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Cherry Republic | Traverse City
154 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684, United States
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Cherry Republic | Traverse City
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Th
Review №1

This store is phenomenal ‼️‼️ It has everything edible, drinkable, and wearable related to CHERRIES 🍒 candy, syrups, wine you name it they have it. And the staff are so customer friendly. Hannah helped me find all sorts of presents for grandkids and friends she was super nice. Meanwhile my husband spent time at the cherry wine tasting bar. Great place in the cherry capital.

Ka
Review №2

Definitely a must visit if you are in Traverse City. Great wine, lot of free snacks to try out and buy and overall a great ambience. I would recommend you to test their wines. Cherry adore was my favorite! Would go here again in a heartbeat.

Do
Review №3

This place was INCREDIBLE. So glad we stoppedJust passing through Traverse City on our way back south on vacation and decided to walk the business district. Hit some jewelry stores, a couple boutiques and were heading back to the car parked down by the beach. Walked past Cherry Republic and something drew us in. First it looks great. Then, the timing was right. Wanted to hit just one more spot before heading out.Walked in the door and were instantly blown away. Everything Cherry that you could imagine. Wine, candy, preserves, salsa, BBQ sauce, and I cant even remember everything they had. We were amazed. Ended up spending over an hour and $100 and loved every minute of it.HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.....If youre in Traverse City and you like cherries (who doesnt) take a minute to step in here. Youll be glad you did.

Ma
Review №4

Did the wine tasting … well worth the sit down time to enjoy great local wines! Joe the bartender was great and filled with knowledge. Thank you!

K
Review №5

We did some wine tasting and it was so difficult for us to choose which bottles to get because they were all so good. They have so many different foods, drinks, candies, dips, etc to choose from. We wanted to walk out of there with everything. Definitely a shop to go to before you leave TC.

Ke
Review №6

Great, very friendly staff fast check out will most definitely come back.

Pa
Review №7

All the best possible foods, drink and all things Cherry 🍒 delightful 👍🏆🍒

bi
Review №8

I love Cherry Republic. The only thing I don’t like is people buying wine bottle from the bar. That makes the bar service slow.

De
Review №9

Cherry EVERYTHING! Cherry wine, salt, BBQ sauce, jam, coffee, salsa, candies and sodas! They also have a public restrooms if you find yourself in need while shopping downtown TC.If you’re reading this, yes, you should pay $9 for a bag of chocolate covered cherries!Great staff and samples of their salsas and sauces served with chips.

Ra
Review №10

Who would have thought this many cherry products could exist! From sweets to beer to wine and beyond. Sure, the products can be expensive like those school fundraiser catalogs the kids being home but it’s quality stuff that you normally couldn’t find at most grocery stores.The one item that has grown a cult following in our house is the Cherry Chocolate BOOM coffee. Our mornings now start even better because of this. Even happier they deliver since we don’t live in MI. Go get yourself some BOOM!!

Mi
Review №11

Place has changed since COVID. No wine or food samples. Not sure if they even sell food anymore. Just doesn’t have the life it once did. I stopped in and bought my chocolate covered cherries which I alway enjoy.

Ni
Review №12

The wine tasting is great. I buy a lot of gifts for family here. Love the cherry malt balls.

Ma
Review №13

When in Traverse City, Cherry Republic is a must! Everything is delicious... Where do I start? The ice cream is delicious, the candy/gummy bear/sour cherry is delicious, the jam is delicious and on and on, and on.

Ri
Review №14

Best place ever!!! Plenty of samples of everything. If you dont like cherry flavor stuff. Tough come in and try this stuff!!!! Chocolate covered raisins and cherries. Cherry flavor salsa. Yummmmmm. What a cool place for snacks at home or parties. Love coming here. We have even ordered online!

Ch
Review №15

Loved the chocolate covered cherrys 🍒. Loved the wine tasting

Sa
Review №16

Cherry Republic holds a special place in my heart. Ive been visiting Traverse City and this store since I was a young girl. And their products just keep getting better. Im in love with their hot salsa and all of their jams. Ooo and the cherry sours are the absolute best! I could peruse this store for hours, meanwhile sampling all of their goodies at the many sampling carts located around the store.

na
Review №17

Good place.

Lu
Review №18

Great place! I love tart cherry and this place has about anything you can think of with cherry.

Sh
Review №19

Bought some jam and had great service too. Love the free samples!

Li
Review №20

Have been a fan of Cherry Republic for many, many, many years - costing the shops up north and buying gift boxes every Christmas but the behavior of the employees last summer causes me to never go again. They were so rude about the masks, telling my daughter that she had to put a mask on her two year old and telling me if I didnt pull it over my nose, I had to leave. So we did and dont care to go back.

Ch
Review №21

My wife and I have visited various other Cherry Republic locations in Michigan, but nothing compares to their Traverse City store.This particular location offers a wide variety of items available for any cherry lover.It’s also worth noting that this store is well laid out and quite visually appealing.Cherry Republic- Traverse City is a “must stop” for any visitor in the downtown core.

Ho
Review №22

Always a fun place to visit. We love the cherry sodas.

Ca
Review №23

Very cute store with a lot of options for cherry souvenirs.

Re
Review №24

Kudos to this location on returning to pre-pamdemic status! Love the samples and added products but am sad theres no longer scooped ice cream or fresh-made cherry-riffic meals

Jo
Review №25

A great place for the whole family! Lots of yummy samples, a fun kids area, and a reasonably priced, unique cafe.

Jo
Review №26

Great selection as always. Can’t beat the freshness

Ga
Review №27

Delicious samples and helpful staff. Do yourself a favor and buy some chocolate covered cherries and cherry BBQ sauce.

Pa
Review №28

Amazing, outstanding, I have never seen so many products based on cherries.

Me
Review №29

We have had nothing be amazing service from Cherry Republic. We have made it a family event to visit as many as we can. So far we have seen Frankenmuth, Ann Arbor, Glenn Arbor, Traverse City. On our way to Charlevoix now.

An
Review №30

Staff pleasant. No waiting and samples of most items.

An
Review №31

They have wine of course and chocolate and and a nice mixture of gifts. The dark chocolate cherries were fantastic. The guy who was there was very helpful and super friendly.

Tr
Review №32

Cute store, bring all your dollars!

br
Review №33

Amazing place I loved my visit.

K1
Review №34

Amazing place with fantastic customer service! Highly recommend if youre looking for unique gifts or interesting cherry themed food and/or drink products.

ka
Review №35

Great shop for all things cherry. Their cherry turtles are amazing. The staff were very friendly and pleasant. They even allowed our husky inside. A must stop when in Traverse city.

Be
Review №36

So good! I love all the quirky cherry jokes that they do. I love the addition of the restaurant as well. The food is great and tasty! I have always been a fan of their products as well. It can be a but expensive for certain things but that does come with the territory. Go in and try everything you can because it is always changing and delicious!

Pa
Review №37

Cherry, cherry and cheery! So many different products. Who knew?

Ch
Review №38

A whole lot of Cherry collection. I didnt know that a lot of products can be made with one fruit...

Je
Review №39

We were there on Customer Appreciation Day and received a free scoop of ice cream! The Cherry jalapeno jelly was great!

De
Review №40

My daughter and I visited Cherry Republic a week ago. I have always loved this store. I was so happy to see the COVID safety precautions in place.Poster on the front door saying masks required and proper way to wear them. Greeter at a table as soon as you enter providing hand sanitizer. Clear spacing in store and in checkout lines.Thanks Cherry Republic for making the effort to keep us all safe.

NI
Review №41

Traverse City has really gone downhill the last couple years and Cherry Republic is no exception. We went to the Cherry Fest in 2019 and the store staff was not as friendly as they had been in the past. We visited Traverse City again this weekend having been up north for a camping trip (the only vacation we could squeeze in amid the COVID pandemic). God forbid I slid my face mask down to sniff some cherry soap they had in their store and immediately a clerk pounced on me Maam, pull your face mask up!. It seemed her only job was to walk through the store and yell (not kindly remind but to shout loudly at customers) to pull their face masks up as I watched her do this to several others. I pulled mine below my nose for a moment after about 20 minutes in the store as I was having difficulty breathing and she again pounced. I advised her I was having difficulty breathing and per ADA guidelines retail establishments should not discriminate on this as they could get into some muddy water. She did not care. We decided to check out quickly and leave the store. Upon checkout, the male clerk thoroughly inspected my husbands mask which he deemed to be too low on his nose. He promptly ordered my husband to pull his mask up. My husband said, Look, can you just check us out so we can be on our way?. No, no...they would prefer to get into an altercation with you regarding proper donning of PPE. I understand this is your policy but lets go with informing and and enforcing, maybe. This virus escaped from a level 4 virology lab, I hardly think my tissue thin disposable mask is going to make that big of a difference people. Seriously. After these experiences I will not be back to Traverse City and probably not any location of Cherry Republic.

Na
Review №42

Love the selection and nice staff

Ye
Review №43

1st time visit here & wasnt satisfied with their salsa I purchased. However, I returned the next day & asked if there was anything theh could do...& right away the lady that helped said sure, choose another. She even offered a sample of the other choices...helped me pick the right one. My friend also had some issues with a salsa she bought but had forgotten at home & they still honored her request & gave her a new bottle. Just awesome customer service! The cherry wine & sangria were delicious! The cherry crumb pie was also 😋. Just FYI on the salsas...they run pretty mild. Great little shop & a great town. Definitely visiting again! 🤗😆

Na
Review №44

Our shopping this year was very disappointing. The person who rang up our purchases had no customer service skills at all. I had purchased gifts for 5 people of two jars each and instead of boxing them up as I asked him to do, he wrapped them in brown paper and put some boxes in a separate bag. No paper for in the boxes and now I’m at home wrapping and the items don’t even fit in the boxes. In years past I have left the store with everything boxed nicely, even with a sprig of greenery in the box. I could see that the other cashiers were doing that but the guy that helped? us didn’t. It wasn’t that the store was too busy, just very poor service.

Da
Review №45

Super cool place for a cherry lover. bought a bunch of stuff to take to college with me. was missing one item i bought yesterday without realizing it but when i called back today they took my shipping information to send it all the way home to me! had a tough time getting on the phone but when i finally did the girl i spoke with was super sweet and helpful!

Mo
Review №46

Great place to get everything cherry flavored staff very helpful!

Ra
Review №47

Great place. Free samples. Cute decor

Kr
Review №48

Everything in this store tastes so good!

Ci
Review №49

I love the store and visit every time I come to Traverse City. Everything Cherry you can find it at the store

Kr
Review №50

If you love cherries- this is your place!They provide you lots of samples (even of the wine selections) to help you make your choice.A must stop.

De
Review №51

Nick our waiter was wonderful. He kept a smile on his face the whole time. He was very helpful. The wine was good, but I am more into the dry red wine.

Sc
Review №52

Many items not even local. Disappointed about that.

To
Review №53

Quaint specialty shop where everything is a little cherry! Anything you can add cherries to they have thought of it. We came home with some cherry chocolate turtles, cherry wine, cherry hot sauce, cherry chocolate pretzels and some other things. A little pricey but unique stuff for sure!

Mi
Review №54

Amazing shop with a bunch of options!

Co
Review №55

Great store if you love all things cherry

Ka
Review №56

This place is really neat. Good food and atmosphere.The Cherry salsa is legitness.

Do
Review №57

Fabulous store wth helpful and friendly staff. Great chery products, gifts and wonderful wrappings!

Ge
Review №58

Great staff!! Very helpful!

Da
Review №59

Nice store and clean area.

Ma
Review №60

Quaint little shop. Lots of things for tourists...

Wi
Review №61

Outrageous fun. A must if youre visiting Traverse City

Bi
Review №62

Nice place.

Me
Review №63

Love Cherry Republic! Great place to buy gifts for out-of-towners. I got my boss a little gift basket for Christmas last year! My dad, Tim, works in the wine department and he’s very passionate about customer service and wine (of course). I suspect another comment is about him, regarding masks, and I don’t appreciate someone calling him a “jackass.” Totally unnecessary to call someone that, calling anyone that. Even if the review was not about my dad, that’s just an employee following store policy. Anyways, great place!

na
Review №64

I love tart cherries. I like the idea of the store. Unfortunately they didnt have what I was truly looking for, which was plain dried tart cherries. Everything had sugar. So disappointed. One preserve was sweetened with grape juice which I got. The sales woman kept saying it is the sweet taste comes from the cherries which ofcourse wasnt true. I love the tart taste of the cherries, so I wish they would offer that choice. The items overall were interesting eventhough it was a bit pricey

Le
Review №65

LOVE this store! Clean, modern, and friendly staff. High-quality selection. Highly recommend!

ch
Review №66

Nice place to visit. Did not know there were that many different types of Cherry Wines. The real cherry gummies and sour ones will be awesome.

Ja
Review №67

Very cute, great smells

TA
Review №68

Lots and lots of Cherrys good place to get cherry everything from candy to salsa

Pa
Review №69

I absolutely love this place!! I am always excited to come here when we visit TC and is my favorite store in downtown. The cherry wine is my favorite!

Su
Review №70

No taste test, wine no open?

Ka
Review №71

Love their covid protocols. Wish every store was as careful.

Ry
Review №72

Ok missing some staples

Da
Review №73

Wonderful selection and friendly staff

c
Review №74

This place was awesome! Visited with family this past weekend (June 23 2017). We went for lunch and it was perfect. The food was delicious and fast. They have a pop machine with all in house mixed flavors (highly recommend the black cherry cream soda). We then stopped to check out all the goodies to buy before we left. They have a huge selection and lots of free samples so you can know what you are getting. Candies, jams, salsa, wine, honey and lots more!

Ja
Review №75

It was very nice, clean and tidy, with a lot of variety. Staff was very nice and helpful. Will definitely go back and will recommend.

Na
Review №76

We always get the cherry sour balls, they are delicious.

Ju
Review №77

Great products, great flavors and well controlled with customers.

El
Review №78

It’s a very small place. Wine samples are extremely tiny, can barely get a good taste. The food there is lack luster. The art exhibits are amazing and the collection of cherry products was great. Overall I only recommend this place for a quick stop. But I wouldn’t plan to spend a day here.

Ar
Review №79

Fun place to find basically anything to do with cherries. My little sister loves their snack sticks and I enjoy the salsa and wine!

Pa
Review №80

Great selection decent tastes. Good service a little pricey.

La
Review №81

Always love this place.

Ol
Review №82

Love there cherry rub

Sc
Review №83

Its amazing the number of things you can do with cherries.

St
Review №84

Incredible place! We will be back as we didnt buy enough cases of our favorite wines, cherry salsa, cherry pie filling, etc. And the people were great too! We will be back thats a promise.

Je
Review №85

Super fun place to try and purchase all things cherry. They have a wine tasting and soda/pop tasting bar. Lots of free samples out all over the store. You can even order food there for lunch or dinner. Lots of fun exploring the different cherry products. The salsa is delicious.

Ri
Review №86

Awesome place to visit when in town. The samples are plentiful. Prices a bit high though there is a reason they have quality items. Found several items cheaper in store than online. I bought a few things to send home for my family to enjoy Northern Michigan from a far.

Ed
Review №87

Excellent place to find, sample and purchase cherry and cherry-based products. Has a small sandwich counter and wine-tasting bar as well. Very addictive products - cant get enough. Favorites include dark chocolate-covered cherries, salsas, jams and jellies.

Gi
Review №88

Nice and friendly. Plenty of cheery items

A
Review №89

I have been coming to this place forever now! Every time we come to TC we make it a priority to go to cherry republic. Awesome free samples and creative foods like cherry salsa and jams. Has a nice station for ice cream and kids to play in the ball pit.

Jo
Review №90

Its a must to come here and be a connoisseur of all things cherry! Lots of free samples. Great wine. Great jam. Great soda, great cherries!

Jo
Review №91

Great selection of cherry products - some of which are very unique.

Ka
Review №92

Great place for old people! My step-dad goes crazy over this place. Dont really know why, but hed definitely give this place 5 stars. Good place to keep old people occupied for hours! Lots of people with white and grey hair in here! Great spot for picking up stray seniors!

Co
Review №93

Huge selection and great service.

Th
Review №94

Busy. Some staff unfamiliar with inventory and its location. Unattfactive plastic bags primary form of packaging. Overpriced.

Pi
Review №95

Awesome staff. Store is absolutely beautiful. There are samples available of everything the store sells. The cherry sangria is great! They also have free wine tasting. There are some very unique things in the gift shop and all made with cherries. I actually hate cherries but there are some really good things here!

Ki
Review №96

Great stop if you have time! They do free cherry wine samples and cherry soda if you have kids with you. Staff was very friendly and if you like cherries they have it all!

Am
Review №97

Lots and lots of Cherry stuff to buy.

Em
Review №98

Nice shop but staff wasnt very friendly.

Ce
Review №99

We havent even been in TC a week and have been in this store 3 times. We just cant stay away! Lovely little store with great selection of salsas, condiments, candies, and wine. They always have tons of samples out too. Yum!

Ku
Review №100

They have shifted the kids area to a contained room in the corner. It is so much easier to watch your kids and be able to shop the store. Good job!

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  • Address:154 E Front St, Traverse City, MI 49684, United States
  • Site:https://cherryrepublic.com/locations/traverse-city/
  • Phone:+1 231-932-9205
Categories
  • Chocolate shop
  • Gift shop
  • Gift basket store
  • Winery
Working hours
  • Monday:10AM–8PM
  • Tuesday:10AM–8PM
  • Wednesday:10AM–8PM
  • Thursday:Closed
  • Friday:10AM–8PM
  • Saturday:10AM–8PM
  • Sunday:10AM–5PM
Service options
  • Curbside pickup:Yes
  • In-store pickup:Yes
Health & safety
  • Mask required:Yes
  • Staff required to disinfect surfaces between visits:Yes
Accessibility
  • Wheelchair accessible entrance:Yes
Planning
  • Quick visit:Yes
Payments
  • Checks:Yes
  • Debit cards:Yes
  • NFC mobile payments:Yes
  • Credit cards:Yes
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