With an executive order from Governor Gretchen Whitmer temporarily limiting restaurants to carryout and delivery only — and social distancing in full effect — several Leelanau County businesses, school districts and nonprofits are pivoting to make sure county residents have safe access to good food.

Residents, in turn, continue to support their neighbors’ businesses during uncertain times. Suttons Bay resident Kim Schneider tells The Ticker she is grateful for special accommodations made by Hansen Foods and several village restaurants while she practices social distancing. This week, staff at Hansen Foods of Suttons Bay took her grocery order over the phone, shopped for her, and took credit card info for payment. “The owner was there curbside, in gloves, to load my bags through my passenger windows,” she says. “It was a little ‘pandemic movie surreal,’ but with a Hallmark twist.”

Martha Ryan of Martha’s Leelanau Table switched up her regular day-and-evening table service hours to offer takeout and delivery from 4pm to 8pm. “My son Matt actually made up a to-go menu last year and I put the kibosh on it. When this happened, we brought it back out. It’s therapy for me to make what I love, and I’m trying to make as small of a footprint as I can, so Matt and I are alternating nights cooking. We have a limited staff to take orders, deliver and run orders to the car. (Martha Ryan is pictured above with her daytime manager, Dylan Schmidt).

Restaurants are following suit county-wide by adjusting hours and adding either curbside service, delivery, or both. The following info is accurate as of press time; if there are additions please contact the Leelanau Ticker.

Carryout (And Delivery)
In Leland, Trish’s Dishes is now open for takeout 9am to 3pm and offers nearby delivery. Bogey’s at Leland Lodge is offering a curbside-only menu available 4pm to 8pm plus delivery within Leland Township, through March 21, when the lodge closes for spring cleaning. Bluebird, The Riverside Inn and The Cove are on a normal winter break.

Newly opened in Lake Leelanau, Hannah's is offering next-day curbside pick-up on cakes, cookies, and pretzels. Fig’s is temporarily closed, with a reopening in new digs planned for mid-April. Dick’s Pour House has a full menu available for takeout during the adjusted hours of 11:30am to 7:30pm.

Cherry Public House in Glen Arbor and Art’s Tavern both offer takeout during regular hours. Meanwhile, Riverfront Pizza & Deli and Blu are on winter break.

The Tribune in Northport is doing pick-up orders through the ice-cream window. Tucker’s is open daily at 11:30am for take-out. The Garage and Fischer’s Happy Hour Tavern are on their regular winter breaks.

In Suttons Bay, 45th Parallel Café offers carryout, curbside pickup and delivery; Mundos is open and will bring pre-paid orders curbside. Streetside Grille offers takeout; Martha’s Leelanau Table is doing curbside and delivery service for dinner only. The V.I. Grill is offering full menu plus family-style menus for four people from 11am to 7 pm Monday through Saturday. All proceeds from takeout go directly to the V.I.'s staff.

Hop Lot Brewing Co. offers curbside growlers and take-out 11am to 2pm and 5pm to 7:30pm every day, with delivery starting today. Gold Baby Biscuits is open regular hours while the owners at North County Grill & Pub, Boone’s Prime Time Pub and Lylah’s, respectively, have decided to close temporarily.

In Maple City, both Market 22 and Pegtown Station remain open for carryout for pizza and breakfast fans. Broomstack Kitchen & Taphouse in Maple City offers curbside service and growlers to go during normal hours. Little Traverse Inn is offering carryout service. La Becasse and Funistrada are on a short break.

Joe’s Friendly Tavern in Empire is closed for the time being, with Empire Village Inn offering their full menu under adjusted hours of 11am to 8pm Sunday through Thursday and 11am to 9pm Friday and Saturday. The Shipwreck Café is open regular hours with sandwiches to go.

Groceries
Anderson’s Glen Arbor Market is offering curbside pickup and delivery. The store has waived all normal delivery fees and shortened the delivery turnaround to three hours.

Hansen Foods of Suttons Bay is offering delivery and curbside pickup on grocery orders by phone or by email: hansenfoodsofsb@gmail.com. And Leland Mercantile is offering curbside pickup via email at lelandmerc@gmail.com

MI Market Suttons Bay offers a “ship-to-store” shopping option on its website, with curbside service. Co-owner Beau Webb is also providing free cups of soup to families.

NJ’s Grocery in Lake Leelanau and Tom’s Food Market in Northport are stocked and keeping normal business hours.

Food Pantry and School Lunches
Leelanau Christian Neighbors in Lake Leelanau is running as normal, with the food pantry and baby pantry open on Mondays from 2pm to 6pm. Staffers will be doing pre-packaging of food items for pickup.

The Blessings in a Backpack program is working with Leelanau County's schools to get bags of food to families with children, and a full schedule of school breakfast and lunch deliveries across the county can be found here.