Cedarburg

See

Do

• Winter Festival is held in February, featuring the ice sculptures, naturally, as well as bed and barrel races on Cedar Creek. There is a parade, a chili competition, and other family-friendly activities. There is a new theme every year.
• The arrival of summer is the time to celebrate the ripening strawberry crop, and Cedarburg celebrates with the Strawberry festival. The Plein Air painting competition draws dozens of artists, and you find strawberry-flavored everything from wine to bratwurst. Games, live music and dozens of stalls transform Washington Avenue from main thoroughfare into summertime party. More than 100,000 festival-goers attended in 2009.
• Arrival of fall brings celebration of the harvest at the Wine & Harvest festival. Traditional autumnal festivities include apple bobbing, pumpkin carving, live bands and plenty of good food.
• Other festivals include German Fest and the Cedarburg Cycling Classic in July, and several Maxwell Street Days held throughout the warm season.

Buy

Cedarburg's shops are most well known for jewelry, artwork, and antique home furnishings. An excellent time to shop in Cedarburg is during one of the many annual festivals. Maxwell Street days at the County Fair Grounds hosts small vendors selling everything from antiques to collectibles, knick-knacks, curios and odds-and-ends.

The Cedar Creek Settlement, at the Woolen Mill, offers a variety of shops, and many more are located up and down Washington Avenue, including bookstores, flower shops, jewelers, art galleries, furniture stores, clothing boutiques, and much else.

Eat

At the Cedar Creek Settlement, at the corner of Bridge Street & Washington Avenue, there are two notable eateries. The Cream & Crepe Cafe serves crepes, soups, sandwiches and other tasty meals in a pioneer-styled section of the settlement next to Cedar Creek. The Anvil is a newer restaurant opened in the former blacksmith's shop, and it serves a variety of meals and Wisconsin-brewed beer.

Cedarburg also offers a thriving cafe culture. The Java House, just north of City Hall, was the first to open in 1992. The Cedarburg Coffee roaster has earned a reputation in the Midwest for excellent coffee, and beans are roasted on the premises of the Washington Avenue coffee house.

There are several classic drive-ins, including Wayne's Drive-In at five-corners, featuring roller-skating servers, Out-and-Out south of downtown, creating dozens of healthy sandwiches and wraps, and Hefner's, which is just east of downtown on Columbia Avenue and servers burgers and home-made custard.

Up the main drag in the “new” part of town is a steakhouse named the Farmstead which is always popular.

Drink

There are several old-school bars downtown. Popular among these is Morton's WisconsInn just off of Washington Avenue at Center Street, C. Weislers on the south end of downtown, and the ever-popular Maxwell's at Bridge & Washington.

For wine drinkers, Ernie's wine bar is a located a few blocks from downtown, and the August Weber Haus serves wine, fondue and dinners.

At the Cedarburg Mill on Columbia Avenue you will find the town's local brewery and beer garden, Silver Creek, which brews a lager, a porter, a weiss beer and an India pale ale.

Sleep

The two local stays are at the Washington House Inn, a stately bed-and-breakfast, and the Stagecoach Inn, which has a more rustic feel. Nearby Grafton and Mequon also have locally owned and chain hotels a few miles away.