Up North Blog

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 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 […]

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 […]

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!… 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. […]

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, […]

Last fall, The boys and I decided to switch the year’s walk to school up with a different form of travel –  paddling to school.  It was my idea for this fourth annual event, and the boys were against it at first.  Colebrook wanted to run the seven miles to his classroom.  “And let’s do […]

Thanks to some very generous help from Leelanau Vacation Rentals, Cherry Republic is offering a four bedroom South Beach Condo at the Homestead Resort on Lake Michigan.  The week will be prime time summer– July 10th-17th.  This is a $3,700 value. We’d love to give this to the perfect family.  Which could be you! To enter: Please write […]

Meet a few of our cherry Ambassadors from our Glen Arbor campus. Starting from left to right, this is Larry’s first year on the cherry ambassador team, his favorite summer time food is BBQ ribs (with Cherry BBQ sauce of course!).  Mallory and Molly are seasoned summer ambassadors and both love a good grilled burger.  Evan is […]

Northwestern Michigan Woodturners Club joined residents on the patio at Cherry Republic Tuesday night.  David Watt, pictured on the right is one of the woodturners and helped organize the event. The bowls pictured above were donated by woodturners for people to purchase by simply writing a thank you note and making a donation to the “Re-Arbor Glen […]