Restaurants & Dining
Choose from fine dining, cozy cafes, pubs, coffee shops and good old fashioned family restaurants. Each place comes with small-town, friendly service that makes your dining experience complete. Bakeries, chocolate shops and ice cream parlors are sure to sweeten your vacation. Breakfast, lunch or dinner is served for your enjoyment.
Barnhart's Pirates Pub
6006 Barnhart Rd., Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 843-8246
Come by boat or car to Hamlin Lake's only restaurant and bar. Enjoy great good and cocktails overlooking Upper Hamlin Lake. Casual dining inside or on the waterfront deck. Live entertainment most Saturdays in season. Serving lunch and dinner daily Memorial Weekend through Labor Day Weekend.
Big Boy Restaurant
5275 W. US-10, Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 843-7670
Enjoy your meal in our bright and cheery atmosphere. Offering a complete breakfast (served anytime!) lunch, and dinner menu. Daily breakfast buffet (seasonal) and year-round weekend buffet. Soup, salad, and fruit bar daily. Clean and friendly, exceptional service. Carry out available. Open daily 6am, Sundays at 7am. Wireless internet.
Brenda's Harbor Cafe
316 S. James St., Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 845-7434
Friendly, fast, affordable. This family style restaurant has a clean, cheery atmosphere, casual nautical decor. Breakfast, lunch served daily starting at 5am. Dinner from 4pm during summer. Great flavors, hearty portions, homemade soups, homemade pies. Closest family restaurant to the Lake Michigan Carferry dock, just one block from Harbor View Marina. Non-smoking.
Hungry Howie's Pizza & Subs
5485 W. US-10 (next to Walgreens), Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 843-6363
"Flavored Crust" pizzas make Hungry Howie's the tastiest! Our products are made fresh to order. Full line of oven baked subs, Howie bread, buffalo wings, chicken tenders, and garden fresh salads. We serve Pepsi products, and deliver to Ludington, Scottville, & Hamlin Lake. Locally owned and operated with dine-in seating available.
Jamesport Brewing Company
410 S. James St., Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 845-2522
Don't miss Ludington's only Brewpub. Great food and service in a kid-friendly, casual atmosphere. Serving lunch, dinner and cocktails. Try our own hand-crafted beers and delicious homemade specials. Also offering brewery tours, wireless internet, and covered deck dining. Just blocks from the carferry docks.
Kuntry Kubbard Restaurant
5474 W. US-10, Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 845-5217
Home cooking, family prices. Daily breakfast specials. Weekend breakfast and dinner buffets (served daily summers). All dinners include homemade soup and salad bar. Sandwiches, fish, ribs, steaks, pork chops, chicken, kid's menu. Delicious homemade pies, rolls. Air-conditioned. Open daily 7am Mar.-Oct., at intersection of Old US-31/US-10.
Little Caesars Pizza
5720 E. Ludington Ave., Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 845-5178
Home of Hot-N-Ready Pizza! One large pepperoni or sausage pizza, just $5.55 all day every day. Lunch special: pizza slices, 99 cents. Also, enjoy our famous Crazy Bread, "yummy" Italian Cheese Bread, fresh salads, or our tasty Caesar Chicken Wings. Open daily at 11am. Locally owned and operated.
Luciano's Ristoranti
103 W. Ludington Ave., Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 843-2244
The exceptional taste of Italy is in downtown Ludington at Luciano's. Classic Italian dishes: Veal Luciano, Chicken Picata, Beef Tenderloin, Shrimp Scampi. We offer pasta, pizza, sandwiches, fish, chicken, steaks, and more. Enjoy lunch or dinner in our restaurant, take your meal out, or we deliver. Daily dinner specials. Cocktails.
Ludington Destination Weddings & Celebrations
Planning an event that involves food? Whether you're organizing a birthday party for ten or a wedding for 500, this informative website is the place to start when choosing a banquet facility or caterer. Our online weddings and events guide features rental halls, banquet rooms, caterers, deejays, florists, and more. Celebrate!
Mancino's Pizza & Grinders
W. US-10 at Jebavy Dr., Ludington, MI 49431, (231) 845-6666
Original recipes, uncompromised quality make Mancino's a local favorite! We use only the freshest ingredients. Our grinder and pizza dough is made from scratch daily. Serving wings, salads, pasta, wraps, specialty pizzas and traditional favorites. Dine in, carry out. Delivery to Ludington, Hamlin Lake, Scottville, Pentwater! Open daily at 11am.
Good home cooking since 1942. Homemade baked goods, big sandwich selection, Greek, Italian, Mexican. Large menu selection, soup/salad bar, daily specials. Fri.--all you can eat fish fry; Sun.--prime rib or roast chicken. Weekends April-November: breakfast & brunch buffets. Summer: daily buffets. Beer, wine, cocktails. Historic family restaurant, downtown Ludington.
Casual waterfront dining overlooking the city marina and carferry. Gracious service, spectacular sunset views, deck dining available. Seasonally changing dinner menu features locally raised grain fed beef, fresh produce, salmon, prime rib, seafood, sandwiches, kids' menu, award-winning desserts. Cocktails, Michigan wines. Reservations, casual attire welcome.
Expect quality. Relaxed, casual fine dining. Famous for exceptional service and value. Friendly atmosphere, cocktails. Dinner specialties: prime rib, lake perch, whitefish. Lunch favorites: homemade soups, charbroiled burgers, tasty omelets, wonderful salads, kid's menu. Dinner nightly starting at 5pm, lunch Mon.-Fri. 11:30am-2pm, Sunday breakfast 9am-1pm. Reservations recommended.
West Michigan Restaurants
New! Visit this online directory of local West Michigan restaurants, pubs, and specialty food shops. There's great dining for all tastes in the communities of Ludington, Manistee, Pentwater, and Scottville, plus the Silver Lake Sand Dunes area and along the Pere Marquette River. You'll find menus, coupons, specials, and more compiled in this handy online guide to good food. Bon appetit!
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Dining in Manistee, Michigan -- Enjoy dining in one of several establishments along the Riverwalk in Manistee's historic downtown district or experience the many restaurants in the Manistee area, from the most casual to the most elegant. Cafe's, bars, ice cream parlors, home cooking and fine cuisine is available.
Restaurants & Dining in Ludington, Michigan -- Choose from fine dining, cozy cafes, pubs, coffee shops,fast food and good home cooking in downtown Ludington, Michigan and along the US-10 corridor.
Dining and Restaurants in the Silver Lake Sand Dunes Area -- Silver Lake is just minutes away from a large selection of dining venues in Silver Lake, Mears, Hart and Pentwater. From an ice cream cone to a delicious chicken dinner, the area offers varied cuisines to satisfy any hungry visitor.
Pentwater, Michigan Restaurants and Dining Nothing is quite like the quaint, artsy, harbortown of Pentwater. Hearty breakfasts, elegant brunches, leisurely lunches and romantic dinners can be had in casual to elegant restaurants or rustic saloons.
Restaurants and Dining near the Pere Marquette River -- The Pere Marquette River course runs near Ludington, Scottville, Custer, Walhalla and Branch, Michigan and points east. The river is a haven for campers, hikers and fishermen. Many eateries in the area can be found to satisfy any visitor's desire. From fine dining to rustic saloons; from hearty home cooking to ice cream parlors, any appetite can be satisfied.
