If It Ain't Broke: Three Years In, New Funistrada Owners Proud to Preserve a Leelanau Icon
By Art Bukowski | Feb. 9, 2026
The close-knit staff at Trattoria Funistrada had been together for years and years before the founding owners decided to hang it up and sell the beloved Burdickville restaurant.
So when new owners Susan and Mike Garver took over three years ago, there was some uneasiness among these long-tenured employees. Trepidation, even. What will they change? How will they manage? What will they…mess up?
Luckily for everyone involved, the new owners already shared those same fears of change. In fact, it’s why they bought the restaurant in the first place.
The Garvers moved to Glen Arbor about 20 years ago after visiting regularly from their home downstate for a decade …
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