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Super excited that the Tip of the Mitt Watershed Council reached out to invite us to submit recipes for their upcoming cookbook! Being featured in their cocktail section are Emily's Chocolate Martini, Fresh Raspberry Mojito and our Jalapeño Margarita (which both use fresh ingredients from our garden of course!!!)

Gearing up for season 3...we are especially grateful to have a culinary team that's talented, creative and dedicated to producing a menu that's healthy, original and utilizes quality ingredients and practices . As first time restaurant owners, there has been (continues to be) a lot to learn!!! Watching our crew in action - being educated and guided by their professional training and passion - has opened our eyes to the huge difference between putting out food...and creating dishes. So excited for May 1st 😁

Just over a month to go until we kick off season 3! We're really excited about getting the team back together and bringing our guests fresh, flavorful, original and healthy dishes & beverages 😁

Making it's return for season 3 with a new twist we think you'll love...Chef's original dish featuring pan seared local Lake Trout from Big Stone Bay Fishery Inc with a fresh citrus fennel salad 😍 May 1st!

What an incredible honor to have been selected as the first recipient of the Cheboygan Area Chamber of Commerce's new 'Entrepreneurial Business of the Year Award' at the annual dinner last night! There's much to come as we continue to genuinely embrace and support Cheboygan as our family's new community. Beyond the business of business, our energy and passion to contribute to a healthier collective experience will only grow. Thank you to all who recognize, embrace and support us in return 🙂

A frequent guest of the Nauti shared this quick little read with us tonight...Spain is the #1 ranked nation for overall health, vitality and longevity (U.S. at 35th) We especially love the last sentence 😁 thumbs up for Tapas!

The Bourbon section has sprouted during our winter hiatus 😊 some great new additions are coming to this line-up in May!

Our craft cocktails use fresh herbs & seasonal fruit at the Waterway Bar...this Chocolate Cherry Martini w/ fresh Traverse City fruit was so good!

Chef is hosting 3 very special evenings in 2019 to really showcase his talent with creative dishes, perfectly paired wine and a tailored ambiance...Chef’s Dinners on the weekends of the Summer Solstice, Fall Equinox and Winter Solstice 😍

Thank you Colleen for sharing this peaceful photo of us all tucked away during our winter rest 😊

We’re a small comfortable space that’s perfect if you’re in the mood for something a bit different...healthy, smaller portioned, creative, original, seasonal...fresh...Chef’s truly passionate about food and is looking forward to getting back to creating dishes soon 😊 (May1st kicks off season 3)

Our Waterway Bar...18’ of copper sheeting artistically transformed into 7 sections of geographically accurate and stunning maps of the Inland Waterway and Straits of Mackinac, then assembled into solid Mahogany trimmings! BIG NEWS: The designer of this work, A State Of Copper is producing individual pieces of Cheboygan’s surrounding waters for exclusive sale at the new pop-up store coming in May, MichMash Gallery & Gifts 😍 (pieces can also be custom ordered and personalized!)

On vacation recently we enjoyed alot of great ‘fresh catch of the day’ fish...Wahoo, Grouper, Barracuda...we’d put any of it up against Chef’s flavorful lake trout from Big Stone Bay fishery in Mac City 😍 He’s bringing the dish back with a fun twist for the May 1st menu!

Chef’s adding his own version of this very popular Spanish Tapas dish to the new menu...Patatas Bravas 😍 can’t wait! May 1st season 3 kick-off!

We’re looking forward to the 2019 menu! Some great guest favorites are in the expanded Tapas line-up...like these Michigan Harvest Brussel Sprouts 😍

It’s days like this...that we try and keep in mind days like ‘this’! 50 days until spring 😊

Our little garden’s basil grew like bushes last year....we were able to dehydrate a bunch for future use...like today! The freezing weather calls for a pot of homemade roasted tomato basil soup! Would rather have fresh, but a handful of our own dried herbs will do 😊

Flashback to our first night of live music at the Nauti on August 1st 2017! A Sextet may have been a little overboard just a couple of weeks into being open 😂 but what a show!!! Mr Ed Perkins of New Orleans and global jazz icon Mr Wes ‘Warmdaddy’ Anderson...top flight gentlemen whom we’re honored to call friends...super excited to continue hosting live music this year!

These tasty Smoked White Fish Stuffed Piquillo Peppers made the cut for the 2019 menu...locally sourced from Big Stone Bay Fishery Inc in Mackinac City, they're a great combination of flavors and have always been a big guest favorite :)

Looking back over some of last years special’s as we continue to tweak the 2019 menu...loved these beautiful plates, one Crudo and a Hamachi, that Chef Tim put up featuring Japanese yellowtail as well as salmon with fresh harvest ingredients 😍

Flashback to our first night of live music at the Nauti on August 1st 2017! A Sextet may have been a little overboard just a couple of weeks into being open 😂 but what a show!!! Mr Ed Perkins of New Orleans and global jazz icon Mr Wes ‘Warmdaddy’ Anderson...top flight gentlemen whom we’re honored to call friends...super excited to continue hosting live music this year!

We’re booking our summer music series(s)! Acoustic Tini-Tuesday’s are returning June-August with $6 Martini’s and a wide range of super talented musicians 😍 Here is a flashback to Nathan Towne w/Brian Lange doing the classic Michael Jackson tune ‘Rock With You’

We get comments all the time about how great the sound quality/control is @ the Nauti...great care went into designing our little space so we could support live music and offer a comfortable auditory experience. Studio sound board, honeycomb blinds, top of the line Bose sound equipment for the house and performances...these things off set the porcelain floors and hard walls making it enjoyable rather than sound bouncing cacophony.

Nathan Towne is returning tomorrow evening for the Nauti Inn’s Acoustic Tuesday music series...here’s a bit of him performing Dave Brubeck’s iconic tune ‘Take 5’

Nathan Towne is back as our featured artist this week for Acoustic Tuesday...here’s a taste of one of his evenings with us. Music begins at 6pm and we do broadcast sound outdoors for patio guests. Art in many forms @ the Nauti...

We’re looking forward to hosting the very talented Nathan Towne this week for Acoustic Tuesday...here’s a taste from his last visit during which Brian sat in for a tune or two 😊

Here’s a snipit from last night’s great Acoustic Tuesday show featuring Dale Rieger! We’re proud, and work hard, to offer people a wide range of creative, quality experiences in our space. In Chef’s dishes first and foremost...from the bar...with the atmosphere...through music...

Nathan Towne blew us all away last night! He is such a kind and gifted young man...many times all eyes and ears were mesmerized watching and listening to the intricacy of his playing. Just WOW.

WHEW! The extraordinary amount of time, talent and expense that it took A State Of Copper to create each of our Waterway Bar pieces is extraordinary and creates a huge amount of anxiety when we work to maintain and coat them. Hunkered down with some great Jazz playing and a Mimosa, Brian & I poured a coat of glass over one of the biggest reasons we choose to make Cheboygan our new heart & home...Northern Michigan's Inland Waterway and the Straits of Mackinac ! ((the video walk begins at Mackinac Island...travels over the large Mackinac Bridge section then on to Bois Blanc Island with a special piece just for Duncan Bay before the central showcase, an 8’ section of the Cheboygan River ... ending things with both Mullet & Burt Lake’s))

Mr's Ron Getz, Bruce Dondero & Brian Lange 😁