If you've never been to Madeline Island before, you'll hear plenty of opinions from newspaper travel columnists and websites about what to see and enjoy. Here's my personal list of places to eat and relax while you're visiting the Island.
Restaurants - You've got choices on Madeline Island when it comes to dining. If you're looking for casual dining or lunch in the town of La Pointe, stop at the Beach Club or Grandpa Tony's, both on Main Street, close to the ferry landing. The Beach Club offers alfresco dining on the patio and plenty of indoor seating. Grampa Tony's offers items like pizza, burgers and ice cream. The upstairs patio is a great place to eat and enjoy a view of La Pointe harbor.
The Bell Street Tavern offers sandwiches and lighter fare in the bar, but also has fine dining in the adjacent dining room. You'll find the service excellent and I highly recommend the food!
Lotta's Lakeside Cafe is known for fine dining and great desserts. And you can't beat the view from the patio! Lotta's is on the corner of Main Street and Middle Road, in downtown La Pointe.
The Pub Restaurant & Wine Bar is another personal favorite. I highly recommend the steamed mussels in white wine cream sauce. The wine list at the Pub is impressive and the service is first-rate. The Pub also offers a superb view of Lake Superior from the dining room, arguably the best lake view of any dining establishment on Madeline Island.
Fast Food, Coffee & Groceries - If you're on the go and prefer to skip the sit-down dining experience, you'll want to check out a few more options. The Island Store, owned by Ed & Marilyn Hartig, sells ribs and sandwiches that are absolutely super! In addition to offering fresh and smoked fish, meats, produce and other grocery items, the Island Store can outfit you for a picnic or boat outing with barbecued ribs, reubens, Gyros and Italian beef sandwiches, potato chips and other portable food items. Lori's Store on Middle Road offers grocery items, but without the fast food selections.
Mission Hill Coffee House is the Island gathering place each morning. You'll find pretty much anything on the menu you'd see at a Starbuck's, Caribou or Dunn Bros, but the Madeline Island ambience makes it truly special.
Enjoy and send me your restaurant reviews after you visit!
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Contact Broker Eric Kodner today at 612.670.2539.
Eric Kodner is a luxury property specialist and real estate educator with a unique perspective on the Madeline Island real estate market. Madeline Island Realty is a member of the LuxuryRealEstate.com luxury properties network.
© Copyright 2007-2008 Eric Kodner & Madeline Island Realty
For anyone who is a private aircraft owner visiting the Apostle Islands area of Lake Superior, here's some useful information about the Madeline Island Airport in La Pointe, Wisconsin:
The Madeline Island airport is located approximately two miles from the Town of La Pointe and the Madeline Island Ferry landing. Vacant land, homesites and even buildable lakeshore lots are available close to the airport. For information, contact Madeline Island Realty at 715-747-6500 or 612-670-2539.
Nearby airports include Ashland, Wisconsin (KASX), Iron County Airport in Gogebic (KIWD) and Union Airport in Cable, Wisconsin (3CU).
There is limited shuttle service between the airport and town, provided by The Inn on Madeline Island and other lodging providers. The Inn may be reached toll-free at 800-822-6315.
This was pretty cool.
I was "beachcombing" near the Port Wing Marina in northwestern Wisconsin a couple weeks ago. I'm like a kid when I'm walking the beach up here. There's the usual assortment of nature's unique driftwood sculptures, twisted by the blustery winds of Lake Superior and polished by waves. There are flat sandstone slabs, agates and miscellaneous rocks shaped by the action of sand and water.
But what caught my eye was the gleaming edge of a piece of rock embedded in the sand.
I knew it was metallic by its weight and density. And it was clear from the glint of metal in one corner of the rock that there was some sort of ore present.
I took it home, cleaned it up with a little vinegar and showed it to a friend, who informed me that it was a piece of basalt containing a sizeable quantity of native copper.
Lake Superior is a mineral-rich region. For decades, the Upper Peninsula of Michigan was the source of a significant percentage of the copper mined in North America. In addition to copper and iron ore, silver and gold have been found along the shores of Lake Superior.
My mentor in the real estate business, R. E. Waide, once showed me a large chunk of native copper he found on a beach on Madeline Island. It weighed several pounds and was mostly copper, slightly larger than a tennis ball. He wound up donating it to the Madeline Island Historical Museum.
I'm keeping this one for my own collection.
A second home is an affordable luxury.
Discover why a vacation retreat on Lake Superior is the ultimate indulgence!
Contact Broker Eric Kodner today at 612.670.2539.
Eric Kodner is a luxury property specialist and real estate educator with a unique perspective on the Madeline Island real estate market. Madeline Island Realty is a member of the LuxuryRealEstate.com luxury properties network.
© Copyright 2007-2008 Eric Kodner & Madeline Island Realty
Despite the slow arrival of spring, Madeline Island businesses are opening and tourist traffic is beginning to pick up!
Here are a few of the La Pointe business openings scheduled for the month of May:
Bremer Bank - Open May 13, 20 & 23, from 9am to 2pm. Beginning May 27, the bank will be open Monday through Friday from 9am to 2pm.
Island Carvers - Currently open, Saturday, 1 to 4pm. Beginning May 15, Thursday through Saturday, from 11 am until 4pm. Open May 22-26, from 11-4pm. Beginning May 27, Monday through Saturday, from 11- 4 pm.
The Island Grocery Store on Main Street (across the street from the Madeline Island Realty office) opens for the season on May 16.
Island Thyme will be open Weekends only through Memorial Day. Beginning May 27, Island Thyme will be open daily, from 10am to 6pm.
Madeline Island Museum - Beginning May 24, the Museum will be open daily from 10am to 5pm.
Motion to Go Moped and Bicycle Rentals - Beginning May 17, Motion to Go will be open daily 10am to 6pm (weather permitting).
Woods Hall Craft Shop opens on Memorial Day Weekend.
Don't forget to make a visit to Madeline Island part of your vacation to Northern Wisconsin this summer!
I finally figured out where to get a cup of coffee at 7 in the morning up here!
I'm at Rose's Bakery & Coffee Shop, in Lake Nebagamon, Wisconsin. I stumbled in here at about 6:45 and Rose herself made me a latte. There were only two customers in here when I arrived, but now (about fifteen minutes later) the place is packed! This seems to be the place where the locals congregate in the morning for an eye-opener.
Rose's offers an assortment of espresso, Americano, cappuccino, latte and specialty beverages, including Chai and regular teas and hot chocolate. The baked goods are fresh and the service is friendly. You can get lunch here (panini sandwiches), but this morning I needed coffee.
I'm off to Port Wing for my morning appointment..
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Madeline Island Real Estate in the Apostle Islands region. We serve the Lake Superior south shore area, including Bayfield, Ashland & Douglas counties.
Madeline Island Realty has established itself as a leading seller of exceptional properties in the Apostle Islands region of Lake Superior, including prime lakeshore property and the finest Madeline Island real estate. We are a member of the Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS and our listings appear on NorthstarMLS of Minnesota and Wisconsin. We are proud to be able to point to our many "first" achievements in the Ashland and Bayfield County area.
We strongly believe that a real estate agent's education should not end with merely earning a license. We encourage our agents to pursue nationally-recognized designations and certifications over and above the minimum education requirements. Broker Eric Kodner became the Island's first CRS (Certified Residential Specialist) in 2004, its first e-PRO (Certification for Internet Proficiency) in 2005 and its first ABR (Accredited Buyer Representative) in 2007. We strive to offer innovative marketing and the same high standard of practice that our buyers from major metropolitan areas have come to expect where they live and work.
Broker Eric Kodner has earned the Certified Luxury Homes Marketing Specialist designation from the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing.
Madeline Island Realty (http://www.madelineislandrealty.com/) and its Minnesota affiliate, Wayzata Lakes Realty (http://www.wayzatalakesrealty.com/), offer luxury waterfront and island properties, estate homes and vacant lakeshore properties. Our relationship with LuxuryRealEstate.com and the Institute for Luxury Home Marketing provides us with a unique opportunity to network with other luxury property agents across the United States and abroad. Broker Eric Kodner CRS, ABR, GRI, e-PRO, CLHMS teaches real estate courses at the Minneapolis Area Association of REALTORS (MAAR) and was a featured guest speaker at the 2005 Wisconsin REALTORS Association (WRA) Convention.
Madeline Island Realty is a member of the LuxuryRealEstate.com broker network and appears in the current edition of "Who's Who in Luxury Real Estate".
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Long considered a best-kept secret by well-to-do summer residents from Minneapolis and Saint Paul, Chicago, Milwaukee, Madison and the Upper Midwest, Madeline Island has become a popular summer destination and a haven for sailors and boaters, private aircraft owners and families seeking the utmost second home experience in the north central United States.
Madeline Island is a naturally-gated community, separated from the mainland by a distance of over two miles. The Island is accessible year-round by car ferry, windsled or ice road.
Your investment in a waterfront second home or lot on Madeline Island offers multiple benefits. In addition to the constantly-increasing value of lakeshore, your Madeline Island Real Estate investment stands out among recreational property investments because of the increasing popularity of islands as an ideal recreational retreat.
For details on luxury property investment opportunities on Madeline Island, visit our Luxury Properties website, at http://www.luxurylakeshore.com/. And please also visit our Island office in LaPointe, located at 809 Main Street. We'll be looking forward to your visit!
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