Accomodations

Hotels

  • Dou­ble­Tree Down­town Bay City, 1 Wenonah Park Place 989–891-6000 $$$$
  • 3 Palms Hotel, 501 Sag­i­naw St. (989) 892‑3501 $$
  • Fair­field Inn by Mar­riott, 4105 E. Wilder Rd., Bay City (989) 667‑7050 $$
  • Hol­i­day Inn Express & Suites, 3959 Traxler Ct., Bay City (989) 667‑3800 $$$
  • AmericInn & Suites, 3915 Three Mile Rd., Bay City (989) 671‑0071 $$
  • Bay Motel, 910 S. Euclid Av., Bay City (989) 684‑4100 $
  • Paul’s Motel, 6035 East Rd., Sag­i­naw (989) 777‑1020 $
  • Bay Val­ley Hotel & Resort, 2470 Old Bridge (989) 686‑3500 $$$$
  • Keswick Manor, (B&B) 1800 Cen­ter Ave., Bay City (989) 893‑6598 $$$$
  • His­toric Web­ster House, (B&B) 900 5th St., Bay City (989) 316‑2552 $$$$
  • Hol­i­day Inn Express, 2501 Tit­tabawassee Rd., Sag­i­naw (989) 792‑7500 $$
  • Delta Motel, 1000 S. Euclid Ave. 989–684-4490 $
  • Res­i­dence Inn by Mar­riott, 5230 Fash­ion Square Blvd, Sag­i­naw (989) 799‑9000 $$$
  • EconoLodge, 6385 West Side Sag­i­naw Road Bay City (989) 686‑0840 $

Restaurant/Bars in the Down­town area “East of the River”

  • Old City Hall, 814 Sag­i­naw St. Bay City (989) 892‑4140 www.oldcityhallrestaurant.com
  • Heather’s (some­thing for all tastes incl. veg­ans and veg­gies), 203 3rd St. Bay City (989) 402‑1116
  • River­front Grille & The Lounge Dou­ble­Tree Hotel, 1 Wenonah Park Place 989–891-6000
  • King­fish Restau­rant and Tiki Lounge, 1019 Water St. (989) 894‑0772 www.kingfishbaycity.com
  • Atrium/ Stein Haus, 1100 Water St. Bay City (989) 891‑1600 www.atriumbaycity.com
  • Mulligan’s Pub, 109 Cen­ter Ave., Bay City (989) 893‑4555
  • Gatsby’s Saloon and Eatery, 203 Cen­ter Ave., Bay City (989) 922‑5556 www.gatsbysbaycity.com
  • Rat­tlesnake Ricks, 708 E. Sag­i­naw St., Bay City (989) 391‑9722 www.rattlesnakericks.com
  • Jake’s Cor­ner Bar, 114 Third St. Bay City (989)895‑9511

Diner/Delis/Breakfast/Pizza

  • Inter­mis­sion Deli, 111 3rd St., Bay City (989) 893‑5010
  • Water­front Mar­ket & Deli, 925 N. Water St. (989) 891‑1330 www.waterfrontmkt.com
  • Vinny’s Diner / Stock Pot, 1007 Wash­ing­ton, Bay City (989) 893‑9332 www.stockpotcatering.com/diner/home.html
  • The Wani­gan Deli, 1905 S. Wenonah (989) 892‑8303
  • G’s Pizze­ria, 1005 Sag­i­naw St. (989) 891 9400
  • Mornin at Mag­gies Omelette Shop, 819 Sag­i­naw St.(989) 982‑3143
  • Rudy’s Red Lion, 201 Cen­ter Ave. (989) 893‑2323
  • Fusion 1 Cafe, 813 Sag­i­naw St., Bay City (989) 891‑0551 www.fusion1cafe.com
  • Jimmy Johns, 719 Wash­ing­ton Ave. (989) 893‑8888
  • Sub­way, 916 Wash­ing­ton Ave. (989) 892‑7990

Cof­fee & Spe­cial­ity Stores

  • Brew­topia, 810 Sag­i­naw St. (989) 893‑0872 www.brewtopiacoffee.com
  • Espresso Express, 916 N. Water St. (989) 893‑8898
  • Gyp­sies, 510 Third St. (989) 892‑5105 www.gypsies.biz
  • The Mug @ Wirt, 500 Cen­ter Ave. (989) 893‑9566
  • The Sweet Bou­tique, 816 Wash­ing­ton Ave. (989) 895‑5000
  • St. Lau­rent Broth­ers (choco­lates, can­dies, nuts etc…), 1101 N. Water St. (989) 893‑7522 www.stlaurentbrothers.com

Restaurant/Bars in the Mid­land St. area “West of the River”

The fol­low­ing estab­lish­ments are on Mid­land St. between Vets Park at the River and just past Cather­ine St., or on a side street off Mid­land St. in the same area.

  • BARTS & The Sta­bles Cigar Bar, 804 East Mid­land St. (989)891‑0100 www.bartsbaycity.com
  • Mid­land Street Jacks, 605 E. Mid­land St (989)892‑5741 www.lumberjacksteak.com
  • Hoot­ers, 966 E. Mid­land St. (989) 892‑5557
  • The Rathskel­lar, 600 E. Mid­land St. (989) 892‑2691
  • River Rock Cafe, 614 E. Mid­land St. (989) 895‑0556
  • Steam­ers, 108 N. Linn St. (989) 895‑8559

Bars on Mid­land St. “West of the River”

  • Lucky’s, 615 E. Mid­land St. (989) 895‑9005 www.luckysbar.com
  • West­own, 611 E. Mid­land St. (989) 895‑9005 www.thewestown.com
  • The Vault, 505 E. Mid­land St. (989) 891‑2453 www.myspace.com/thevaultbaycity

Pizza “West of the River”

  • Brook­lyn Boys Pizze­ria, 612 East Mid­land St. 989–894-5560 www.brooklynboyz.com
  • Eudici’s Pizza, 404 E Mid­land St. (989) 892‑4222 www.eudicispizza.com
  • Papa Johns Pizza, 206 N. Wal­nut 989–892-7272

Addi­tional Options and Chains

  • Harvey’s Grill & Bar, 4000 Wilder Rd. (989) 686‑3304 www.harveysgrillandbar.com
  • El Mex­i­cano, 1822 Broad­way, Bay City (989) 891‑9919
  • El Mex­i­cano, 593 Cen­ter Ave., Bay City (989) 891‑9917
  • Nino’s, 1705 Colum­bus (989) 893‑0691
  • Grandpa Tony’s, 1108 Colum­bus Ave. (989) 893‑4795
  • Los Qua­tros Ami­gos, 395 N. Euclid (989) 686‑8630
  • Krzysiak’s House Restau­rant, (tra­di­tional pol­ish) 1605 Michi­gan Ave. (989) 894‑5531
  • Man­darin House, 3000 Cen­ter Ave. (989) 893‑9499
  • Lucky’s Steak­house, 2856 Wilder Rd. (989) 667‑1700 www.luckyssteakhouse.com

Chains: Along or near inter­sec­tion of Euclid and Wilder, West of town going toward I-75. Apple­bees, Ruby Tues­days, Piz­zaria Uno Chicago Grill, Cracker Bar­rel, Red Lob­ster, Lone Star Steak­house, Bob Evans, Big Boy, Buf­falo Wild Wings

Points of Interest

Muse­ums

  • Bay County His­tor­i­cal Museum, 321 Wash­ing­ton St. (989)893‑5733
  • Bay City Motor Com­pany, 1120 Water St. (989) 891‑0900
  • Fire Truck Museum, 3456 Pat­ter­son Rd., (989) 686‑3147
  • Mar­shall Fred­er­icks Sculp­ture Museum (SVSU), 7400 Bay Road, Uni­ver­sity Cen­ter, MI 48710 (989) 964‑7125
  • Alden B. Dow Home & Stu­dio, 315 Post Street Mid­land MI 48640 Tele­phone (989) 839‑2744 (A.B. Dow-Student of Frank Lloyd Wright)
  • Dow Gar­dens & Whit­ing For­est, 1018 West Main Street Mid­land
    Toll Free Phone: 1–800-362‑4874
    Local Phone: 989–631-2677
    Whit­ing For­est Phone: 989–837-8299

Gal­leries

  • Stu­dio 23 Art & Classes, 901 N. Water St., (989) 894‑2323 http://www.studio23baycity.org/
  • Golden Gallery, 305 Fifth St., Suite 250 http://www.acitystudio.com/
  • A & J Gallery– Art, 926 Wash­ing­ton Ave. (989) 891‑1400
  • Jeff Ward Gallery-Painting, 721 Wash­ing­ton Ave. (989) 895‑1029
  • Mary Blocksma Gallery, 510 Third St. (next to Gyp­sies Cof­fee Shop)

Parks/trails

  • Wenonah Park, East side of Sag­i­naw River Downtown
  • Vet’s Park, West side of Sag­i­naw River Downtown
  • Car­roll Park, Inter­sec­tion of Fifth and Park on East Side
  • Bay City State Park & Recre­ation Area, Take Wilder Rd. to State Park Drive and go north about 5 miles the park is on the south side of the road on the Sag­i­naw Bay
  • Rail Trail, paved trail winds through Bay City and nearby town­ships. Walk­ing, bik­ing, jog­ging and roller blading.

The­atres

  • State The­atre, 913 Wash­ing­ton Ave., Bay City (989) 892‑2660
  • Delta Col­lege Plan­e­tar­ium, 100 Cen­ter Ave., Bay City(989) 667‑2260
  • Bay City 8 Movie The­ater, 4101 Wilder Road (989)686-FILM
  • Van Buren Street The­ater (din­ner the­ater), 701 N. Van­Bu­ren St. (989) 893‑9399
  • Bay City Play­ers (com­mu­nity the­ater), 1214 Colum­bus Avenue Bay City, Michi­gan 48708 Phone: (989) 893‑5555

Links

  • Bay City Con­ven­tion and Vis­i­tors Bureau www.tourbaycitymi.org
  • Bay Arts Coun­cil www.bayartscouncil.org

Local Pub­li­ca­tions

  • Bay City Times News­pa­per http://www.mlive.com/bctimes/
  • The Bay Area Review - monthly enter­tain­ment paper for tri-cities
  • Great Lakes Bay Mag­a­zine - quar­terly local inter­est for tri-cities