Inside The 'Community's Living Room:' Little Traverse Inn Enters 15th Year
By Art Bukowski | Jan. 2, 2026
Scottish-born Graeme Leask figured his time in the states would be brief. Life, as it sometimes does, delivered an entirely different path.
It was almost four decades ago when Leask, from the rugged Isle of Arran, arrived in America on business. One thing led to another, and he’s run one of Leelanau County’s favorite restaurants for the last 15 years.
“Originally, I came on an eight-month market research contract for a Scottish textile mill,” he tells The Ticker. “But eight months turned into 37 years.”
Leask opened the Little Traverse Inn in 2011, taking a location that had long been known for finer dining (the charming 19th century home, surrounded …
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