Breakfast & Brunch in Sister Bay

5 places, each with a quick take from us — kept current as hours and seasons change.

• Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant & Butik

  $$ · Open year-round. The goats are on the roof from late May to mid-October.

  The goats are the hook; the Swedish pancakes with lingonberries are why you come back. Go early: the wait is real.

• Brown Butter Bakeshop

  Open year-round, Thursday through Sunday.

  Come for the rotating seasonal brioche pastries. Baker Tina Peters works from scratch in this Sister Bay shop (nothing from a mix), and the namesake brown butter turns up again in her housemade coffee syrups.

• Grasse's Grill

  $$ · Seasonal, typically late April into early December. Check before an off-season visit.

  A casual, everyday option for breakfast and lunch. The place to land when you want a straightforward meal without a wait.

• Happy Coffee

  Open daily year-round; hours shift with the seasons.

  Co-owners Lilly Orozco and Juan Ornelas bought the former Skip Stone Coffee Roasters in 2024 and reopened it as happy coffee, pouring a house blend roasted by Kick Ash Coffee up in Ellison Bay. Orozco makes the syrups in house, so order the pecan latte.

• Zero Sum

  An entirely gluten-free breakfast and lunch cafe on the garden level of the Country Walk shops, pouring locally roasted Isely coffee. Order the scratch-made quiche: it's the dish regulars keep coming back for.