The entrance to Castle Shops in downtown Frankenmuth
After spending an hour or so at Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland, we headed downtown to check out the businesses district of Frankenmuth. What we found was a shock. Tourists packed the streets of a vibrant, bustling downtown anchored by the Bavarian Inn and Zehnder’s. We drove around for a while looking for a place to park. We finally found one in a parking lot on the other side of the covered bridge. It was a hot day and no one had had anything to drink since lunch at the Blackforest Brew Haus & Grill (review HERE). One of the first places we ran into was the Castle Shops. We noticed a bakery and figured they’d have bottled water or soda or something to drink.
The Castle Bakery is the first thing you come to when you walk down the steps to the Castle Shops. The whole shopping area is located below the Bavarian Inn Restaurant. The feel of the whole area is that of an old castle. The buiding is all stone from floor to ceiling. The bakery takes up a huge portion of the area when you first walk in. There is a case displaying their goodies that runs from the door all the way to the other side of the shop. J found the bottled water and grabbed one of those then went to pay. On the way, she noticed a chocolate chip cookie with mini pretzels baked into it. It looked way too good to pass up, so she didn’t. It didn’t look appetizing to me, but she loved it. Read the rest of this entry »
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