Bates Art Bar — Restaurant in Bayfield

This place was recommended to us for a bachelorette party dinner for 16 girls. My group contacted Larry (owner) in advance who curated a 5 course menu for us based on our budget and boy did he deliver.

The tables were set when we arrived with a gorgeous charcuterie board. Our second course was an herby salad, followed by a truly life changing 24 layer vegetarian lasagna. After the lasagna we each were served a perfectly cooked steak medallion over asparagus and purée (to die for). And finally a perfect caramel flan for dessert.

We had wine with dinner but the group opted to order cocktails as well and the Espresso Martini and French 75 were incredible.

I highly recommend checking this place out if you’re...

The self serve wine bar is interesting. Pretty cool and it was fun, the technology is impressive. Very unique. Now about the charcuterie board, we had the cheese one for two and it was excellent. The cheeses were superb and the additional bits and pieces of fruits nuts olives etc were wonderful. Exactly the kind of thing I love to eat while drinking wine. The man who brought out the charcuterie board was sweet, went through all the items on it (there were 6 different wonderful and excellent cheeses). All in all, a unique and welcome addition to the going out scene in this small...

It was our second time at Bates and every time we are excited to come back! Atmosphere is relaxing and old fashioned. Very, very fresh ingredients. The bartenders are welcoming, knowledgeable, and make excellent recommendations. We tried the sourdough baguette the first time and it was perfect and fresh! We were shocked it was made in house. We are going to try the charcuterie board next. We recommend Bates to everyone going...