rack of lamb, in a room that fills up fast on date nights.
Barringer's Restaurant
Jacob Barringer built this Fish Creek building in 1910 as an ice cream parlor for his daughters; it's a steakhouse and supper club now. Expect dry-aged Delmonico ribeye, Chesapeake crab cakes, and a Lake Perch fry in the old dining room, with a bar that runs indoors and out. Open Wednesday through Sunday, and weekend dinners book up.
Bayside Coffee
Order the housemade cold brew and a fresh croissant, then carry them out to the patio. This is Fish Creek's only waterfront cafe, run by the family behind Bayside Tavern and pouring Colectivo coffee from a historic cottage across from Clark Park.
Bayside Tavern
A Fish Creek mainstay, and one of the few kitchens open late, whatever the month.
Blue Horse Beach Cafe
A coffee and breakfast spot across from the beach in Fish Creek: an easy pairing with beach time.
Bridge Up North at The Cherry Hut
A Bridge Up Brewing taproom built into the Door County Cherry Hut, the rare stop that hands you a craft beer and a Door County cherry pie from the same farm market. Owners Trent Snyder and Jason Estes revived the old Ray's Cherry Hut just south of Fish Creek and set the taps beside the pie case, with a patio out back running to more than an acre of green space and five fire tables. Order the Knee High cream ale and carry a slice out to the fire.
CUT
Fish Creek's splurge steakhouse, new in 2025. The wood fire turns out a thick dry-aged ribeye and a 36-ounce Booth Creek wagyu tomahawk, alongside caviar service, oysters, and cedar-plank Chilean sea bass. Ask for the second-floor balcony over Main Street; the 3-to-5 happy hour is the sane way in.
DC Chocolate Design Cafe
A husband-and-wife chocolate shop that grew out of Cole and Kara's home kitchen in 2018 and opened this Fish Creek cafe counter in 2021. Order one of Kara's hand-painted truffles from her own recipes (the Door County Cherry Cream) and pair it with coffee roasted by Isely.
Dippy's Ice Cream Shop
Huge scoops of Wisconsin-made Chocolate Shoppe ice cream, dished from the center of Founder's Square for more than thirty years. Order the Door County Cherry.
Donuts By Design
Build your own donut here: pick the base, a filling, a frosting, and three toppings (more if you want them). This Fish Creek shop makes them fresh and hands them over warm, so the fun of choosing pays off on the first bite.
Fish Creek Bakery & Coffee Shop
A family-run bakery, coffee bar, and gourmet gift shop under one roof in the center of Fish Creek, baking from scratch each morning. Ask what came out of the oven most recently.
Helioterra Wines
The wines are Anne Ebenreiter Hubatch's work: a Sheboygan native who studied geology at UW-Madison, moved to Oregon, and launched Helioterra there in 2009, sourcing grapes from growers across the Pacific Northwest instead of owning vineyards. Her Fish Creek tasting room at the Top of the Hill Shops pours those Oregon wines by the flight, with a second, easier-going label called Whoa Nelly for everyday drinking.
Hill Street
A year-round bar in downtown Fish Creek with two of them, one inside and one outside, plus weekly live music. The kitchen keeps it casual and a little playful, sending out the Kurgan burger and a Fluffernutter before switching to late-night food nightly from 9 to midnight.
Julie's Park Cafe & Motel
The simplest possible pick if Peninsula State Park is the whole point of the trip: a small motel right at the park entrance.
Kettle Black Fish Boil
Half the point is the boil-over: the kettle, the flame, the whoosh, then dinner. That's boneless whitefish (or a Cajun version with shrimp and lobster tail), cornbread, and cherry pie, right on the Fish Creek harbor. Seatings are 5:30 and 7:30, Tuesday through Saturday, by reservation, and it's worth getting there early for the show.
Lautenbach's Orchard Country Winery & Market
The most convenient real-deal cherry stop: tastings, a solid market, and U-pick rows in late July without driving to the far north end.
LOFT
An outdoor-only restaurant on two levels above Main Street, with roll-down walls and heaters for cold weather. Whitefish gnocchi and Korean wings from a menu that leans more adventurous than most of Fish Creek.
Not Licked Yet Frozen Custard
A Fish Creek summer ritual. Expect a line on warm July evenings. The seasonal flavor board rewards repeat visits.
Pelletier's Restaurant & Fish Boil
The easiest fish boil to just show up to: multiple boils a night in summer, right in the middle of town, kids welcome.
Sara's Artisan Gelato
Order a scoop of the Amarena cherry gelato for its juicy tartness. This seasonal Fish Creek scoop shop rotates through 50-plus flavors, made with real fruit, pure nut pastes, and sauces done from scratch using authentic Italian recipes and hand-measured batches.
Shiny Moon Cafe
Climb the stairs above the Fish Creek Market for the duck confit hash with banana peppers and a rotating single-origin drip. The cafe comes from Angie and John McMahon, who started Door County Brewing Co. in Baileys Harbor before turning to breakfast and lunch.
Sweetie Pies
Order the cherry pie. The cherries come from nearby Hyline Orchard, folded into a hand-crimped butter crust with real fruit and no gooey filler. You can buy it by the slice, so there's no need to commit to a whole one.
The Cookery
Order the whitefish chowder. Forty-plus years in and it's still the benchmark.
The English Inn
Beef Wellington served nightly as a "Knightly Feature," a cherry spinach salad worth ordering on its own, and mounted armored figures watching over the dining room: this is Door County supper club with a costume-party sense of humor about itself.
Welcker's Lounge
Steve and Lisa Devroy turned an 1889 building that once crossed the Green Bay ice by horse team into a 1920s speakeasy, with staff in period dress and an original grand piano still anchoring the room. Order the Wisconsin Old Fashioned during the 3-to-5 happy hour, or the Fresh Catch Pretzel that arrives on a hook.
White Gull Inn
The definitive Door County fish boil, and their cherry-stuffed French toast won Good Morning America's best-breakfast title for a reason.
Wild Tomato Wood-Fired Pizza
Get anything with the house sausage, and expect a wait in July.