Discover Cranberries & Cafe

Features

  • Meals Served
    • Breakfast
    • Lunch
    • Dinner
  • Shopping Type
    • Specialty Shop
  • Restaurant Type
    • American
    • Fish Fry
    • Ice Cream
  • Museum/Gallery Type
    • Historical

Discover Cranberries & Cafe

204 Main St - Warrens, WI 54666
Information: 608-378-4878
Mon Closed, Tues - Thurs 7am - 2pm, Fri 7am - 2pm & 4-8m, Sat - Sun 7am - 2pm
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Warrens is the Cranberry Capital of Wisconsin, and at Discover Cranberries & Cranberry Country Cafe, visitors can learn everything about Wisconsin’s No. 1 fruit crop. The 4,800-square-foot exhibit hall details the history of the state’s cranberry industry, from the days when Native Americans gathered fruit in the wild to today’s unique growing and harvesting methods.

The venue features interactive exhibits, including a cranberry corralling game to test visitors' skills and an activity area for younger guests. Items on display include a log cabin used by a local carpenter for making cranberry hand rakes, one of the first cranberry harvesting machines, and an old-time Bailey cranberry sorting mill. Guests can also learn about the history of the 125-year-old building, the historical Union Cranberry Warehouse, and the wildlife that inhabits cranberry marshes.

Before or after the tour, visitors can enjoy a meal at the Cranberry Country Cafe. The cafe is open for breakfast and lunch, as well as the Friday Night Steak and Fish Fry. The vintage ice cream parlor area offers six different cranberry flavors custom-made for the venue.

The gift shop offers a variety of Wisconsin-made gourmet food products, t-shirts, hats, locally made cranberry candles, cranberry soaps, books, and more.