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Lake City, Missaukee County, Michigan
6 cafés with a Lake City address, scored out of 100. Updated October 2026.
As of October 2026, the highest-scoring café in Lake City, MI on TownAnswer is Shoreline Cafe, with a score of 66 out of 100 (4.7 stars from 98 Google reviews). Next are Four Seasons Event Barn (64) and Coffee Cup (56). We scored 6 cafés with a Lake City address. If review count matters most, McDonald's has the most Google reviews (1,615). For the highest star rating with 25 or more reviews, see Four Seasons Event Barn (4.9 stars).
This page has fewer than three scored businesses, so we keep it out of search results until it has more. The nearest city pages are listed below.
Our October 2026 pull of Google Maps found 6 cafés with a Lake City mailing address. 4 list a website, 5 have claimed their Google listing and 2 take online bookings.
1 belong to a business with three or more Michigan locations in our data. The other 5 have one or two.
Every business is scored by the same rules. A business cannot pay for a higher place.
The most-reviewed café in Lake City is McDonald's with 1,615 Google reviews. The median rating among scored listings is 4.7 stars.
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The 100-point TownAnswer score. Every café here is checked on the same 5 parts: reputation (26 points), review volume (18), focus (14), profile (22) and verified owner (20). Nobody pays to rank. How we rank
Weekend hoursClaimed on Google
Shoreline Cafe is at 200 Main St Ste A, Lake City, MI 49651. That is 0.4 miles northwest of the Lake City city center. Its Google category is "Coffee shop", with Cafe as extra categories. Its 4.7 stars rest on 98 reviews, which our method reads as 4.66 after the review-count adjustment.
★ 4.9 88 Google reviews
Weekend hoursClaimed on Google
Four Seasons Event Barn is at 80 N 8 Mile Rd, Lake City, MI 49651. It sits about 7.7 miles east of central Lake City. Its Google category is "Coffee shop", with Conference center as extra categories. After we adjust for review count, its 4.9 stars count as 4.83.
★ 4.5 438 Google reviews
Weekend hoursClaimed on Google438 reviews
Coffee Cup lists its address as 84 Morey Rd, Lake City, MI 49651. That is 0.8 miles northwest of the Lake City city center. Its Google category is "Breakfast restaurant". Its 4.5 stars rest on 438 reviews, which our method reads as 4.50 after the review-count adjustment.
Opens before 7 AMOpen after 8 PMWeekend hoursBooks onlineClaimed on Google1,615 reviews
McDonald's lists its address as 32 Morey Rd, Lake City, MI 49651. It sits about 0.7 miles northwest of central Lake City. Its Google category is "Coffee shop", with Breakfast restaurant, Fast food restaurant, Hamburger restaurant as extra categories. Its 2.9 stars rest on 1,615 reviews, which our method reads as 2.91 after the review-count adjustment. McDonald's has 133 locations in our Michigan data. Each location is scored on its own reviews.
Opens before 7 AMOpen after 8 PMWeekend hoursBooks online
Biggby is at 5782 W Houghton Lake Rd, Lake City, MI 49651. That is 0.7 miles north of the Lake City city center. Google files it under "Coffee shop". Its 4.1 stars rest on 27 reviews, which our method reads as 4.21 after the review-count adjustment. The owner has not claimed the Google listing.
Weekend hoursClaimed on Google
You will find Lake Missaukee Beach Shack at 6201 Park St, Lake City, MI 49651. It sits about 0.9 miles northwest of central Lake City. Its Google category is "Coffee shop", with Camping store, Beach club, Convenience store as extra categories. After we adjust for review count, its 5.0 stars count as 4.51.
| # | Business | Score | Grade | Rating | Reviews | Street |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoreline Cafe | 66 | B- | 4.7 | 98 | 200 Main St Ste A |
| 2 | Four Seasons Event Barn | 64 | C+ | 4.9 | 88 | 80 N 8 Mile Rd |
| 3 | Coffee Cup | 56 | C | 4.5 | 438 | 84 Morey Rd |
| 4 | McDonald's | 54 | C | 2.9 | 1,615 | 32 Morey Rd |
| 5 | Biggby | 51 | C | 4.1 | 27 | 5782 W Houghton Lake Rd |
| 6 | Lake Missaukee Beach Shack | 51 | C | 5.0 | 3 | 6201 Park St |
Lake City has 705 residents on 1.0 square miles of land, about 673 people per square mile (ACS 2024 5-year estimates, Census Gazetteer).
The median household income is $74,583 and the median age is 47.5. These figures describe the town. They do not show who visits any business on this page.
Our October 2026 data has 6 cafés with a Lake City mailing address: 85.1 per 10,000 residents. A mailing city can differ from the city limits, so treat the ratio as a guide.
Ask for the roast date on retail beans. Fresh beans taste best within a few weeks of roasting.
If you plan to work, check the seats, the power outlets and the Wi-Fi rules. Some cafés limit laptops at busy times.
Check the hours before you go. Many independent cafés close in the afternoon.
County health departments inspect food service in Michigan. You can ask the county for a café's latest inspection report.
Chains are scored by the same rules as independent shops. Each location is scored on its own reviews.
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Our October 2026 data lists 6 cafés with a Lake City mailing address. 6 have a Google rating and are scored. A business can be missing, so treat the count as a floor.
Shoreline Cafe has the highest TownAnswer score in Lake City: 66 out of 100, from 4.7 stars and 98 Google reviews. Scores change when listings change.
Reputation (26 points) is the Google rating adjusted for how many reviews it rests on. Review volume adds up to 18, how closely the business matches the trade up to 14, profile facts such as website, phone, hours, photos and a claimed listing up to 22, and a profile the owner verified with TownAnswer adds 20.
No. Every business is scored by the same rules, and no payment changes a score or a place on a list.
Nearby city pages: Lake (4.3 miles), Falmouth (8.9 miles), McBain (9.2 miles), Manton (11.0 miles).
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Lake City is in Missaukee County. See every café in the county on the Missaukee County page.
We refresh the data from Google Maps and change the date on the page only when the data changes. This version uses data read in October 2026.
TownAnswer ranks local businesses by one published method. Businesses cannot pay to change their rank. Ratings and review counts come from Google Maps, read in October 2026. Details change, so confirm hours, prices and licences with each business. How we rank.
