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        Michigammee

 


MT. SHASTA RESTAURANT
(906) 323-6312

This classic log restaurant/bar from 1939 was reopened in 2004 by Chicagoan Nancy Ferro. Reports have been good, and people are delighted that the landmark is cleaned up, cared for, and opened after a troubling hiatus. Nancy, a food service veteran, planned the menu to suit the small kitchen. It combines meal-size sandwiches and salads, available any time, with entrées like liver and onions ($9), grilled walleye ($13), and a 20-ounce porterhouse ($19) - these are especially recommended- all with salad or slaw, potato, and vegetable. Everyday $5.50 "recession hot plates" sell like wildfire, she says: roast turkey, beef, or pork on potato bread with mashed potatoes and gravy, plus vegetable or roasted apples. Nancy says people come from afar for the meaty, slow-roasted, spicy ribs ($13 and $18.50). Standout sandwiches, served with fries, are cheese steak ($6.25) and a steak sandwich with grilled onions on grilled rustic roll ($7). All prices from 2005. There's not much for vegetarians. There's outdoor dining on the deck, with a view of Lake Michigamme across the highway.
A vacation trip with a friend introduced Nancy to the area, and friends suggested that she buy the restaurant, then badly neglected. It took two repeat trips, hours of on-site visualization, and finally seeing the long lines of cars for July 4 fireworks over the lake to convince Nancy that there was an adequate customer base. The log interior is still decorated with oversize stills from Anatomy of a Murder, taken when a small but memorable part of the movie classic was filmed here. It's a thrill to imagine Duke Ellington at the keyboard of this very piano! Author John Voelker was a friend of the original owner. Ask to see the scrapbook. The building was originally located north of Ishpeming. The logs were numbered, disassembled, and moved here, to the location of the Michigamme Mine. Mount Shasta is the name of the rock bluff behind the restaurant.
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On U.S. 41 just east of Michigamme. Open year-round. From June through August open daily from 11 a.m., to 8 p.m. Tues-Thurs, to 9 Fri & Sat, to 6 Sun. Otherwise closed Monday. Oct. closed Mon and Tues. Handicap accessible: 2 steps. Family-friendly. Full bar.

 

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