Burger of the Day

This Saturday, Umbo is a burger joint

Saturday, October 31, noon until we get sick of it

Our Bob’s Burgers Halloween pop-in. Burgers, normal and punny, plus fries, beer and wine. Come in costume, bring the kids.

See the details No reservations. Just pop in.
Oyster Bar & Restaurant

a taste ofUmbo

Fine seafood, unfussy — served the way we’d want it ourselves.

Thu–Mon4:30–9:30pTraverse City, MI
Umbo's dining room — a curved plaster ceiling with trailing plants, wavy walnut shelving of bottles and glassware, and a marble bar lined with wishbone chairs
The Room

Vintage seaside, up north

Plaster walls, curved wood, and a wink of old-postcard glamour. A small room built for long dinners — a raw bar, a few bottles, and the kind of night that stretches.

Umbo is a 25-seat oyster bar at 430 E. Front Street in downtown Traverse City, from Cameron Rolka and Sarah Welch, the team behind Marrow and Mink in Detroit. Oysters, tinned fish, and caviar, with an all-Michigan natural wine list plus Michigan beer and cider. Dinner Thursday through Monday, 4:30 to 9:30pm. Text (231) 944-2797 to reserve, or walk on in.

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Six oysters on the half shell over crushed ice on a silver tray, with lemon wedges and two squeeze bottles of sauce
Photo by Lindsey Mak
The Raw Bar

Oysters, always

Oysters on ice and tinned fish are always on, caviar comes by the gram, and the rest of the menu turns with the season and the market.

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