2021 Brainerd Lakes Area Dining Guide

2021 FEATURE ARTICLE:

• Lakes Area Brewery, Winery & Distillery Tour

FEATURED DISH REVIEWS:

• Dunmire’s Bar & Grill, Slice on Oak & Prairie Bay Restaurant

• Ernie’s on Gull, Main Street Ale House & Dough Brothers Pizzeria

• Bar Harbor Supper Club, Crow Wing Food Co-Op & B•Merri Gastropub

• Sage on Laurel, Madden’s Classic Grill & Cragun’s Legacy Bar & Grille

• Six Twelve Station

• Black Bear Lodge & KC’s Saloon

• Mission Tavern

• Pequot Lakes Supervalu, Rafferty’s Pizza, Nisswa & Shiners

• Commander Restaurant & Bar, Pequot Lakes American Legion & Lost Lake Lodge

• The Pickled Loon Saloon, The Bourbon Room & Andy’s Bar & Grill

• Pine Peaks Restaurant & the Wharf

• Moonlite Bay Family Restaurant, The Cedar Chest & Trailside Tavern & Patio

• Manhattan Beach Lodge & Block North

• Maucieri’s Italian Bistro, Breezy Point Resort, Antlers & Rocky Bottom Bar and Grille

ON THE COVER:

At the b•merri gastropub (in The Woods complex, Brainerd) the steaks are chef selected and cut. Certified Angus Beef is aged 28 days and charbroiled at 1700°F. The newly remodeled restaurant, patios, and Gather On 3 Event Center all offer extensive catering, cooking classes, in home dinners, seasonal entertainment, and the Retro Drive-In “foodie” movie theater. Cuisine ranges from house-smoked barbecue, unique salads, and fresh rolled sushi, coursed pairings from the self-tap craft beer wall, jet-fresh fish features enhanced with on site herb gardens and everything from elevated comfort food to multi-course wine and cocktail dinners.

Publisher: Pete Mohs | Advertising Director: Susie Alters Eller Contributing writer: Jeremy Millsop | Contributing writer: Pete Mohs Copy Editor: DeLynn Howard | Graphic Designer: Tasha Kenyon

The Lakes Area Dining Guide is an annual publication produced by the Brainerd Dispatch and Echo Publishing.