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Modern Bird

Restaurant · Traverse City ·

Modern Bird

Restaurant · Traverse City ·
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Northern Michigan’s Food and Wine Scene Is Finally Getting the Attention It Deserves | Eater Detroit

"Recognized by the New York Times as one of America’s 50 Best Restaurants of 2025, this Traverse City spot from Andy Elliott and Emily Stewart has only accelerated since opening in 2022. Elliott told me, “The produce up here is incredible — as good as anything I’ve had in Spain, France, and Italy,” which fuels dishes like his trout crudo with pickled serrano peppers, smoked soy sauce, and short‑season shiro plums from Bakkers Acres on Leelanau. He added that the area’s diverse agricultural environment is the reason they opened here." - Mary Hayes Weier

https://detroit.eater.com/travel-restaurants/53244/northern-michigan-tourism-food-wine-destination-traverse-city-leelanau-peninsula-old-mission

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Creative American cuisine using local produce, craft cocktails

fried chicken
key lime pie
cheese bread
halibut
wagyu
cocktails
ambiance
service
Google Rating
4.8 (269)
Yelp Rating
4.6
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541 W Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684 Get directions

$50–100

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Creative American cuisine using local produce, craft cocktails

fried chicken
key lime pie
cheese bread
halibut
wagyu
cocktails
ambiance
service
Google Rating
4.8 (269)
Yelp Rating
4.6
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541 W Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684 Get directions

$50–100

Reserve a table
See Menu
Usually a wait
Restroom
Popular for dinner
Dinner reservations recommended
Cozy
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