Tapiola - Michigan's Upper Peninsula

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Tapiola's center consists of the school (now a senior center), an Apostolic church, the Feed Mill restaurant in the onetime cooperative store, and <B>Karvakko's general store</B> and gas station. "If we don't<br>have it, you don't need it!" used to be their motto, Kathy Timonen informs us, adding that the store is "now offering great sub sandwiches!" Karvakko's and the Feed Mill are real community services in a small rural place 15 minutes from anywhere - enough to bring neighbors together. <br><br><B>Tapiola </B>was settled by Finns in the early 1890s and named "Tapiola," which means "home of the forest king," local people say. That was long before 1925 when the great Finnish composer <B>Jean Sibelius</B> finished <B>his masterpiece, the tone poem <I>Tapiola</I>,</B> which was his last major symphonic work. It used music to depict “the forest essence of the <B>Finnish god of the forests</B>, <B>Tapio</B>. So says the Inkpot Sibelius Nutcase reviewer at <a target="_top" href="http://www.inkpot.com/classical/sibtapiola.html">www.inkpot.com/classical/sibtapiola.html</a> , the delightful Flying Inkpot web site of music reviews that started with a group of Singapore graduate students and music-lovers in 1996. Visit that page for a wonderful appreciation of Sibelius's affinity with nature and the northland's forests from a music lover in the tropics of urban Asia, search for Flying Inkpot Sibelius.<br><br>Sibelius Nutcase, whoever that may be, includes Sibelius's introduction to <I>Tapiola</I>, with the suggestion that it is "to be read with a foreboding James Earl Jones voice." Imagine that it's 1895 and you have just carved out your Finnish farm from the forests of southern Houghton County. Then recite it: <BR><br>"Wide-spread they stand, the Northland's dusky forest<BR><br>Ancient, mysterious, brooding savage dreams.<BR><br>Within them dwells the Forest's mighty God<BR><br>And wood-sprites in the gloom weave magic secrets." <br clear="all"> <hr> <center> <script type="text/javascript"> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </center> <hr> <p align="right"><a href="keweenaw_peninsula.html" target="_top">Back to Keweenaw Peninsula</a></p> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> <td width="37%" valign="top"> <table width="100%" cellspacing=0 cellpadding=8 border=0> <tr> <td height="4" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=1 alt="-"></td> </tr> <tr> <td valign="top" align="center" bgcolor="#C7302D" width="37%">  <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica" color="#FFFFFF"> <b> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <font size="-1"> TAPIOLA<br> RESTAURANTS,<br> LODGINGS<br> & CAMPGROUNDS </font> <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=6 alt="-"><br> <font size="-2">These are our choices, not ads.</font><br> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> </b> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td valign=top bgcolor="#FFE09B" width="37%">  <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>TAPIOLA<br>RESTAURANTS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> See also: Chassell, Houghton.<br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=8 alt="-"><br> <a name="e1124"><b>FEED MILL CAFE</b></a><br> (906) 334-2722 <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> For a backroads adventure, many area residents have been taking a beautiful country drive out to this cheery, affordable, smoke-free café. It's <B>in Tapiola's former co-operative store and feed mill</B>, and sacks and other farm memorabilia set the tone. In starting the restaurant, owners Tom and Ruth Mackrain, ex-dairy farmers, wanted a place like the co-op of old where people could meet and talk about local news. It's open from breakfast through dinner. Most dinners cost around $8. Only the Friday fish fry and Wednesday ribs are more ($13 including potato and soup and salad bar). Local people know the schedule: Monday Salisbury steak, Tuesday meat loaf, Wednesday ribs, <B>Thursday pasties and cabbage rolls</B>, Friday fish fry, and Saturday who knows? Maybe lasagna, maybe another special, but always pork chops. One customer told Ruth he had made a point to try every restaurant pasty in Copper Country, and the Feed Mill's pasty was best.     Ruth says the cafe is getting very well known for its <B>homemade pies</B>, soups, and breads. The Feed Mill tomato soup starts with a tomato soup base and adds ground chuck, tomato chunks, celery, onions, and her secret, slightly spicy seasonings. She's especially proud of her <B>raspberry-rhubarb-custard pie</B> (her own innovation), her sky-high lemon meringue, her banana cream, and her perfect berry pie made with four kinds of frozen berries. The Feed Mill enjoys accommodating groups of seniors; their restrooms were planned for wheel chairs. <br><img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=5 alt="-"><br> <i>On Tapiola-Otter Lake Road in the center of Tapiola, the north-south road between Pelkie and Houghton. <B>From Houghton</B> and M-26, turn south at the light just south of the Copper Country Mall and continue south to Tapiols. <B>From U.S. 41 at Chassell</B>or M-26 at Painesdale, take the Chassel-Painesdale Road to Tapiola-Otter Lake Road, turn south. <B>From M-38</B> between Baraga and Mass City/Greenland, turn north to Pelkie, continue north to Tapiola. Open Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat 8-8. Wheelchair-accessible. Children's menu. No alcohol.</i> <p> </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#CDCCAD" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>TAPIOLA<br>LODGINGS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </font> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td bgcolor="#B6DBA4" valign="top"> <font face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica"> <img src="images/1x1.gif" width=15 height=9 alt="-"><br> <center><font size="-1" color="#C82F2C"><b>TAPIOLA<br>CAMPGROUNDS</b></font></center> <br> <font size="-2"> </font> </font> </td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table>  </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan=5 align="center">  <br> <center> <font size="+1" color="#454545" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica">Copyright © 2010 Midwestern Guides</font> </center> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </body> </html>