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Craft Beer at the Jolly Pumpkin

The Jolly Pumpkin Restaurant, Brewery & Distillery has a lovely stone patio to enjoy overlooking the water and serves award-winning, oak-aged wild ales, plus a full food and drink menu in a rustic atmosphere marked by fireside warmth and earthy woods in a comfortable, cottage-like setting. Jolly Pumpkin nachos come loaded with pulled pork, black beans and gooey, pepper jack cheese.

            For decades, Traverse City area wines have been a tourism draw, but craft beers from northern Michigan now have their own bragging rights. All Jolly Pumpkin beers are vegan-friendly, unlike most, and aged in oak.

            Old Mission Peninsula is a glacially made sliver of land 19 miles long and just three miles wide, dividing Grand Traverse Bay into east and west bays. The continuous shoreline drive (or cycle) is stunning no matter the time of the year.

Kids eat free on Sunday. Location: 13512 Peninsula Dr., Old Mission Peninsula, Traverse City. For more information and orders, call 231-223-4333 or visit TraverseCity.JollyPumpkin.com.