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The local guide

Everything worth doing.Within 20 minutes.

Editors' picks across 8categories — the dock with the deepest channel, the winery with the view, the restaurant with the right wine list, the trail nobody's on at sunrise.

The table

Restaurants

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Lake Shore
Bar Harbor Supper Club

A classic lakeside supper club that's been a Gull Lake staple for decades — steaks, fresh seafood, and gourmet pasta. Hours reduce outside summer, so call ahead in the off-season.

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Lake Shore
Zorbaz on Gull Lake

A pizza-and-Mexican joint on the lake with homemade dough and fresh salsa — open late, dine-in or to-go, every day of the week.

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The water

Boat launches

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Brainerd
Gull Lake Marina

A full-service marina with fishing boats, ski boats, pontoons, and Jet Skis, plus tubes, wakeboards, and kneeboards to rent.

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Nisswa
Your Boat Club Gull Lake

A boat club and rental operator on Lost Lake Road in Nisswa.

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Nisswa
Lake Fun Rentals

A rental operator overlooking the Gull Lake Narrows public landing, across from Zorbaz — pontoons, tritoons, and jet skis.

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Iconic stops

Iconic stops

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Brainerd
Cragun's Resort on Gull Lake

Central Minnesota's largest year-round resort — started as a handful of cabins in 1940, with the original lodge built in 1945, now one of 19 resorts on the lake.

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