North Fork, NMU's Teaching Kitchen
North Fork, NMU's Teaching Kitchen
North Fork, NMU's Teaching Kitchen
A Student-Run Restaurant in the Heart of Campus
North Fork, NMU’s Teaching Kitchen, is a dining laboratory developed, staffed, and operated by NMU’s Food Service Operations and Hospitality Leadership students as a working classroom. This unique dining opportunity evolves with our student's goals and aspirations as they lead the direction of our menu creation and service style each semester. While operating the Teaching Kitchen, students gain experience developing and managing a fine dining kitchen, dining room, and service staff in a hands-on environment.
When guests dine at North Fork, they are active in educating tomorrow's hospitality leaders. While guest satisfaction is what we train for, the overall goal of the Training Kitchen is to advance the education of our students.
This year, we're joining the celebration of NMU’s 125th year of academic excellence, unmatched community spirit, and Wildcat pride. Dining with us will represent how our education, industry, and programming support NMU’s core values, mission, vision, and Grand Challenges.
RESERVATIONS & UPCOMING EVENTS
The North Fork is open for the 2025 semester on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from March 18th to April 22nd.
The spring 2025 dinner menu offers guests a four-course menu including a weekly, preselected amuse bouche and a selection of one item from three additional dinner courses at one price. Items from our dry bar menu are available at an additional cost.
Reservations vary based on event type. Table reservations are required in advance through the NMU Ticketing website, while limited bar service may be accommodated on specific dates for walk-ins.
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Our Students are the Leaders
Thoughtfully Curated Menus
The first two years of the Hospitality program are spent largely in the kitchen learning the foundation of professional cooking. As students grow in their education and build upon this knowledge, they're given the support, guidance, and freedom to explore these new concepts and confidently express themselves with the dishes they create.
Our students are the stars behind the menu of each restaurant menu. Through careful curation, trials, and collaboration, the students thoughtfully design each menu to ensure a gastronomic journey for our guests.
Menus are developed as part of our coursework. Our menu is entirely created, tested, and finalized within our first seven weeks of class. The program takes pride in this significant accomplishment from our student body and prioritizes this educational accomplishment.
An Unforgettable Dining Experience
The students are at the helm of the front of the house as well. Their leadership skills are on full display as they expertly coordinate the dance between the kitchen and the waitstaff, allowing the restaurant to hum along as they work with grace under pressure.
Our students are able to anticipate guests' needs and expertly describe each deliberate choice made with the menu, decor, and theme. Their education builds to these moments when they work as a team to build each event from the ground up, the greatest reward earned when our guests are enjoying their hard work.
Frequently Asked Questions
Where are you located?
We're located in the Northern Center on NMU's campus in room 2217. Visitors may park in the Lee Drive parking lot or the West Kaye parking lot. For detailed instructions on our location, please see this map.
What is your tipping policy?
While tipping is not expected, we allow guests to tip as they see fit. Our tips are pooled and used as a program donation. When significant donations are gathered, our students collectively decide on purchases to improve the program and fund trending student desires.
By pooling the tips received, this ensures fairness not only within our classroom and program, but across university students. Donations can be made at any time via cash or check, or by credit card at time of North Fork service.
Do you have a cancellation policy? What if I'm running late for my reservation?
Cancellations must be placed five (5) business days in advance by contacting NMU Ticketing at tickets.nmu.edu or 906-227-1032 in order to receive a reservation deposit refund. Cancellations made less than five (5) days in advance are non-refundable.
Guests arriving late will be provided a grace period of 15 minutes. Arriving past this grace period may result in being seated at the bar or losing the reservation.
Program Links
- Mailing List
- Reservations
- Student Application for Articulated CTE Credit
- Hospitality Leadership Advisory Committee
- North Fork Map
- Student Handbook & Uniform Policy
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Contact Information
Contact Information
North Fork, NMU's Teaching Kitchen, is located in the Northern Center Room 2217 on Northern Michigan University's campus, 1401 Presque Isle Avenue in Marquette.
Faculty & Staff
Loganne Glendening | Associate Professor
Phone: 906-227-1958
Email: lglenden@nmu.edu
Alden MacDonald | Assistant Professor
Phone: 906-227-2601
Email: agriffus@nmu.edu