Restaurants & Entertainment

We often hear from folks who have visited or moved away from home how much they crave their favorite Marquette restaurant lasagna, whitefish, blackened pork chops, sub sandwiches, or some other specialty from one of our unique dining establishments.

Marquette is a city that cherishes and celebrates food!

Eating in Marquette can be a gastronomic trip around the world. Try a thickly piled pastrami on rye from a deli, the spanikopeta from a Greek pub; the Peking Duck from the Chinese place; ostrich from a supper club; the tortellini alfredo from one of many family owned Italian restaurants...and, of course, the ubiquitous U.P. Cornish pasty (a hearty meat-and-potato pie) from from several local eateries.

Dining out in Marquette suits your every mood. Mostly a casual affair at our local restaurants, you can still get "all dressed up" at several fine dining establishments. You can cheer on your team at a grill-your-own steakhouse or enjoy top touring live bands with a hearth-baked pizza at a jazzy little nightclub.

Take-out delis, coffee shops, bagel bakers and muffin makers each make their food specialty something special indeed. (The MGHS cafeteria is well known by employees as a favorite and affordable place to eat during work!)

For home cooking, Marquette has two mega grocery stores and numerous neighborhood grocery and party stores. A local fish market features fresh catch and imported fresh seafood. The local food co-op offers organic and other natural foods while summer farmer's markets display just-picked produce from local farms and orchards. Our region is also a berry-picker's paradise, with wild blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and thimbleberries.

Whether going out, taking out or dining in, you won't go hungry, or want for variety, in the movable feast that is Marquette.