Village Cheese Shanty

Sandwich shop · Leland

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"In remote Leland, Michigan, year-round residents know that summer has arrived when the line for pretzel-bread sandwiches from the Village Cheese Shanty stretches out the door, across the gravel walkway, and up the staircase that greets some 300,000 visitors to historic Fishtown each year." - Stacey Brugeman

What Northern Michigan Restaurants Learned From Two Weeks of Reopening - Eater Detroit

199 W River St, Leland, MI 49654 Get directions

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