Restaurants in Sister Bay
22 places, each with a quick take from us — kept current as hours and seasons change.
Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant & Butik
The goats are the hook; the Swedish pancakes with lingonberries are why you come back. Go early: the wait is real.
Boathouse On The Bay
A marina-front restaurant with a rooftop-style Fly Bridge Bar over the water. The lobster roll is the dish people specifically drive here for, alongside a full bar and regular live music through the season.
Carroll House Restaurant
This Sister Bay diner turns out more than 20,000 Old Fashion Waffles a year, including one stuffed with Door County cherries. A family breakfast-and-lunch spot on Bay Shore Drive since 1957, open about 7 to 2, so it's a morning plan.
CHOP
A steakhouse in the village center next to the Dorr Hotel, built around hand-cut, corn-fed Midwestern beef. The surf and turf pairs a filet with lobster or scallops, and the early-dining menu is a genuine deal before the dinner rush.
Dovetail Bar & Grill
A roadhouse bar and grill on Highway 57 outside the village core, with its own gas station and campground next door. The Dovetail Burger (two patties, bacon jam) and a Door County turkey sandwich with cherry compote lead a menu built for a quieter, off-the-beaten-path stop.
Fat Belly
The name is fair warning. This tiny kitchen behind the Sister Bay go-kart track builds big, comforting bowls with a sushi-bar streak, and the Samurai Bowl is the one to come hungry for.
Grasse's Grill
A casual, everyday option for breakfast and lunch. The place to land when you want a straightforward meal without a wait.
Happy Coffee
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.
Husby's Food & Spirits
Emma Husby opened this Sister Bay tavern in 1929, and it still stays open later than most of the peninsula. Out back, the open-air Garage grill turns out local whitefish tacos, with live music on summer weekends.
LURE
A casual fine-dining room with a newly expanded bar, sushi, and a Friday fish fry that comes with a complimentary slice of cherry pie. The $34.95 early-dining menu is a good way into the kitchen without the full dinner price tag.
Northern Grill & Pub
A family-run Italian-American pub since 1997, with wood-fired-style pizza, lasagna, and Black Angus steaks in a rustic Northwoods dining room with a fireplace and an arcade for kids.
One Star Burgers & Dogs
The name is the joke: a burger stand cheeky enough to hand itself one star, working out of the Patio Motel and Drive-In in Sister Bay. Order the double cheeseburger with One Star sauce and fried onions, patties smashed to order, then chase it with the soft serve.
Pasta Vino
When you want a real plate of pasta in Sister Bay, this is the pick. The pasta and bread are made in house, and locally caught whitefish rounds out a menu of veal and seafood.
Roots Inn & Kitchen
The kitchen's whole idea is vegan "comfort food" with real flavor: plant-based cooking alongside locally raised meats from area farms. On Monday and Tuesday evenings the space becomes Lola's Kitchen, the Filipino pop-up Owen Alabado named for his grandmother, and the chicken adobo and pork lumpia are the reason to come. It runs out of a historic inn in downtown Sister Bay.
SAVOR Barbeque - Grill - Taphouse
A fast-casual BBQ smokehouse and taphouse that expanded into its current, larger home in spring 2026. Expect hand-sliced brisket, ribs, and a pet-friendly patio with Friday afternoon live music in season.
Sister Bay Bowl
The best supper club in the county and it has a bowling alley in it. Get the lake perch, sweet muddled old fashioned, and a lane.
The Cleat
A dock-and-dine spot right on the Green Bay shoreline, on a site that spent 44 years as JJ's La Puerta before reopening as The Cleat in 2025. Expect fish tacos, cheesy nachos, and a full tequila menu, with an outdoor bar just steps from the water and dock access for boaters.
Thyme Restaurant, Catering & Market
A farm-to-table dinner house on Highway 57 with a seasonal, locally sourced menu: lemon-rosemary whipped ricotta, braised beef short rib, and a hand-rolled pasta program. It sits alongside its sister wine bar, Twelve Eleven, and guests can carry a glass between the two.
Waterfront Restaurant
An approachable fine-dining room a mile north of downtown, with wall-to-wall windows facing Lake Michigan and a hand-rolled pasta program alongside oysters, lamb frites, and a house-made-stock kitchen. Book ahead for a sunset table.
Wild Tomato Wood-Fired Pizza & Grille (Sister Bay)
A second, separate Wild Tomato. This one is tucked between Highway 42 and Sister Bay's public beach, with its own beach bar and garage bar. Same wood-fired pizza concept as the original Fish Creek restaurant, different water view, and open year-round rather than seasonally.
ZaZa's Pizzeria
A carryout-only pizzeria in the Country Walk Drive shopping area: thin-crust, handmade pies, sandwiches, and a gluten-free cauliflower crust option, all built for a quick pickup rather than a sit-down meal.
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.