Michigan Foods (retail)
Alden
- Alden Mill House - One of our favorite places to visit, this remodeled house in Alden at the southeast corner of Torch Lake reminds us of Pippi Longstocking's Villa Villakula, but nicely fixed up! Outside, the east lawn is immaculate with incredible gardens. But the west side is entirely overgrown, with an Alligator Alley, Chef Geno's Thinking Room (i.e., a nicely-decorated outhouse) and many more wonderful things to look at. Inside is the most amazing smell. The mill house is in the back of the house, and Chef Geno's blends smell absolutely incredible. Along with his own spices, soup mixes, broths and other items, the store inside carries thousands of unique culinary tools and cookware items. There are also rooms with delightful decorative items for the kitchen and home. If you end up anywhere near this place, be sure to go. You can also order on their web site, etc., and can find Chef Geno's spices elsewhere. But the trip is really worth it.
DeWitt
- Earthy Delights - Leaders in offering wild-harvested and hand-crafted foods from small harvesters and growers to a larger audience, Earthy Delights offers wild mushrooms and other seasonal wild-harvested items, fresh specialty produce, fine hand-crafted cheese, aged balsamic vinegar, exotic spices and hard-to find ingredients to the professional chef and the at-home culinary artist.
Grand Rapids
- GFS Marketplace - GFS serves the foodservice industry. Their GFS Marketplace stores allow for the browsing of their products while also allowing the public to purchase the same foodservice items without a membership fee. These are some of Dave's favorite stores.
Honor
- Food for Thought - Specializing in organic and wild-harvested food products, their prodaucts are available online and in stores throughout Michigan. Food for Thought will also work with retailers and others in developing private label products.
Mackinac Island/Sutton's Bay/Gaylord
- Michigan Peddler - Offering a wide selection of Michigan-grown and Michigan-made products, with three locations.
Petosky
- American Spoon Foods - This Petosky-based company specializes in jarred preserves, spoon fruit and salsas but also carries many other great food items. Some of their products are quite unique, such as their kiwi-lime salsa, and cranberry mustard. Visiting one of their stores can be quite filling as there's a tendency to try everything. As with many locations on this page there are also other means of purchasing Spoon products. Just check their web site.
