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Traverse City Articles
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Books
Poet Laureate Fleda Brown Returns to Her Northern Michigan Roots
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Books
Poems by Fleda Brown
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Bike
Iceman Mountain Bike Race From Kalkaska to Traverse City Turns 20
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Real Estate
Reverse Mortgages on the Rise
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Music
Mary Ellen Geist Sings Jazz in Traverse City
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Health
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital in Petoskey: On Cardiology's Leading Edge
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Art
Toddler Program at Dennos Museum in Travese City
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Video
Video: Chateau Grand Traverse Talks About Rieslings
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Dance
Dance the Night Away at Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City
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Food & Wine
Traverse City Chef Shakes it Up With a New Line of Gourmet Salts
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Escapes
Traverse City: Water, Wine, Local Foods and Caring Companies
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Features
A Chat With Winemaker John Wyman of Victoria Creek in Leelanau
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Film
Michael Moore's Gift: See Capitalism: A Love Story For Free
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Features
Old Orchards Releases Very Cherre Tart Cherry Juice
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Home Profiles
Architect Ken Richmond's Redo of His 1870 Traverse City Home
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Escapes
"Fab Fall" Hotel and Restaurant Deals In Traverse City
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Video
Video: Watch As Traverse City's Korner Gem Turns Blue Stone Into Jewelry
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Home Profiles
A Traverse City Building 50 Kitchen Redo
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Music
Shawn Colvin Rocks the Traverse City Opera House
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Features
350.org Global Warming Awareness Event Scheduled for Traverse City
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Wine Tours
Four Pinot Noir Picks from Old Mission and Leelanau Wineries
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Escapes
Ninth Annual Bioneers Conference Coming to Traverse City
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Art
Traverse City’s Dennos Museum Celebrates 50 Years of Arctic Art
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Traverse City
Traverse City's Front Street a Top 10 Great Street
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Features
Traverse City Team Competes In Ohio’s 24 Hours of LeMons Car Race
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Video
Outdoors 101: Building a Basic Tarp Structure
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Music
Jam Band Umphrey’s McGee Plays City Opera House in Traverse City
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Health
Munson Medical Center in Traverse City Dedicates Key Physicians to ICU
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Video
Video: Wander Glen Arbor's Arts, Shops and Beauty
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Features
The Best Apples for Baking
Traverse City Restaurants
Select a restaurant below for more information including location, phone, website, hours of operation, cuisine type, price and more!
- Aerie Restaurant & Lounge
- Agave Mexican Grill
- Amical
- Another Cuppa Joe
- Apache Trout Grill
- Auntie Pasta's Italian Cafe & Zio's
- Bad Dog Deli
- Blue Tractor Cook Shop
- Boathouse Restaurant
- Boone's Long Lake Inn
- Bowers Harbor Inn
- Bubba's
- Cafe Crema
- Cafe Habana
- Catch Island Grill, The
- Centre Street Cafe
- Cousin Jenny's Cornish Pasties
- Cuppa Joe Warehouse Lounge
- CW's Bluewater Bistro
- Don's Drive-In
- El Dorado
- Espresso Bay and Juice Island
- Espresso Bay and Juice Island
- EuroStop
- Firefly
- Folgarelli's Market
- Freshwater Lodge
- Golden Chopsticks
- Grand Traverse Pie Co.
- Grand Traverse Resort & Spa
- Hanna
- House of Doggs
- Hunan
- Jolly Pumpkin
- La Senorita
- Latte-DAH
- Lil Bo
- Mabel's
- Mackinaw Brewing Co.
- Mary's Kitchen Port
- Minerva's
- Mode's Bum Steer
- Moomers
- Morsels
- Mulligan's
- Mustard's
- North Peak Brewing Co.
- Old Mission Tavern
- Omelette Shoppe
- Opa!
- Paesano's
- Pangea's Pizza Pub
- Patisserie Amie
- Peninsula Grill
- Phil's on Front
- Poppycocks
- Randy's Diner
- Red Ginger
- Red Mesa Grill
- Scalawags Whitefish and Chips
- Schelde's Grille & Spirits
- Scott's Harbor Grill
- Serenity Tea Bar
- Silvertree Deli at Building 50
- Sleder's Family Tavern
- Steven's Place
- Taqueria Margarita
- The Bowery
- The Cooks' House
- The Dish Cafe
- The Green House Cafe
- The Silver Swan
- The Underground Cheesecake Co.
- Trattoria Stella
- TraVino Wine & Grille
- Tuscan Bistro
- Zakey's
Traverse City Cottage Rentals
- #15 Peninsula Bay Resort Condominium
- #305 in The Village
- A Crystal Beach
- Alegria
- Artisan Retreat
- As Good as it Gets
- Bass Cove Cottage
- Bass Lake Cottage
- Bay Blue
- Casa Irie
- Harolds Resort-Spider Lake
- Holiday Retreat
- Home Away
- Horvath's Rental LLC
- Karen's Beach House
- Lakeshore Resort
- Large Chalet
- Long Lake Lodge
- Northern Comfort
- Northern Michigan Lakefront Cottage
- Peninsula Bay Resort-Suite F56
- Pineview Resort Cottage #5
- Serenity Bay Acres
- Shoestring Resort
- TC Downtown Charm
- The Chalet on East Bay
- The River Cottage
- Wilkins Landing II
Traverse City Resources
Traverse City Vacation Directory
Government/Community
- Traverse City Chamber of Commerce
- Traverse City Convention and Visitors Bureau
- City of Traverse City
- Grand Traverse County
- Downtown Traverse City Association
- The Grand Vision
- Traverse Bay Economic Development Corporation
Education
- Northwestern Michigan College
- NMC University Center
- Traverse City Area Public School
- Traverse Bay Area ISD
Health

Traverse City is nestled at the base of two stunning bays of Lake Michigan divided into East and West by the Old Mission Peninsula. Traverse City is the largest city in Northern Michigan, whose population in the 2000 census was listed as 14,532, with the greater Grand Traverse region estimated at 142,075. The city attracts visitors from around the world for its beaches, vibrant downtown, array of restaurants, golf, biking, boating, paddling and skiing, as well as waterfront hotels. Traverse City is home to Michael Moore’s Traverse City Film Festival, the National Cherry Festival, the Winter WonderFest, North American VASA and is a short distance from the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore and the Interlochen Center for the Arts.
