With Michigan being home to so many unique, local restaurants, we thought it would be fun to ask fans “what do you think is the ultimate Michigan dish?” We got some great responses from our Facebook fans, and wanted to share a roundup of our favorites below.
If your answer isn’t on the list below, share with us in the comments section!
“Pan-Fried Whitefish!” – Noelle Kelly
“Pasties, of course!” – Lalah Godwin
“Mac~n~Cheese, or Saurkraut~n~brats, or chili, I could go on…. !!!!” – Bonnie Nethercott
“ANYTHING with Morel mushrooms!” – Steven Katz
“Fudge” – David Roney
“A coney from Lafayette Coney Island with a bag of better made chips and wash it all down with a Vernors.” – Kevin Patrick
“morel mushroom sauce over pan fried whitefish mmmmmmmmmmm goooood” – Jamie Lynn Mccall
“Since moving away 7 years ago, it’s coney dogs I miss the most.” – Troy Rice
“Anything with Michigan produce: asparagus, cherries, blueberries, peaches….” – Denise G. Cantrall
“Is this even a question? It’s coneys!” – Mark N Jillian
“LAKE PERCH!!!” – Anthony Orlando
“BLUE MOON ICE CREAM FROM SHERMAN’S DAIRY BAR!!!!! Can ice cream be classified as a dish? Lol” – Tracey Deddo
“By far, Pasties!” – Fran Stringer-Shoobridge
“Corn on the cob in August… or pasties… or cherries… or coneys… or whitefish from Superior… what a great state!” – Amy Heydlauff
“Zingerman’s Pastrami or Corned Beef Reuben or a Sherman’s Sure Choice!! With a pickle of course. UP – pasties. Flint – Angelo’s Coney Dogs and Halo Burgers” – Jayne Doyle Jarvis
“Everything in all the above posts! Can’t wait to come home in a few weeks! 
” – Jodi Handley Perez
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Michigan cherry salsa over cream cream served with tortilla chips!
Road Kill Roy’s BBQ Pulled Pork Sandwich from Chef Shell’s Catering in Port Huron, MI
Pasties are disgusting! With so much good food in this state why choose those dry mounds of yuck? I like Jamie Lynn Mccall’s suggestion.
I’m coming home to Grand Rapids next week from Whidbey Island, WA and the second thing I am doing is hitting Marie Catribe’s in Easttown for anything they’ve got! The first thing I am doing is throwing myself on the grass at Meijer Gardens in the sun. The third thing I am doing is eating having a cone at Custard by the Dam in Rockford! Hello West Michigan!!!
I’m with Jodi Perez
Mackinac Island Fudge anyone?
The Maurice salad from Hudson’s
I’m a Michigan girl transplanted to Georgia. Please remind me what a pastie is??
Vernor’s ginger ale, of course
Did anyone mention the Cudighi?
Sounds like a comment from an “Under-The-Bridge” Troll. CCG! (Cheshire Cat Grin) ….. “I improved my image by marrying a Copper Harbor YOOPER Girl!”
Pasties..my girlfried brings them back in a cooler to Iowa! Sure wish we had them here. Where can I order to have them shipped? goodenowkarynm@gmail.com
Aren’t pasties fairly unique to Michigan?
Definitely coney dogs, lake perch and whitecastles, since moving to Tennessee, I have to drive 40 miles for whitecastle, and there’s just not any coney islands around. Can’t wait to come home for a visit.
As a former “Under-The-Bridge” Troll, the Fudgies can have Pasties. I agree, dry and disgusting. I do however love smoked fish.
I think the food I miss the most from moving away from Michigan is B.C. Pizza. I haven’t found a pizza place that compares yet!
Pasties are British in origin. You can find them many places throughout the world, but Michiganders are big on them.
You can make your own. http://www.upper-peninsula-now.com/pasty-recipe.html
Cross the bridge, go 20 miles West on US 2 to the White Tail Resort and get a Bison Pastie…the farthest thing from a dry mound of yuck you’ll ever eat
Wolfgangs omelets, Marie catribs cabbage soup, yesterdog, all in grand rapids. I will also be making a stop at Sherman’s for some blue moon ice cream. Those are my must haves whenever I visit home.
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Dry mounds of yuck are not pasties.
Bavarian Inn chicken!
We miss Marie from when she had her place in Houghton. Wonderful lady. If you see her, tell her Jim Curtis from Houghton said “hi”.
Morel mushroom sauce on grilled whitefish with a side of asparagus and some fresh cherries and peaches for dessert.
Shepherd maple syrup with pancakes; Bells Brewery beer, Traverse City wines; Macinac fudge; Clare’s Cops n Doughnuts; Mt Pleasant’s The Pixie coney dogs; U.P. wild rice; Shepherd’s Kenny and Ramon Farms dried beans, especially their red beans-they are huge and beautiful in Red Beans and Rice.
It’s like a hot pocket: pastry like crust filled with meat, potatoes, veggies etc. Usually fresh-made.
Any Kogel meat product. Yummy! Ground bologna sandwiches. And(drum roll please) Corner Bar hotdogs in Rockford.
Fish and chips with fried lake perch…Sanders cream puff hot fudge.
MICHIGAN WINES
Cherry Pie, Vernor’s and Sander’s Hot Fudge are my Michigan favorites!
I agree – Coney Islands, Better Made chips and Vernors – Oh how I miss MI!
baronis spagetti sauce or ravioli, vernors, sanders hot fudge ice cream puff
Maybe I haven’t had a good one. I’ll try your suggestion next time I’m on my way to Pictured Rocks. – Amy aka “reluctant troll”
Ice-creams are my favourites too! Does white fish mean fishes like Sear fish—its great. Do visit Cochin sometimes ;we do have a variety of fishes–fresh water ones !! Have a nice day
You might be my role designs. Many thanks for your write-up