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Time for a Trip


Greenbush Brewing


Edited by Laura Rote


travel.chi@timeout.com @laura_w_rote


Got a spare 24 hours, weekend or longer? Get out of town with one of these great escapes.


Journeyman Distillery


You have 24 hours Harbor Country, MI


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etting to New Buffalo, Michigan is a breeze—an hour and 15 minutes from Chicago by car or Amtrak. The small lakefront city (population less than 2,000) feels every bit like an old resort town in summer, with boats and bicycles everywhere you look, while in winter, it offers the perfect escape for gourmands seeking a spot to get cozy over some of the region’s best food and drink. If traveling by train, Amtrak will drop you off near the Harbor Grand (111 W Water St, New Buffalo, MI; 269-469-7700, harborgrand.com), where you’ll find a quaint room with its own fireplace and a harbor view (or a glimpse of the frozen lake). Visit the hotel’s Terrace Room for hearty Italian comfort food like spaghetti and meatballs (grandma’s family recipe with sweet marinara), and a Journeyman’s Tuscan Tea (like a Long Island Iced Tea, but with bourbon; it’ll keep you warm). Or pop over to Bentwood Tavern (600 W Water St, New


Buffalo, MI; 269-469-1699) and peek into the open kitchen to watch the fire roar around your pizza in a wood-fired oven.


Seven miles north is Three Oaks, home to Journeyman Distillery (109 Generation Dr, Three Oaks, MI; 269-820-2050, journeymandistillery.com), where you might sit all day and sample the whiskey list. But you’d be remiss not to try a cocktail, like the Cable Car (Featherbone Bourbon, lemon, simple syrup and ginger beer) or the Butcher’s Bloody Mary. The laid-back space has a small bar and rustic, window-front tables. Order the pulled pork on a pretzel bun.


Walk it off with a stroll to the area’s best stores, like Blais Design (1 Oak St, Three Oaks, MI; 269-756-7507, facebook.com /blaisdesign), which is set inside an old train station and offers everything from knickknacks and cookbooks to jewelry and vintage lamps. Nearby Trilogy Antiques &


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Designs (19 S Elm St, Three Oaks, MI; 269-756-3300, trilogyantiques .com) is a must for your itinerary. Calling the 5,000-square-foot co-op an antique store seems wrong: It’s more like a fantastic gallery with modern paintings and strange artifacts from faraway lands. If you prefer souvenirs of the edible kind, go to Froehlich’s Bakery (26 N Elm St, Three Oaks, MI; 269-756-6002, shopfroehlichs.com) for jams, marinades and other snacks. In the morning, head north toward Harbert for Swedish pancakes with lingonberries at Luisa’s Café (13698 Red Arrow Hwy; 269-469-9037, harbertswedishbakery.com). Just beyond a mile away in Sawyer,


make a pit stop at Sojourn (12908 Red Arrow Hwy, Sawyer, MI; 269- 426-4247, sojournastore.com) to outfit your abode with hip furniture, rugs and books.


Cap off your escape with a visit to Greenbush Brewing (5885 Sawyer Rd, Sawyer, MI; 269-405-1076, greenbushbrewing.com), where you’ll easily pass the hours, especially if drinking a Distorter, a cross between a rich porter and a stout that clocks in at 7.2 percent alcohol by volume. When it’s time to go, take home a little piece of Harbor Country from the Greenbush annex across the street, where you can build a six-pack or snag a souvenir T-shirt, pint glass or even beer soap. —Laura Rote


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