CLOCKWISE FROM TOP LEFT: KITTY O'REILLY FACEBOOK; STONE HARBOR; NISTABOX FACEBOOK; SONGFEST WEBSITE/JEN BRITOWSKI; STURGEONBAY.NETstreet art, and for the second consecutive
year, “Benches by the Bay” are on display.
Local artists design the benches,
which will be auctioned off at the
Harvest Festival in September.
The city’s culinary treasures
are keeping pace with its artistic
ones, too. Don’t miss Crate, a
hotspot for sushi, seafood and steak
that opened in 2016. The innovative
sushi rolls and craft cocktails will
bring you back time after time. Then
there’s The Brick Lot Pub & Grill, formerly Van’s.
According to Seiler, the new owner worked with
a Main Street Community designer to open up
half of the building’s front wall with a sliding
glass door. Now, on warm summer days, this
open-air experience is hard to beat.
There’s something for everyone: Waterfront
dining at Stone Harbor, Italian cuisine at
Trattoria Dal Santo, elaborate brunches at the
Inn at Cedar Crossing, and food-truck burritos
at Nistebox. If you’re craving pizza, head over to
the West Side. A couple of years ago, Sonny’s
Pizzeria moved into a long-vacant Applebee’s
restaurant next to SkipperBud’s. They unveiled
a new patio in May and the place is jumping.
Much of the excitement in town is now
centered on the West Side. You can still climb
the hill to Scaturo’s for an old-fashioned DoorCounty fi sh boil, but other choices await.
There’s Kitty O’Reilly’s Irish Pub, Hot Tamales
for authentic Mexican fare, “gourmet bites and
brews” at the gracious Bluefront Cafe, and of
course the ever-reliable Greystone Castle.
“It hasn’t changed in 20 years,” Felhofer says.
“It still has fantastic food. If the fi shermen all
eat there, you know it’s great!”
Sadly, the original Galley Cafe on Madison
Avenue is gone, along with the Harbor Place
Shoppes. They were lost in a fi re in 2014. But,
like the proverbial phoenix, this little corner of
the city has risen from the ashes.
“The new Bay Lofts building is a major part
of the West Side redevelopment project,” Seiler
says. “Bay Shore Outfi tters is on the ground
level, and above are 37 luxury apartments.”
“It’s gorgeous,” Paul says. “We have an On
Deck outlet store on the West Side now, too.
With Sonny’s expanding and Kitty’s great
outdoor patio, it’s an exciting time.”Com togethe
Not that Sturgeon Bay ever needs an excuse to
celebrate, in addition to the Classic and Wooden
Boat Festival and Maritime Week, annual events
include the Fine Art Fair, the Lighthouse Festival,
the Jeff erson Street Celebration of Summer,
the Norman Rockwell-esque Door County Fair
and the acclaimed Steel Bridge Songfest, co-street art, and for the second consecutive
year, “Benches by the Bay” are on display.
Local artists design the benches,
which will be auctioned off at theones, too. Don’t miss Crate, a
hotspot for sushi, seafood and steak
that opened in 2016. The innovative
sushi rolls and craft cocktails will
bring you back time after time. ThenKitty O'Reilly'sBenches by the BayStone Harbor's Tiki BarNistabox Food TruckSteel Bridge Songfest60 JULY 2017 | LAKELANDBOATING.COMPOC_SturgeonBay_JUL17.indd 60 5/25/17 12:13 PM