A new guide will highlight local restaurants in seven northern Indiana counties.

Four restaurants from each county, including Elkhart County, will be part of the first Northern Indiana Foodie Trail, an initiative the Northern Indiana Tourism Development Commission is launching with Midwest Living magazine.

A guide booklet will be released and a website at www.northernindianagetaways.com will showcase the restaurants selected for the trail, according to a press release.

“This is a guide foodies will love. Visitors to this area can pick up the guide and navigate their way to some of northern Indiana’s top restaurants,” said Dan Bearss, executive director of the council, in the press release.

The Elkhart County restaurants are:

Kelly Jae’s Café, 133 S. Main St., Goshen

Venturi Pizza, 123 E. Lincoln Ave., Goshen

Das Dutchman Essenhaus, 240 U.S. 20 Middlebury

Antonio’s, 1105 Goshen Ave., Elkhart



Other counties are:

Porter County

Octave Grill (Chesterton)

Bistro 157 (Valparaiso)

Designer Desserts (Valparaiso)

Wagner’s Ribs (Porter)



LaPorte County

Heston Supper Club (LaPorte)

Mucho Mas! (LaPorte)

Shoreline Brewery (Michigan City)

Sahara (Michigan City)



St. Joseph County

West End Bakery (Mishawaka)

Moser’s Austrian Café (New Carlisle)

Carriage House (South Bend)

Rocco’s Restaurant (South Bend)



Marshall County

Original Root Beer Stand (Culver)

Corndance Café (Culver)

Opie’s Deli (Plymouth)

Edward Christian Dining (Bremen)



Kosciusko County

Cerulean Restaurant (Winona Lake)

Noa Noa Wood Grill and Sushi Bar (Warsaw)

Channel Marker (Syracuse)

Weckmuller Fine Chocolates (Pierceton)



LaGrange County

Blue Gate Restaurant (Shipshewana)

Jo Jo’s Pretzels (Shipshewana)

Foltz Bakery (LaGrange)

Emma’s Café and Catering (Topeka)