Businesses
This new store formerly housed a t-shirt store, and is located near one of Ely's two stoplights. Now, this store is a must-stop for locally produced art, or to rent out studio art space.
What is the Meadows?
This annual event is slated to run for a third time this month; don't miss all the great showings!
What is the Ely Film Festival?
This weekly, summer season staple involves craft, food, performance, and more in Whiteside Park on Tuesday Nights.
What is the Ely Farmer's Market?
This restaurant has been a hardware store, a mortuary, and now is a bar / brewery.
What is the Boathouse Brewpub?
This business has been open since 1915, and it one of the oldest operational businesses in the US of its kind.
What is Ely Steam Sauna?
This Northern Lakes Arts Association production is slated to host opening night on Thursday, March 27 to kick off a two-week run of performances featuring our friends and neighbors.
What is Matilda: The Musical?
This local gathering space comes alive in the summertime and hosts many events such as the Ely Folk School Spring Bonfire.
What is Semers Park Beach?
This seasonal breakfast restaurant features stuffed hashbrowns, enormous portions, and is open for the earliest risers; bring your cash!
What is Britton's?
This hotspot of activity used to be housed in the now unused Community Center, and was moved to a new building in 2014. Make sure to bring a piece of mail with your name on it when you first visit to gain access to all that this entity has to offer!
What is the Ely Public Library?
This nonprofit organization benefits from nearly 100 volunteers annually, some of whom drive community elders to appointments as needed.
What is Northwoods Partners?
Some of the oldest rocks on earth are located here in Ely, and can be seen in this inconspicuous landmark in town.
What is Pillow Rock?
This traditional Slovenian delicacy is a staple on many Iron’s Ranger’s Christmas and Easter menus.
What is honey walnut potica?
This business has locations in Ely, Virginia, Duluth, and Rochester, Minnesota, as well as two new locations in Bismarck and Fargo North Dakota.
What is the Pebble Spa?
This new but beloved program was created in fall 2023 by Jess Edberg, the executive director of the Dorothy Molter Museum.
What is History Happy Hour?
This tourist hotspot began as an exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota in 1985 that set attendance records and went on tour in 19 cities around the US and Canada before making its home in Ely.
What is the International Wolf Center?
This food is considered sacred, according to the Annishinaabe prophecy which inspired a journey to the land where food grows on water.
What is wild rice / manoomin?
This person owns both Mealey's Gift and Sauna Shop and the Ely Surplus and Outdoor store.
Who is Jim Mealy?
This monthly initiative is sponsored by Boundary Waters Connect and the Entrepreneur Fund as an effort to foster collaboration for community and economy.
What is Ely for Ely?
This museum is housed in Minnesota North - Vermilion Campus's fine arts wing, and features relics of the people of Ely, Winton, and indigenous people.
What is the Ely-Winton History Museum?
This year-round restaurant is a "hidden gem", as it is near Semers beach and off the "main drag" of Ely; it's menu features an exorbitant amount of styles of hamburgers, and has a large outdoor patio.
What is Stony Ridge?