“A+ Dinner. We visit Traverse City a couple times a year and this was our first visit to Stella. The atmosphere is very cool in the lower level of the commons. The food was delicious, the housemade bread and burrata were simply amazing. Our server Shelby was fantastic and her recommendations were on point too! Will definitely be back on our next trip to TC!“
“We had a great stay at Brengman Brothers Winery which is located just West of Grand Traverse Bay, North of Traverse City. We were fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to be hosted by Brengman Brothers through Harvest Host. The winery and tasting room is situated on a hill overlooking the orchards. The facility was beautiful and offered indoor and outdoor seating options. The staff was friendly and accommodating. We shared a charcuterie board and tasted their wine which was excellent. My wife enjoyed the Chardonnay.We spent the night in the orchards in our RV. The climb to the top of the hill overlooking he orchards was fairly simple and we had a picnic table and fire ring. The sunrise over the orchard was magnificent. Thanks again to Brengman Brothers for the great hospitality.“
“My finance and I went to left foot Charley twice during our weekend stay to traverse city. It has become a tradition to stop there every time we’re in town. I’m already looking forward to our next visit. Highly recommend the charcuterie plate, cinnamon girl and tepache.“
“Loved the food, it was super delish. We had salads, soup, and chicken tenders. My date had the Cranberry Aperol drink, which was tasty if a little sweet.The Gorgonzola-chive dressing is a hit, and the chicken tenders seemed hand breaded. My mom’s squash soup was super sweet, so if you like that, you’ll love it. She ended up adding salt for her taste.Our bartender/waitress seemed so out of it. It took forever for her to talk to us, couldn’t remember what we ordered (had to walk back to confirm three separate times) and brought the dressings for the salads to the wrong people by itself.It was not busy by any stretch. It made a delicious lunch off putting by making us uncomfortable in having to check and recheck the order.We got the flourless chocolate cake for dessert and it was… weird. So cold that you couldn’t spoon through the ganache on top. When the waitress dropped it off, she said “sorry, the whipped cream is dead.” Lol it was just kind of a weird experience.“
“My husband and I love going out to eat at Mode's. The food is always spectacular, the service is superb and we always know we're going to have a nice, relaxing dinner. I recommend it to all my friends and anyone I know who is coming to Traverse City from out of town.“
“It was a nice experience but as We were tasting our Wines my Girl and I both agreed that these tasted very simular to another Winery we both Enjoy often. So She asked if by chance these wines we were tasting were relabeled Fenn Valley Wines and to our happiness they are bottled there for Hawkins. But the Atmosphere here is worth the stop. Fen does alot of Bottling-relabeling for many places all over Michigan and We can usually mark it when we have it and when we ask we haven’t ever been wrong yet. They are marketing geniuses“
“This restaurant is very good. The service was excellent. Calamari appetizer was fairly good. My salmon entree with risotto was very good. The salmon had a nice glaze on it and a very tasty crumble which added flavor. My second trip had a delicious salmon chowder, bacon wrapped shrimp which had a great flavor to it, and a very tasty and tender short rib. My partner got prime rib dip and smoked chicken Gouda pasta and was very pleased. You won’t regret coming here. Only thing I’m not a fan of was the side salad (house or Caesar) - just a normal, simple plate of lettuce with a few toppings, but it is $9. Way too expensive.“
“I must say, the server Shane was extremely helpful in giving us knowledge on the dishes and also input on historical information on this location .The dishes, oh my goodness, was taking me to Italy. The chef is doing it right.In every bite you taste layers of flavors. Definitely a must if you love great food and awesome staff.“