U.P.’s Best Fish Fry dates back 50 years
Updated Mar 16, 2021;
Posted Mar 16, 2021
The Swallow Inn in Rapid River, Michigan, was voted as Best Fish Fry in the Upper Peninsula. It was originally a boarding house when it opened in 1890.Courtesy of Bel Photography
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That’s until Trudy Boyer took it over in May of 1997.
“Most of the owners have been 10 years in and out,” she said with a laugh. “I guess they couldn’t take it any more..I’ve passed up every owner by 10 years.”
The Swallow Inn was the Upper Peninsula poll winner for Michigan’s Best Fish Fry. It had nearly 19 percent of the vote, edging out The Longbranch in Faithorn, which had 17.3 percent of the vote. Nearby Jack’s Restaurant in Rapid River finished third with 5.4 percent. (See the full poll results below.)