Brainerd Vacation Ideas

Brainerd is a old town with a lot to offer in and nearby. For a small town that you wouldn’t think has much to offer, outdoor activities in and nearby Brainerd will have your weekend packed full of off-road adventures. With endless four wheeling trails, top rated golf courses, bountiful lakes and beach areas, even high class resorts, the Brainerd lakes area will leave you wanting to come back for more weekend fun.

A Few Brainerd Vacation Ideas

So your probably waiting to get into some specifics here. We’re going to go over just a few good locations to setup camp, RV’s, rent a cabin, and of course get something delicious to eat!

Grand View Lodge

Grand View Lodge (Photo credit: Simon Collison)

Grand View Lodge

The Grand View Lodge is just a few miles north of Brainerd and makes for an extravagant getaway. There are a wide variety of different styled restaurants, cabins to rent, a beach on gull lake with an amazing view, and many different entertaining events. Look at Grand View Lodge’s website, as well as Grand View Lodge’s blog to find out more.

Brainerd Internation Raceway

The races are not always going on at BIR, but when they are it is a great weekend to come set up your RV and camp out for a weekend of racing, fun, and a few drinks at night. Checkout BIR’s website for events and times.

Great Food

The Brainerd lakes area has many different hidden gems throughout that you may not get to try unless you read about the Restaurants in the Brainerd Baxter area. But we must say, in case you do not make it to that article, The Barn in Brainerd has delicious breakfeast, brunch, lunch, & amazing pie! Just take a look at The Barn’s Reviews

Restaurants In The Brainerd Baxter Area

There are a ever growing number of restaurants in the Brainerd Baxter area, we’ll review the top few.

Restaurants In The Brainerd Baxter Area

Whether you’re headed to the Brainerd lakes area or have lived around them all of your life, there may be a few “restaurant gems” that you have not tried out before. We want to show you a few of the not-so-well-known but amazing places to eat. Have you ever been to a town that you didn’t know so well, found a place to eat, and realized you would eat there every day if you had the chance? That is the feeling that we want to bring to you.

The Barn
Well first off we of course had to mention The Barn. Look at our reviews, our excellent value  & maybe some delicious pictures on our Facebook Page and you will have all of the tasty incentive that you need to go out and try The Barn. Well known for their Made-Rites, pies & friendly hospitality you will be delighted with coffee that will never run out and a quickly made huge portion of any tasteful meal that you choose. If there’s no room for pie, just by looking at them, sitting there in the middle of the diner, you’ll know that you need to take a piece home.

Restaurants In The Brainerd Baxter Area

Made-Rite Sundae From The Barn

Sunshine Kitchen & Moonshine Lounge
The Sunshine Kitchen & Moonshine Lounge is open from 11:00am – 1am daily. They have great burgers, and for the burger connoisseur, they have many appetizing and adventurous signature burgers you won’t find anywhere else. Their many taste bud crazing sauces will also have you in for a treat. They also have many different live entertainment events, you can find current events on the Sunshine Kitchen & Moonshine Lounge website. A full kitchen is open until 10pm and fresh pizzas are available until close.

Boardwalk Bread ‘n Bagel
The Boardwalk Bread ‘n Bagel is open from
M – F  7am – 9pm | Sat 8am – 9pm | Sun 9am – 9pm. One of their tastiest meal deals is the soup and sandwich meal. They have some of the best soups ready, and amazing sandwiches that will leave your mouth watering. They have many different bagel and bread choices with endless choices of flavored cream cheese. Their bagels are a good deal but some of their other meals can be a little spendy. They also offer a catering service that you can look at on the Boardwalk Bread’n Bagel website.

Restaurant Review Recap
We’ll be back with more posts about restaurants in the Brainerd Baxter Area as well as restaurants in the nearby surrounding area’s.


The Barn In Brainerd Reviews

Here at The Barn located in Brainerd MN, we like to refer to our customers as our friends.

The Barn In Brainerd Reviews
We want you to see what our friends have to say about us here at The Barn! That’s why we’re going to give you a list of our reviewers websites so we can give you the extra incentive to give The Barn a try. We’ve been rated higher than many of the top chain restaurants in the entire Brainerd Lakes Area and have great reviews telling about all the great experiences our friends have had here at The Barn!

Our Reviewers

  1. Yelp.com
  2. BrainerdLakesCountry.com
  3. Brainerd.com
  4. Google+ Reviews
  5. Facebook Reviews
  6. Trip Advisor
  7. “Best Pie Review” From Trip Advisor
  8. Yahoo Travel
  9. MN Restaurant Search
  10. Yahoo Local
  11. City Search
  12. Explore Brainerd Lakes (Also takes you to Made-Rite website)
  13. Menuism
  14. Yellow Pages
  15. White Pages
  16. Foodio54
  17. Homestead.com
  18. Minnesota Vistitor (For an excerpt in a great “Things To Do In Brainerd”) Article
  19. Crow Wing History (For A small excerpt of history on The Barn)

So Come & Try Out The Barn!
Yes we have a lot of reviews, and each one of these links has customer written reviews for you to read as well as a reviewer rating. We’re proud to show off our great reviews and we hope you come in and try us out so you can make a review of your own. We know you’ll leave us a good one just like the rest of the folks on these reviewer websites.

The Barn In Brainerd Specials

What are the Barn in Brainerd specials? What good deals does The Barn have? Where do I find specials for the Barn in Brainerd?

The Barn In Brainerd Specials
Here at the barn we always have a delectable deal going on just for you. This deal is always different and will be updated on our Facebook Page regularly. Another way to find out our specials is to give us a call at 218-829-9297, we’ll be happy to give them to you!

We think the best way to find out our specials is to walk right in and take a first hand look at our specials board. We have some surprisingly inexpensive meals already and our specials will blow you away. The specials in this image may not be the specials the day you go in, but this is just to give you an idea of how great our deals & specials really are.

The Barn In Brainerd Specials

The Barn Specials