FRANKENMUTH, MI — Frankenmuth’s Bavarian Inn is the “most iconic restaurant” in the state, according to food, drink and travel website Thrillist.com.
Bavarian Inn Restaurant, established in 1888 and located at 713 S. Main in Michigan’s Little Bavaria, is known for its family-style chicken dinners and authentic German dishes.
Thrillist calls the restaurant, among other things, “a magical place where buxom, dirndl-clad waitresses serve up gigantic, all-you-can-eat fried chicken.”
The restaurant’s online dinner menu also features homemade liver spread, warm German potato salad, buttered noodles, bratwurst, schnitzel, seafood and steak.
And don’t forget dessert.
The Bavarian Inn restaurant has the best pie in the Saginaw area, according to MLive readers. It also took the No. 3 spot in MLive’s statewide search for Michigan’s best pie.
Other attractions in Frankenmuth include Bronner’s Christmas Wonderland, the recently expanded Zehnder’s Splash Village Hotel Waterpark and Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth.
Zehnder’s of Frankenmuth and Bavarian Inn are among the 100 top-grossing independent restaurants in the nation, according to Restaurant Business Magazine’s website restaurantbusinessonline.com.
See the complete state-by-state list of “most iconic” restaurants here.
— Heather Jordan covers business, Saginaw Valley State University, health and hospitals for MLive/The Saginaw News/The Bay City Times. She can be reached at 989-450-2652 or hjordan@mlive.com. For more news, follow her on Twitter and Facebook.