Progressive Dinner

A MOVABLE FEAST is the best way to describe a gourmet dinner which begins at one of Fish Creek’s historic inns, then moves on to a second for the main course and dessert. The Progressive Holiday Dinner Weekends are hosted by the White Gull Inn and Thorp House Inn. Three are scheduled for December of 2020:  the weekends of Friday and Saturday, December 4 & 5, December 11 & 12, and December 18 & 19, 2020.   A fourth Holiday Progressive Dinner Weekend is scheduled for the weekend of January 8 & 9, 2021.  The Thorp House and White Gull are planning memorable weekend packages, culminating Saturday evening in a five course dinner complete with wine, as you tour the two inns bedecked festively for the holiday season. 

THE DINNER begins at 5:30 pm, with hors d’oeuvres at the charming Thorp House Inn, built in 1902 by Freeman Thorp, of the founding family of Fish Creek. the Thorp House innkeepers and staff will be on hand to relate the history of the Thorp House, and serve the appetizers, as a guitarist plays seasonal music.

DINNER GUESTS will then be transported on to the White Gull Inn by horse drawn wagon past the many homes and businesses decorated for the holidays.  The 123-year-old White Gull is the oldest continuing operating inn in Door County, and has received national critical acclaim for both its historic accommodations and award-winning restaurant.  Innkeepers Meredith and Chris Coulson-Kanter and their staff will conduct tours and discuss the inn’s history before serving the soup, entrée and salad, and dessert Live music featuring seasonal favorites will be featured at each inn.

THE PROGRESSIVE Dinners are open to weekend guests of either the White Gull or Thorp House Inn. 

THE WHITE GULL INN packages include two nights lodging, the Progressive Dinner on Saturday evening, a complimentary wine and cheese reception Friday afternoon, full breakfast each morning, and complimentary hot cider and popcorn Saturday afternoon.  The package price is the regular rate of the room or cottage plus $118/person.  Two night minimum.  Sixty day cancellation notice required.

For reservations or more information, call (920) 868-3517 or Click Here to make a reservation on line.