MID-SUMMER NEWSLETTER

“Summertime is always the best of what might be.”
                                                  Charles Bowden

Summer is a beautiful season here at Rivertown Inn. There is so much coming up in Stillwater to tell you about:  Summer Tuesdays offers live music in the park, an outdoor market and a movie in Lowell Park each week, right on the St. Croix and walking distance from the Inn.  The Square Lake Film and Music Festival is one of the area’s best kept secrets, and the 83rd Lumberjack Days celebration is just around the corner. Read on for details and a special offer.

RIVERTOWN INN COOKING CLASSES

Vegetarian Feast
Saturday, July 22
Learn techniques for vegetarian cooking to produce a 3-course meal even hard core carnivores will love!

Paleo Desserts
Saturday, August 12 & 19
Learn to make scrumptious Paleo desserts like Avocado Key Lime Pie and Maple Apple Crisp. Healthy desserts really can taste this delicious!

All classes feature hands-on instruction, plentiful food and wine samplings and take home recipes of the menus from the day. For more information, please visit our Cooking Class (HERE) page.

WHAT’S NEW AT THE INN

DINNER AT RIVERTOWN INN

Chef Maggie Wescott’s passion for creative, healthy food is now available exclusively for guests of the Inn. What could be more relaxing – and delicious – than checking in to your room and simply walking downstairs for dinner? Your dietary requests are all carefully considered, and your 3-course meal will be created especially for you. Wine pairings available.

And for a new wine with dinner … or just because … Rivertown Inn is pleased to offer Murphy-Goode wines, brought to us by winemaker and Minnesota native Dave Ready Jr.  We’re particularly excited about the Cuvee Chardonnay that has been aged in barrels created from aged oak in Caledonia, MN.

FEATURED PACKAGE:
BED, BREAKFAST & BIKE TOUR

Stillwater is fast becoming known as a first-class biking destination. Spend an afternoon finding out what all the buzz is about! Ride any distance with none of the familiar hassles. Rivertown Inn is proud to partner with Wahoo! Adventures who will pick you up at the Inn with all gear in tow, and return you whenever you’d like. There are options for an Ice Cream Tour, a Beer and Bike Tour, or a View at the Top Vista Tour. 

Have you been to Brown’s Creek, the new bike trail beginning in downtown Stillwater? The wooded, paved path connects to Gateway State Trail at Pine Point Park, and offers more than 20 miles of relatively flat biking from Stillwater to downtown St. Paul. Click HERE to read more about the Gateway State Trail.

The Bed, Breakfast & Bike Tour includes drop off and pick up by Wahoo! Adventures, two specialized 24-speed bicycles, helmets, maps, and lock. $129 per couple. Please contact us at (651) 430-2955 or click HERE for more information.

AROUND TOWN …

SUMMER TUESDAYS – July 11 - August 22
Summer Tuesdays is celebrating 15 years of family fun in downtown Stillwater’s scenic and historic business district. Join the fun at Lowell Park for seven weeks of a local food and merchant market, music and movies at dusk. This event is free of charge.  Find more information and schedules HERE.

LUMBERJACK DAYS – July 21, 22 and 23
2017 marks the 83rd anniversary of the Stillwater Lumberjack Days.  Join a 5k or 10k run, a yoga class in the park, an old-fashioned pie eating contest, and live music (Mason Jennings and Har Mar Superstar are just two of the bands performing this year). Find information and schedule of events HERE.

SQUARE LAKE FILM & MUSIC FESTIVAL – Saturday, August 5
The Square Lake Film & Music Festival is one of the best kept summer secrets of the upper Midwest, featuring Minnesota music, independent films. The movies are shown in the hay barn-converted-to-theater during the transition time between bands. The festival is located on a 25-acre farm near the beautiful St. Croix Valley and within a few miles of the scenic Gateway Bike Trail. For a complete look at these - and all of  Stillwater’s summer offerings, please visit DiscoverStillwater (HERE).

THE BEAUTIFUL NEW BRIDGE:  ST. CROIX RIVER CROSSING
St. Croix River Crossing ribbon cutting ceremony is set for Wednesday, Aug. 2 at 10am. Officials from Minnesota and Wisconsin will gather to mark the completion of the new St. Croix River Crossing.  Join us for this historic event and be one of the first to walk or ride across the historic lift bridge. The new crossing, which connects Oak Park Heights, Minnesota, and St. Joseph, Wisconsin, will provide a more direct route between the states, and will replace the more than 80-year old Stillwater Lift Bridge, which will become  a pedestrian-only bridge. For more information, click HERE.   

NEWSLETTER SPECIAL
To thank you for subscribing to our newsletter, we’re offering 10% off any reservation made through August, 2017. Please register online with the code NEWSLETTER, or call (651) 430-2955 and mention our Midsummer special.
(*Not valid with any other special offers, coupons or certificates.)