Read what the following publications have to say about the White Gull Inn...

At Ease in Door County (with Coastal Living)

November, 2007 - Susan Haynes from Coastal Living Magazine visits Door County in November and writes, "This popular Wisconsin peninsula reveals its true colors after autumn peaks." Full Story

White Gull Featured in Midwest Living Magazine

June, 2007 - "Who needs New England? The Midwest has its own coastal charm around the Great Lakes, and our top towns (Fish Creek and Ephraim), located in Door County, are the best examples of it...Fish Creek's White Gull Inn, known for first-class hospitality and one of more than a dozen lodging choices in Fish Creek alone, stages one of the best (Door County fish boils)." See the complete list of the top 100 or pick up a copy of the June, 2007, issue of Midwest Living Magazine.

White Gull Inn Fish Boil Featured on Roadfood.com

Michael Stern, who featured the White Gull Inn fish boil in his regular column in Gourmet Magazine in May, 2006, has posted the following review on his Roadfood.com website

Cape Cod for Midwesterners

Sunday, September 16, 2007 - The White Gull Inn and several other establishments of note are highlighted in this comprehensive report on the Door Peninsula in the Toledo Blade. Read the story by Mike Kelly here on line

Peninsula Pulse

September 21, 2007 - History Continues at White Gull Inn - Coulsons Celebrating 35 Years Running a Landmark, by Katie Dahl. Read the story here.

Chicago Tribune Magazine

September 24, 2006 - With Maid-Rites and whitefish livers, who needs foie gras? "Bellying Up to the Midwest" by Alan Solomon (This article is not on line, so we quote the paragraphs regarding the White Gull Inn)

"Cherry pie, on the other hand, is only part of the Midwestern miracle known as the Door County Fish Boil. Of course, the fish boil is one of those things that, well, if it weren't already here...

"it'd be a tough sell," concedes Andy Coulson, innkeeper and occasional boiler at the White Gull Inn in Fish Creek, Wis. "I mean, first of all, the sound of it. 'Boiled fish.' Right there, it's not particularly mouthwatering.

"But in a sense, that's helped it, because people come and say, 'Oh, you gotta have a fish boil! You gotta have a fish boil!' and everyone's first reaction is, 'Do I really have to?'

"It always exceeds expectations."

A fish boil, briefly, is chunks of whitefish, poatoes, sometimes onions and salt, cooked in a kettle of boiling water. There's some drama in the actual preparation - don't want to spoil the surprise - and it's always served with melted butter, lemon, cole slaw, some variation of bread and, just as always, with Door County cherry pie for dessert.

The county's commercial fishermen had been doing fish boils, mostly among themselves, for generations. "These were not professional chefs," Coulson notes. "They were men cooking for men."

"Right around the late 1950's, the owner of the White Gull and the owner of the Viking [in nearby Ellison Bay, still in business and still claiming to be the original] started offering it to tourists - and of course it was an immediate hit."

Gourmet

May, 2006 - White Gull Fish Boil featured in Gourmet, story by Roadfood's Michael and Jane Stern. (Article not on line.)

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Recognizes White Gull Dessert as Best of 2006

December 30, 2006 - Best Recipes of 2006

White Gull pastry chef Steve Glabe originally provided the recipe for a story the Journal Sentinel ran last summer on Chefs at Play

White Gull Again Named Best by Readers of Door County Magazine

November 25, 2006 - Door County Magazine's readers, in this winter's issue, voted the White Gull one of their two favorite restaurants of 2006. In previous years' "Best of's" issues, they have named the White Gull Best Restaurant, 2003, Best Breakfast, 2005, Best Fish Boil, 2003 and Best Bed & Breakfast, 2003. (Article not on line)

White Gull Salad named to Midwest Living's 20 Best All Time Recipes

January 1 - “Combing through more than 2500 recipes was easy; choosing only 20 was the hard part!” according to Midwest Living’s Senior Food Editor Diana McMillen, who used readers’ responses during the magazine’s 20 years of publishing to come up with its 20 Best Recipes of all time. Making the final cut, in the February, 2007 issue of Midwest Living, is the White Gull’s signature house tossed salad. The magazine reprinted the recipe, which was originally featured in the December, 2000 issue. Along with mixed salad greens, ingredients include dried cherries, toasted pecan halves, shaved Parmesan cheese and balsamic vinaigrette dressing. (Article not on line.)

Diversion Magazine

May, 2006 -

Mow the lawn. Do the laundry. Pay the bills. IT'S time to give yourself a break! If you're longing for the stress-relieving powers of a vacation but have only a few days to spare, a weekend—or long weekend—getaway could be just what you need if you pick the right spot. Here's a roundup of 16 easy-to-reach destinations across the country, guaranteed to recharge you, fast. The to-do list can wait.

BY DIANE BAIR and PAMELA WRIGHT

16 Perfect Weekends

Door County Living

(Article featuring the White Gull Inn Progressive Dinner Weekends in Door County Living, Fall / Winter 2004-05 issue) On Your Plate - A Weekend of Tasteful Delights By Sam Perlman

Tucked in amongst the fish boils, supper clubs and brat fries that are the typical dinner fare in Northeast Wisconsin are numerous opportunities for adventurous and educated palates to do some pretty serious eating. For four weekends in December and January, the quiet Door County town of Fish Creek is transformed into the center of fine dining and conviviality for the entire region.

For the past eight years, three of the historic inns of Fish Creek have banded together to prepare and present a culinary adventure known as the Progressive Dinner Weekend. Originally began as a way to help fill rooms for a weekend during a slower time of the year, the Progressive Dinner has transformed into a winter destination unto itself, with dedicated epicures returning year after year for a weekend of tasteful delights. MORE>>

Voyaging - The Best of Powerboat Cruising

Fall, 2004

Where Fun Boils Over...

Travel + Leisure Family

Travel + Leisure Family, Jun 2005 "Stay at The White Gull Inn, a Victorian lodge with the best fish boil, a Nordic dish of whitefish and potatoes cooked over a hyperactive outdoor fire...." MORE>>

Christian Science Monitor

August 11, 2004

Nothing says Door County like the traditional fish boil....

North Shore Magazine

February, 2006 - Inn and Out - There's Nothing Better Suited for a Quick Valentine's Day Getaway Than a B&B Weekend in Door County.

You can't deny it. Some things work better in pairs. Peanut butter and jelly. You and your significant other. Soups and sandwiches. Abbot and Costello. And, most importantly, Valentine's Day and a good, old-fashioned B&B. More