Wedding Season is Underway in Bayfield

This is surely one of our most favorite times of year… Wedding Season in Bayfield, Wisconsin! Bayfield is fast becoming known as a Wisconsin Wedding Destination, and for good reason: the beauty of Bayfield and Lake Superior offer numerous locations for your ceremony and reception. The Rittenhouse inn and our historic properties are ideal Bayfield … Read More

Margarita Island Dinner – May 21, 2011

Whet your appetite for a weekend of fun! Our Margarita Island Dinner features a playful island theme. Fresh fruit flavors are showcased in the form of delicious coladas, margaritas, and mai tais. (see menu below) Saturday: Margarita Island Dinner, 6:30pm, $75 Chef Keen spent several seasons living and working in Hawaii. He brings his knowledge … Read More

First Impressions of Bayfield: 1969

I’ll never forget Mary and my first sight of Bayfield. It was a sunny, warm day in June, 1969, when Mary and I drove in from the south and were mesmerized by the lake. Sparkling like a million diamonds, we were spellbound. The town was quiet, not the tourist haven it has become. There were … Read More

No Fooling… All Rooms $99 w/Dinner This Weekend | Ferry to Mad Isle Running

The Ferry to Madeline Island is Running! Schedule subject to change due to ice/weather conditions. Monday – Friday Trips leaving Bayfield: 6:15 am, 7:30am, 9:15am, 1:45pm, 4:00pm, & 5:30pm Saturday – Sunday Trips leaving Bayfield: 7:30am, 9:15am, 1:45pm, 4:00pm, & 5:30pm. No Fooling! All Rooms $99 w/Dinner For prices listed below, $99 refers to the … Read More

Bayfield’s Ice Road to Madeline Island

2011 will go down as another year when the “ice road” between Bayfield and Madeline Island was only open about a week. A long time resident of the Island has kept a calendar for the past fifty years on how many days he could drive across the famous “Ice Road.” It started with over 90 … Read More