Manistee Lake Pizzeria & Bakery

 

      This is a very small pizzeria close to our place.  Located on the NE side of Manistee Lake, MI on East Shore Drive.  This is basically a cottage business.  In the past we have always either ordered our pizza in town at Little Caesare's or nearby at The Cove.  Northwestern Michigan rural towns can be fairly limited as to their choices, but we wanted to try this place.  Manistee Lake Pizzeria & Bakery

Monday - Wednesday closed

Thursday - Noon to 8pm

Friday - Sunday 8am -8pm

Taking Pizza Orders Daily Until 7:30pm

Carry Out Only

      They not only offer a variety of tasty pizzas, but the bakery offers cinnamon rolls, donuts, SMORES, Danish, and breakfast biscuits.  They offer their own blend of Neighborhood Blend Coffee as well.  

       Manistee Lake Pizzeria & bakery used to be Ford’s store. Right in the middle of a beautiful neighborhood nestled around Manistee Lake in Kalkaska Michigan.  Ford’s Store was first established in the early 1950s by Mr. and Mrs. Ford. It went through a couple different sets of hands then finally was purchased by Chuck & Dee Bondy.  They ran it for many years.  Their little store was well known & loved throughout this lakeside community.  They closed the store down and sold it in the late 90’s.  It took several years to purchase the property and get the business up and running, but VOILE' here we are.  

      Needless to say the pizza menu is fairly extensive.  In fact, for the size of this place extraordinary.  Obviously, they offer 'take out' only.  The pizzas are offered in 14" and 16" only, On this night Barb ordered on Cook's Choice Night.  She ordered the (of course) the Meat Lovers Special.  

      She says her pizza was okay, but she is a THIN crust fanatic.  I tried some later and it was pretty heavily over seasoned with a bland crust.  I also wasn't overly impressed.  The cost was $24 for her 14" pie.  Although not a large business they serve a large area of rural lake residents very well.  In fact, they said during the spring/summer months they are very busy; last night they served 100 pizzas.  Unfortunately, our rating is:  

  

"The important thing is not being afraid to take a chance. Remember, the greatest failure is to not try. Once you find something you love to do, be the best at doing it.”

Debbi Fields