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BUCK'S RESTAURANT
(906) 485-4534-
A popular downtown gathering place, Buck's is known for its breakfasts, big portions, and daily specials, mostly $7. and under at lunch and dinner in Dinners include salad, potato, vegetable. Some examples: turkey, pork and beef that's always fresh-roasted, never pre-cut; Saturday's steak and spaghetti. The Friday fish fry begins at 4 p.m. and features beer-battered cod, fresh lake trout and whitefish, pan-fried fresh perch, and deep-fried ocean perch. Mashed potatoes are made from scratch. The extensive menu includes meal-size salads and 60 sandwiches from $5-$7. Dinners are around $8. The interior has a whole new look, even more outdoorsy, with the familiar mounts of trophy deer and fish, new booths and carpet.
218 Main at Division/Business Route M-28, downtown Ishpeming. To get to downtown from U.S, 41/M-28, take 3rd (at Ski Hall of Fame), jog and go south to Division, the main east-west road. Open daily 5 a.m.-9 p.m. Wheelchair access: one step. Bathrooms are sufficient. Family-friendly. No alcohol.
CONGRESS LOUNGE & PIZZA
(906) 486-4233
A local landmark, the Congress is a family place and popular gathering spot. The bar has been here since an act of Congress repealed Prohibition in 1933- hence, the Congress name. Since 1957 it's been known for a distinctive, thin cracker-crust pizza with a tomatoey special sauce. A large pizza with the works is around $12. The only other food is cudighi (a spicy, wine-flavored Italian sausage patty) on a bun—$5 with tomato sauce, cheese, and mushrooms. Generations of local people have grown up on Congress pizza. If they've moved away, they stop in on vacations; it's packed here around the big July 4 homecoming.
Now that Guido Bonetti has completely retired, his son Paul has assumed his role as informal local historian. If you show any interest in Ishpeming, he'll tell you a lot. The walls are decorated with a museum's worth of local lore, about John Voelker, hometown sports, mining, and more. Paul created the interesting, revealing scrapbook on the making of Anatomy of a Murder (for sale for about $15). It reproduces his aunt's newspaper clippings from 1959, alongside interviews with John Voelker's widow shortly before her death.
106 N. Main a block north of Division/B.R. M-28 in downtown Ishpeming. Parking in rear off Bank. Open Tues-Sat 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Sun-Mon4-midnight.Handicap accessible: rear entrance. One step in front. Family friendly. Full bar.
MAMA MIA'S ITALIAN RESTAURANT
(906) 485-5813 A pleasant atmosphere and good Italian food with homemade sauces and hand-cut meat make Mama Mia's stand out. (The pasta is imported; owners Phil and Julie Barbiere like it better than fresh pasta.) Favorite dishes are the lasagna ($9.50, or $14.50 as a dinner with salad, antipasto, garlic bread and ice cream) and chicken fettuccini Alfredo ($10.75 and $1575). Tenderloin with lasagna is $17.95. Pizza and cudighi (spicy Italian sausage popular in Marquette County) or meatball sandwiches are another option (/$4.25).
207 E. Pearl downtown. From U.S. 41, turn south at the Ski Hall of Fame and take Third all the way to where it ends at the Peterson Auditorium of Ishpeming High. It faces Pearl St. Take Pearl two blocks west to restaurant. Park next door. Open daily from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m., to 11 on Friday and Saturday. Wheelchair-assessible. Family-friendly. Full bar.
LAWRY'S PASTY SHOP
(906) 485-5589
This trim, cheery little spot has a very limited menu: good pasties in three versions. Traditional (beef, potato, rutabagas, onion) and vegetable pasties are $3.29 for the 12-ounce version, $4.09 for a 17-ounce beef pasty. A $2.69 breakfast pasty is filled with eggs, ham, sausage, bacon, and cheese. Cole slaw is the only side. The canoe livery is no longer in operation.
2381 U.S. 41 West, south side, just beyond the west edge of town. Open year-round 7 days a week, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. From mid-May through September open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Wheelchair-accesible except for downstairs restrooms. Family-friendly. No alcohol.

 

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