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Firehouse Subs (Oshtemo Township)
1750 S. Drake Road Suite A Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 372-8400 Website Menu We had one last day with only one kid at home. L was still with J’s parents. We were meeting them in Portage, IN before all...
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Silver Harbor Brewing Company
721 Pleasant Street St. Joseph, MI 49085 (269) 281-7100 Website Menu It’s over. Finally. It’s over. No more weddings this year. I love my friends and family, but three weeks in a row to start the...
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Jack & Benny’s Barnstormer Diner
2160 W. Case Road Columbus, OH 43235 (614) 292-5699 Website Menu Road trip! J and I have been wanting to take a trip to Columbus, Ohio for a few years. We love taking zoo trips in the summer and the...
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Columbus Zoo and Aquarium
4850 Powell Road Powell, OH 43065 (614) 645-3400 Website We’ve been to a lot of zoos over the years. Binder Park, John Ball, Brookfield, Lincoln Park, Potawatami, Miller Park, Peoria, Indianapolis,...
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Donatos Pizza (Dublin, High Street)
6 S. High Street Dublin, OH 43017 (614) 793-1100 Website Menu We loved the Columbus Zoo. It was a long, hot day, but it was so worth it. Five and a half hours after we started on our trek, we were...
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Graeter’s Ice Cream (Dublin)
6255 Frantz Road Dublin, OH 43017 (614) 799-2663 Website Menu We walked around the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium for about five and a half hours and every Dippin’ Dots stand we passed was closed. We kept...
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North Market
59 Spruce Street Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 463-9664 Website When we decided to make the trip to Columbus to go to the Zoo, we knew we didn’t want to do any driving before or after walking around in the...
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Sarefino’s Pizza & Italian Deli
59 Spruce Street Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 457-3900 Website Menu Our first task once arriving at North Market was to find food for the kids. We had skipped breakfast to make sure they were hungry for...
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Market & Boar
59 Spruce Street Columbus, OH 43215 (614) 471-8844 Website Menu The North Market in Columbus, OH has so many options when it comes to prepared food. We met some friends who now live in Dublin at the...
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Dickey’s Barbecue Pit (Coldwater)
445 E. Chicago Street Coldwater, MI 49036 (517) 278-2330 Website Menu Columbus to Kalamazoo is a pretty long drive. It’s easy, but it’s long. We left Columbus around 2:00 after hanging out with some...
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Pop’s Italian Beef & Sausage (Chicago)
10337 S. Kedzie Avenue Chicago, IL 60655 (773) 239-1243 Website Menu We were all over the place for this vacation. Columbus, Ohio back to Kalamazoo, to Silver Beach, to the south suburbs of Chicago,...
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Vito and Nick’s Pizzeria
8433 S. Pulaski Road Chicago, IL 60652 (773) 735-2050 Website Menu The first thing we usually do when we get to Chicago is start planning our first couple of meals. I need Italian beef and we need...
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Nutella Cafe
189 N. Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60601 (800) 861-4888 Website Menu When we left the Chicago Suburbs on Wednesday afternoon, we headed towards my parents house about an hour south. We don’t eat out...
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Garrett Popcorn Shops (Millennium Park Plaza)
151 Michigan Avenue Chicago, IL 60601 (888) 476-7267 Website Menu Chicago is known for so many things. Pizza. Hot Dogs. Popcorn. Popcorn? Yeah. Popcorn. We had a fantastic day in Chicago with a...
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The Irish Legend
8933 Archer Avenue Willow Springs, IL 60480 (708) 330-5264 Website Menu Anyone who has ever moved away from home knows the struggle. Whenever you’re back in town visiting, everyone you know that...
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Rykse & Co. Market & Eatery
7141 West Q Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 978-8600 Website Menu Alright, let’s get back to some Southwest Michigan blog posts, huh? Vacation was fun and I blog about the places we eat and places...
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Artisan Sandwich Company
348 S. Kalamazoo Mall Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 220-5665 Website Menu The thing I’ve really noticed after working downtown for a few months is there is not a lot of grab and go places for lunch....
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Cold Stone Creamery (Kalamazoo)
4540 W. Main Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 343-0940 Website Menu I’ve always had the romanticized idea of walking to the corner ice cream shop to get ice cream to end the day with our kids. I say...
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Bella Creamery
10098 Shaver Road Portage, MI 49024 (269) 327-4057 No Known Website No Online Menu I love it when my wife suggests ice cream for dinner. We were having another lazy Saturday. J had taken a late nap...
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Boulder Ridge Wild Animal Park
8313 Pratt Lake Avenue SE Alto, MI 49302 (616) 868-6711 Website Did you know we like zoos? Have I mentioned that recently? I mean, I guess it has been a few weeks since my last zoo post when we went...
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