Manitou Room

Fine food and quaint lodgings are what Greunke's Inn is known for in the Bayfield area (and well beyond!) This 137 yr old Historic Inn is located in the heart of downtown, 1 block from Lake Superior Manitou Room has a Queen and Twin bed, private bath, T.V., central a/c, WIFI. It is on the second floor of 21 N. 1st Street right next to Greunke's Restaurant. Located in the heart of downtown Bayfield, one block from Lake Superior. We are within walking distance to the Apostle Island Cruise Service and Madeline Island Ferry Line. We are also a Big Top Chautauqua shuttle stop. ayfield, Circa 1865. An ambitious young man, of French-Canadian descent, secured the property at 17 North First adjacent to the Hotel, for his residence as well as vocation. Nazar LaBonte, some years later heartened by his own as well as the village’s success, set out for St. Paul. Along with a contingent of businessmen and entrepreneurs, LaBonte convinced the railroads of the peninsula’s potential. Part of the deal was a commitment that would take 6 years to meet. As Nazar helped organize the labor, the railroads provided the resources. In the meantime, the LaBonte House welcomed its first guests. Numbers swelled the village into a town. The boarding house and the LaBonte family residence, between the Hotel Bracken and Whisker Wachsmith’s tobacco shop was doing brisk business. Today, stepping in Greunke’s is like stepping back in the ‘40’s. The Coca-Cola memorabilia, the working Wurlitzer and old soda fountain counter conjure images reminiscent of a Norman Rockwell cover on the “Saturday Evening Post.” Today these historic buildings are combined into Greunke’s First Street Inn. Fine food and quaint lodgings are what Greunke's Inn is known for in the Bayfield area (and well beyond!) This 137 yr old Historic Inn is located in the heart of downtown, 1 block from Lake Superior