Lake Orion for First-Timers
10 stops · about 5 hours · Updated October 6, 2026
For a first visit to Lake Orion, MI, start with the shops, drinks, and park stops on S Broadway St. Nutz About Chocolate serves dessert and offers in-store shopping and pickup, while Children’s Park has slides, swings, and picnic tables, with dogs welcome. Boutique Chic sells women’s clothing, jewelry, and accessories and features businesses and organizations that give back. Elvira High Fashion adds another boutique stop; bring cash and call ahead for its changing hours.
For food, Pho Street Restaurant on S Lapeer Rd has a 4.8 Google rating from 834 reviews and a listed price level of 1. Rick’s on the Lake on Heights Rd offers pizza, curbside pickup, and delivery, including beer with pizza.
Choose your drink stop by what you want to do. O Cigar Bar combines cigars, wine, and premium liquor with food, plush seating, and sports watching. Wine Social offers a patio with a fireplace and heaters, plus views of Paint Creek, Children’s Park, and a waterfall across the street. American Legion - Post 233 brings drinks, darts, and cornhole to the downtown lineup.
Eat here first
anytime
Stop 1
Pho Street Restaurant
4.8(834)Orion Township
Pho Street Restaurant pairs a listed price level of 1 with a 4.8 Google rating from 834 reviews and a Patio classification.
Stop 2
Nutz About Chocolate
4.8(84)Lake Orion
Nutz About Chocolate provides a dessert stop on S Broadway St, with in-store shopping, pickup, and a 4.8 Google rating from 84 reviews.
Stop 3
Rick's on the Lake
4.7(287)Lake Orion
Rick’s on the Lake offers pizza and beer delivery, curbside pickup, and free lot and street parking, with a wheelchair-accessible entrance.
Have a drink
evening
Stop 4
O Cigar Bar
4.8(76)Lake Orion
O Cigar Bar combines cigars, wine, and premium liquor with food at the bar, plush seating, soft lighting, and sports watching.
Stop 5
Wine Social
4.6(277)Lake Orion
Wine Social pairs wine, craft beer, and custom cocktails with a heated patio, fireplace, and views of Paint Creek and Children’s Park.
Stop 6
American Legion - Post 233
4.6(51)Lake Orion
American Legion - Post 233 offers drinks, darts, and cornhole in downtown Lake Orion, MI, with free parking and a wheelchair-accessible entrance.
See something
anytime
Stop 7
Children's Park
4.6(231)Lake Orion
Children’s Park provides slides, swings, and picnic tables for a play-and-picnic stop, welcomes dogs, and has a wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking.
Stop 8
Lake Orion Community Schools , Early Childhood Center
4.0(9)Orion Township
The Early Childhood Center adds an early childhood school to the guide, with a Joslyn Rd location and wheelchair-accessible entrance and parking.
Take something home
anytime
Stop 9
Elvira High Fashion
4.8(21)Lake Orion
Elvira High Fashion adds a small-business boutique on S Broadway St, with a 4.8 Google rating from 21 reviews and cash-only payments.
Stop 10
Boutique Chic
5.0(6)Lake Orion
Boutique Chic sells women’s clothing, jewelry, and accessories while featuring women-owned businesses and organizations that give back, with in-store and curbside pickup.
