Station 702
702 Douglas Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 350-3599 Website Menu We didn’t plan on going to breakfast this morning. J let me sleep in a little bit and we had leftover BBQ from the night before so...
View ArticleAFB Bar & Grill
2941 Howard Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 459-1350 Website Menu Late night meals. I never know what to do when I get off work and I’m hungry. Too many times I have stopped at McDonalds in Wayland...
View ArticleMemphis Smokehouse
180 Monroe Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 242-9004 Website Menu I can’t pass up BBQ. Seriously. I just can’t drive by good BBQ and a few weeks ago, a new BBQ place opened in downtown Grand...
View ArticleThe Grind Cafe
2728 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 459-8401 Website Menu I seem to have this vision in my head of college towns being rich with late night and 24-hour food joints. It just seems to...
View ArticleBuddy’s Restaurant Pizzeria – Livonia
33605 Plymouth Road Livonia, MI 48150 (734) 261-3550 Website Menu A long time ago, back in 2009, I took my family to a Tigers game for the first time. On that trip, I really wanted to check out a...
View ArticleLafayette Coney Island
118 W. Lafayette Boulevard Detroit, MI 48226 (313) 964-8198 Website Menu It’s 1:30 AM and you’re awake and hungry in downtown Detroit. Where do you go? Duh. Do I even need to spell it out. That’s...
View ArticleBig Moe’s BBQ Express
1928 Gull Road Kalamazoo, MI 49048 (269) 488-5502 No Known Website Menu There’s never enough BBQ. Never. Seriously….never. A couple of days ago, I got a text message from J saying she just passed a...
View ArticleSarkozy Bakery
350 E. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 342-1952 Website Menu I have to be honest. Before the fire, I had only been in Sarkozy Bakery once. J and I, like fools, tried to walk in on Fat...
View ArticleBen’s Soft Pretzels – Oshtemo
501 N. 9th Street Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 312-8930 Website Menu I don’t go to Walmart often. I don’t have any of the usual objections to Walmart, I just like Meijer better. I do, however, go to...
View ArticleMichelle’s Stone Ridge
25441 Red Arrow Highway Mattawan, MI 49071 (269) 668-5333 Website Menu It’s been a while since I’ve gotten my butt out of bed on a Sunday so we could go to breakfast. I made the decision Saturday...
View ArticleToppers Pizza – Grand Rapids
947 Wealthy Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (616) 719-3300 Website Menu It’s been a weird couple weeks at work. I worked two days, was off three (including Thanksgviving) then worked seven in a row....
View ArticleCasa Bolero
116 Portage Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 382-3148 Website Menu Not having any family in the area means nights out are few and far between. Finding a babysit is hard and when we do have family in...
View ArticleCaruso’s Pizza & Pasta
4801 Rivercrest Drive Crestwood, IL 60445 (708) 824-3400 Website Menu One of my favorite things about going to my in-laws house in the Chicago suburbs is the food. Man, oh man, is Chicago food...
View ArticleCostco Food Court – Oshtemo Township
5100 Century Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 743-2298 Website Menu Last summer, J and I started noticing a clearing of the land on a pretty large area near Michigan Avenue and US-131 in Oshtemo...
View ArticleDick Clark’s American Bandstand Express – Oneida Casino
2020 Airport Drive Ashwaubenon, WI 54313 (920) 494-4500 Website Menu Every now and then, I get to do something really cool for work. Last weekend, I was sent to Green Bay for a job along with a...
View ArticleBurger Town Grille & Upper Deck Sports Bar
9136 Shaver Road Portage, MI 49024 (269) 492-1711 Website Menu It’s been quite a while since J and I went out for lunch and it wasn’t fast food. L is always so good at restaurants, but we’ve been...
View ArticleButch’s Beach Burrito’s – Spring Lake
728 E. Savidge Street Spring Lake, MI 49456 (616) 842-3900 Website Menu Summer in Grand Haven is awesome. The beach scene is fantastic and the food along the channel is the perfect summer time fare....
View ArticleSpeedy Cafe – Wayland
1155 W. Superior Street Wayland, MI 49348 (269) 792-4189 Website Menu I go through a lot of gas driving between Grand Rapids and Kalamazoo five days a week. Most of the time, I like to stop at...
View ArticleCranker’s Restaurant & Brewery
454 68th Street SW Grand Rapids, MI 49548 (616) 827-1919 Website Menu A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine from work was finally lucky enough to get the hell out. He had found a new job with...
View ArticlePerrin Brewing Company
5910 Comstock Park Drive NW Comstock Park, MI 49321 (616) 551-1957 Website Menu There are so many great breweries in Grand Rapids and so many I haven’t been able to check out yet. After spending a...
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