Please note that a lot of places close in off-season, so be sure to check before you head out. You may want to call ahead on Sundays and Mondays too.

Coffee shops

Wonderstate Coffee — A year round cafe. Full coffee and tea menu, including seasonal specialities, and well-stocked case of locally baked goods

Coco's, Washburn. Coffee shop, bakery, restaurant, and general meeting place!

Black Cat Coffeehouse, Chapple just south of Main, Ashland.

Mission Hill Coffee Shop, in blue building on Middle Road, Madeline Island. Also great selection of T-shirts.

Ice Cream

Tetzners Dairy Just south of Washburn - up a hill on the left. Great ice cream.  Milk in bags you can put into a pitcher (or used milk carton with a funnel) Favorite ice cream - cherry nut. 

You can also get ice cream at Pier Plaza, and at Grampa Tony's on Madeline Island.

Restaurants

Manypenny Bistro — Bayfield. Good breakfast menu, favorite is the Crabby Bennie!

The Fat Radish - Cornucopia

Good Thyme Restaurant — South from Bayfield just before Washburn on the left. Excellent food.

Greunke's Inn,   Breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Sgt. Pepperoni's Pizza To Go is located on First Street next to Greunke's (same ownership and website)

Grandpa Tony’s

Portside Bar & Restaurant, Port Superior Marina, Casual fine dining overlooking Port Superior. Serving lunch and dinner.

Coco's, Washburn. Coffee shop, bakery, restaurant, and general meeting place! Good sandwiches.

Lylas Wood Fired Washburn. Excellent wood-fired pizza and salads.

South Shore Brewery Located just south of Bayfield at 808 Main Street, Ashland, Wisconsin. This establishment is a brewery, pub "The Alley" and restaurant "Deep Water Grille".

The Beach Club - Madeline Island. The only place open year-round besides the coffee shop. Windows look out on the lake. Chat with the locals at the bar! Ask Arnie about the Windsled and the Ice Road in winter; he's often sitting near the corner of the bar.  In summer you can sometimes find music on the front patio. 

Pubs

Bayfield Inn In the summer try the roof bar for a good view.

The Creamery Near the Bayfield Inn. Good happy hour. Recently redone inside with big TV screen for football!

Morty's Pub, 108 Rittenhouse Ave, Bayfield. Pub food; favorite with visitors; now open year round.

Patsy's Bar & Grill, Hwy 13, Washburn. A local favorite. Great burgers.

South Shore Brewery Located just south of Bayfield at 808 Main Street, Ashland, Wisconsin. This establishment is a brewery, pub "The Alley" and restaurant "Deep Water Grille".

Tom's Burned Down Cafe Facebook Page Not a cafe really, but it WAS burned down. Another link.  A Madeline Island icon. Ask an islander for the story. Tom is a true philosopher, as the hand-painted signs scattered around the bar prove. Islanders, visitors, dogs and children can be found at Tom's during the day and early evening. Later on there is music, live usually on weekends, and the crowd gets rowdy and fun. A must-see if you visit the island!

Groceries

Andy's IGA, Rittenhouse Avenue, Bayfield.

Hanson’s IGA, Hwy 13 & Washington, Washburn.

Ashland Baking Company - If you travel through Ashland, do stop in for the best bread in the area! Croissants, too!

Bayfield Farmers Market, Saturday mornings in the parking lot next to Maggie's Restaurant.

Cornucopia Farmer’s Market - Thursdays 3-6pm, Highway 13.

Chequamegon Food Coop

Fish

Get fish practically right off the boats! Bayfield. Take First Street down to Wilson and choose a fishery shop.

Halvorson’s Fisheries - Cornucopia Wisconsin

Hoop’s Fish Market — Just before you enter Bayfield on the curve to the left.

Bodin’s Fisheries - Bayfield

Fruit

The orchards and berry farms surrounding Bayfield have fruit to purchase or to pick yourself, in season. Some of the orchards have shops, too!

BREWERIES & Wine, etc.

South Shore Brewery Located just south of Bayfield at 808 Main Street, Ashland, Wisconsin. This establishment is a brewery, pub "The Alley" and restaurant "Deep Water Grille".

Bayfield Wine & Spirits, 2nd Street, Bayfield. Treat yourself to the owner's special selections!

Star Liquors, 821 S. Main Street, Ashland. Very good selection.

Hanson’s IGA, Hwy 13 & Washington, Washburn.

Bayfield Winery, at Hauser's Superior View Farm in the orchards above Bayfield

The area attracts and grows artists of all kinds, and that includes musicians, singers, performance artists, etc.... Keep checking events listings. You never know what or who you will find!!

Big Top Chautauqua

Lots of national and regional music performances — under a big top tent on the grounds of Mt. Ashwabay just south of Bayfield at the end of Ski Hill Road! Experience great music at Big Top Chautauqua, without choking on cigarette smoke — as you enjoy the cool outdoor breezes. Beer— the Berghoff Solstice on tap is very good — soda, wine, burgers, brats, ribs and other items are served and can be consumed while you are watching the show. We think Big Top Chautauqua bratwurst is the best we've ever tasted.

Concert’s by the Lake — Bayfield Gazebo  These outdoor concerts on Tuesday nights in the summer are a favorite with locals as well as visitors.

Madeline Island Music Camp, Madeline Island Chamber Music .

Local pubs in the area sometimes have live music. Here are a few:

Bayfield Inn, Bayfield. Summer live music schedule on the Deck Bar.

Hoops Dockside (near Bodin’s Fish)

THEATER

Stage North in Washburn. 

Madeline Island

You never know when you might get a special music treat on the island. Music sometimes just happens.... As well as theater, movie screenings, etc... Be sure to check events listings!

Tom’s Burned Down Cafe - Not a cafe really, but it WAS burned down. A Madeline Island icon. Ask an islander for the story. Tom is a true philosopher, as the hand-painted signs scattered around the bar prove. Islanders, visitors, dogs and children can be found at Tom's during the day and early evening. Later on there is music, live usually on weekends, and the crowd gets rowdy and fun. A must-see if you visit the island! In 2015 the Lip-Sync contests have been an extra treat.

Bell Street Gallery Music in the Art Bar, and sometimes out front on summer evenings.

Madeline Island Music Camp  This exceptional music camp provides chamber music training and performance for talented young musicians in a structured, residential environment. Its curriculum offers a program devoted exclusively to the study and performance of chamber music, with distinguished faculty and resident string quartets and woodwind quintets from across the nation. During the June/July season the camp offers public performances by faculty, and by students, both in Bayfield and on the island. There's also an opportunity to listen in at master classes. A special treat for music lovers!