Up North Blog

Don’t Worry, Be Happy, and Come Join Us

Join our happy throng of worker elves this holiday season. It’s not the North Pole … it’s better! It’s Cherry Republic, and we are hiring for the holidays. We pay a minimum of $10/hour. Day, night, and weekend shifts are available. Please let us know if you need housing. If you enjoy talking with people, making […]

The Nouveau Est Arrive!

As A long-standing tradition throughout France, Beaujolais Nouveau Day is marked by fireworks and festivities to celebrate the season’s first wine. This hilly, French region in southeastern France is touted for its fruity, red Burgundy wine that is unusual in that it not aged like other wines. In fact, Beaujolais must be must drunk within […]

New Fall Line Up

The first shades of Fall are painting the leaves here in Northern Michigan. Reds, oranges, and yellows travel over the hills and along the shoreline of Lake Michigan. Fall certainly is a beautiful setting for hikes, bike rides, and adventures. Cherry BBQ Spice Rub Cherry Republic’s Cherry BBQ Spice Rub is our new go-to flavor to […]

Cherry BBQ Wings

Introducing Cherry Republic’s Cherry BBQ Spice Rub – straight out of our kitchen, just in time for the tailgating season. As the weather starts to cool, stay warm at the grill eating our new spicy-hot and zesty-tart BBQ Rub. Our Chef has already created a delicious Cherry BBQ wing recipe. Give it a try and […]

Ultimate Cherry Republic Breakfast Muffins

Whenever we introduce a new product, our Chef creates something new with it. This new sweet sauce turned into a delicious baked treat: the Ultimate Cherry Republic Breakfast Muffin. These muffins are good for breakfast, as a sidekick to coffee, or for something special with guests. They are just plain good…. Wet Ingredients: 2 Eggs 1/2 […]

Cherry Republic's New Spritzers

Cherries, wine, and bubbles… how can you go wrong? Introducing two new additions to the vast array of cherry deliciousness here at Cherry Republic: Cherry Wine Spritzer and Apricot Cherry Spritzer. We start with our cherry wine, then punch it up with some bubbles–and some apricot for the Apricot Cherry Spritzer–to create these light and […]

BBQ Sauce

Summer 2016 we introduced two new barbecue sauces to our stores. Below are some photos of our Mantinou Gold NEW, Smoky Cherry BBQ Dressing NEW and Original BBQ. Mantinou Gold BBQ Sauce, is a delicious blend of our mustard and Cherry BBQ Sauce. Its honey sweet and tart mustard flavor make this a must have for every griller’s arsenal. Our secret […]

2016 Photo Contest

2016 Photo Contest How to enter: You can enter your photos by posting them to our Facebook Page, or posting them on Instagram or email social@cherryrepublic.com. Include the hashtag #BeachesAndPie and the category hashtag, #essenceofnorthernmi, #upnorthkids, or #summerintherepublic to be sure we know you’re entering. More details below. Click to view some of our 2016 entrees. [gallery ids=""5210,5209,5208,5207,5206,5205,5199,5201,5202,5203,5204,5198,5197,5196,5195,5193,5194,5188,5191,5189,5192,5214,5215,5216,5217,5218,5219,5220,5221,5222,5223""] The Winners […]

White Linen BBQ

Thank you all for a great evening! Here are some of our favorite photos from the evening. We look forward to hosting more dinners and a big thank you goes out to Jessie Zevalkink for all of the lovely photos. [gallery ids=""5094,5095,5096,5097,5098,5099,5100,5101,5102,5103,5104,5105,5106,5107,5108,5109,5110,5111,5112,5113,5114,5115,5116,5117,5118,5119,5120,5121,5122,5123,5124,5125,5126,5127,5128,5129,5130,5131,5132,5133,5134,5135,5136,5137,5138,5139,5140,5141,5142,5143,5144,5145,5146,5147,5148,5149,5150,5151,5152,5153,5154,5155,5156,5157,5158""] We saved a spot just for you! Help us celebrate summer with a White Linen Barbeque. Invite […]

Beach Towels

Enjoy a day at the beach wrapped in a Cherry Republic beach towel! Our giant, super thick beach towels are great for drying off after a dip in the lake and there super size makes the ideal place to soak up some sun on the beach. The towels are custom made in the USA specifically for us. Two […]

Lemonade Stand

Lemonade!… Lemonade for sale!… Get your Cherry Lemonade!… It is never too early to practice your entrepreneurial and business skills! If you are under the age of 10, grab your parents and head to the Great Hall to sign up for your hour long selling time. Times are available Wednesday, Friday, and Saturdays from 11 a.m. […]

Ice Cream

The trick to good homemade ice cream is lots of time consuming layering of fun ingredients! This photo catches Matt our ice cream maker adding caramel sauce. If you look closely, there are chocolate covered waffle chips in the bucket in the foreground that go in next and almonds in the bowl above him. Hey, […]

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