Frankenmuth Restaurants

Compare the two famous chicken dinners, then choose brewery fare, wine and charcuterie, breakfast, or coffee for the other meals.

Frankenmuth riverfront brewery patio

The classic dinner

Zehnder’s or Bavarian Inn?

Zehnder’s: Its all-you-can-eat family-style chicken dinner and attached bakery and food store make the Main Street complex a natural group stop.

Bavarian Inn Restaurant: Family-style chicken shares the menu with German dishes in old-world dining rooms. The restaurant is on South Main; its separate lodge is across the covered bridge.

Both offer the Frankenmuth tradition. Pick one for the big meal and check its current menu and hours before visiting.

Beyond the chicken dinner

Frankenmuth Brewery offers house beer, burgers and Bavarian favorites, with a patio on the Cass River.

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Wine and shared plates

Prost is a change of pace for wine and charcuterie rather than another family-style banquet.

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Coffee and a sweet stop

Find beignets at N’Orlins in River Place Shops, or coffee at Creation Coffee on South Main Street.

Where to eat

More places to eat in Frankenmuth

Explore menus, maps, and service details for more local meals.

First-night pick

Frankenmuth Brewery

4.0 ★

A casual Cass River brewpub for house beer, handcrafted burgers, Bavarian favorites, family-style plates, and a patio meal when the weather cooperates.

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Casual meal

N'Orlins Beignets & Coffee

A coffee-and-pastry stop at River Place Shops for beignets, coffee, and a lighter break between the village core and the east-of-river district.

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Breakfast / coffee

Creation Coffee

A specialty coffee roaster and Main Street cafe at 626 South Main for espresso drinks and a simpler morning before the museum or drive home.

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Zehnder's Restaurant

4.4 ★

The large Main Street dining complex for an all-you-can-eat Family Style Chicken Dinner, with a bakery and food store attached for groups making the meal a principal stop.

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After the outing

Bavarian Inn Restaurant

4.3 ★

Family-style chicken and German dishes in old-world dining rooms on South Main Street, near the Glockenspiel, Castle Shops, and Holz Brücke.

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Special dinner

Prost Wine Bar & Charcuterie

4.7 ★

An adult alternative to the chicken-dinner dining rooms, centered on wine, charcuterie boards, shared plates, and a smaller-table evening near Main Street.

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