Pegtown Station
Present day Maple City gets its name from the heavy stand of Maple Trees that densely covered the area up until the late 1800s. Maple City was originally called Peg Town and founded by J.T. Sturtevant and his son in 1866. Sturtevant started a wooden peg factory, which supplied the pegs to various shoe manufacturers. The business flourished until 1880 when it caught fire and burned down. Peg Town was renamed Maple when the first U.S. Post office was established in the town and later renamed to Maple City. In the heart of downtown, Pegtown Station boasts homemade pizza, subs and salads — its salads and pizza are considered among the best in northern Michigan, according to the Northern Express’ “Readers Choice Awards”.
Contact information:
8654 South Maple City Road, Maple City … (231) 228-6692 … www.PegtownStation.net
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Here’s a map of Pegtown Station’s location with respect to Glen Arbor:
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Read this excerpt from Josephine Arrowood’s story “Find Leelanau’s heart in Maple City”, which ran in the Glen Arbor Sun in August 2006:
Pegtown Station restaurant — named after the historic role the town once played in manufacturing lumber products — embraces the old-time atmosphere of the former “Cash Variety Store” with red plaster walls, wainscoting, and well-patinated hardwood flooring. Feast on a farmer’s omelet, complete with sourdough or whole wheat toast made from scratch, while enjoying the Foothills blend of the Leelanau Coffee Roasting Company, and watch the train whiz by overhead on tracks that circle the dining room’s perimeter. Pegtown’s lunch and dinner menus are worth a return visit, with a wide variety of hot and cold sub sandwiches on homemade buns, dinner baskets, and specialty pizzas, including such exotica as the “Philly Cheese Steak” pizza with roast beef, mozzarella, onions, and peppers, or “The Greek,” laden with garlic-infused oil, onions, feta, fresh spinach leaves, tomatoes, black olives, mozzarella and artichoke hearts on handmade dough. Pegtown Station is open year-round with extensive hours, and closed on Mondays.
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Click here for Pegtown Station’s menu
