Unique restaurants tend to be popular in the beginning but eventually fade away. There is one unique dining experience in Michigan that's even more popular after 135 years.

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What is a Unique Dining Experience?

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There are several ways a restaurant can be labeled as unique. It might be food the restaurant serves that cannot be found anywhere else. It could also have an atmosphere that is different from other eateries or simply offer a service you can't find anywhere else.

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Sometimes a unique restaurant can be located in an unusual place. There are some restaurants that are underwater, carved into the side of cliffs, or even inside of volcanoes but where is Michigan's most unique dining experience located?

Michigan's Most Unique Dining Experience Has Been Open for Over 135 Years

Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn Restaurant Facebook Page
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What may appear to be a ski lodge near the Upper Peninsula of Michigan is actually a very unique restaurant found in Frankenmuth.

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The Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn has been serving Michiganders and tourists since 1888. The Bavarian Inn features there all you can eat family-style German meals and is well known for its chicken dinners. You're thinking, that is not very unique, oh but the setting and service is.

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The actual setting of the Bavarian Inn takes you back to Bavaria in the 19th century and all the staff are in the traditional dress to add to your experience.

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If you would like to be like 20 million other guests and travel back in time to experience Bavarian culture and some of the best food you will ever eat, then you need to make the trip with the family to the Frankenmuth Bavarian Inn.  You can check out their menu and what they have to offer by clicking here.

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Gallery Credit: America's Best Restaurants, Google Maps

These Michigan Restaurants Have All Sadly Closed Since Appearing on National TV

You'd think an appearance on a national TV show like Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives or Restaurant: Impossible would guarantee success for a restaurant.

That hasn't been the case for these six restaurants, all of which have closed after being featured on national television.

Gallery Credit: George McIntyre

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