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Kalamazoo State Theatre
404 S. Burdick Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 345-6500 Website I don’t have to tell any parents this, but when you have kids, me time goes away. That’s not a bad thing. We just have to cut back on...
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Wetzel’s Pretzels (Portage)
6650 S. Westnedge Avenue #108 Portage, MI 49024 (269) 329-0610 Website Menu There are certain food chains that require a must stop at for me based on aura alone. They’re usually west coast places...
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Que Buenos Fresh Mexican Grill
2929 Howard Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 775-1719 Website Menu Mexican food and pizza. Two classic staples of late night good on college campuses across America. I’ve worked at a lot of different...
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Cafè ’36
2965 Oakland Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 501-3399 Website Menu It seems like we don’t go out to eat for a while then all of a sudden, there’s a dozen new restaurants that we need to get to....
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TNT – Lil’ Brother’s BBQ
806 Riverview Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (269) 532-8621 Website Menu Several years ago, I stopped at a little BBQ place on North Westnedge for dinner. Since then, that place has been Pharaoh’s Valley...
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West Texas BBQ Company
2190 Brooklyn Road Jackson, MI 49203 (517) 784-0510 Website Menu I always talk about restaurants on “my list” that I just can never find time to make it to. For many years now, there has been a BBQ...
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Mr. Gyros
398 N. Willowbrook Road Coldwater, MI 49036 (517) 278-6699 No Known Website Menu Some days are busier than others at work. We spent last Friday in Branch County on an assignment but most of the day...
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Charlie’s Piggin’ N’ Grinnin’
136 Territorial Road Benton Harbor, MI 49022 (269) 934-7675 Website Menu If you see police cars in a restaurant parking lot at lunch time, STOP! The local police always know the best places to eat,...
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Wings Event Center
3600 Vanrick Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (269) 345-1125 Website I grew up in Central Northeastern Illinois (south of Chicago but not quite far enough south to be considered the central part of the...
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K-Zoo Coney
1903 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 387-0442 Website Menu Surprises aren’t always bad. I had some free time on my lunch break so I decided to head over to WMU and get lunch. Last year,...
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SW’s Donut Mill (Plainwell)
554 E. Allegan Street Plainwell, MI 49080 (269) 225-1025 Website Menu We’re gonna have to share, Kalamazoo. No longer is Sweetwater’s Donut Mill something you will only be able to get in Southwest...
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The Toasted Pickle
112 Washington Avenue Grand Haven, MI 49417 (616) 414-7990 Website Menu I don’t get over to Grand Haven much anymore. When I worked out of Grand Rapids, I was there every couple of weeks. I love...
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Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park
1000 E. Beltline Avenue Grand Rapids, MI 49525 (616) 957-1580 Website Cabin fever is setting in. It may not be with the kids but it always does with me this time of year. I would love to just sit...
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5 Lakes Brewing Company
1638 142nd Avenue Dorr, MI 49323 (616) 359-9555 Website Menu There are so many breweries in Grand Rapids that we haven’t been to that it’s always hard to choose when we do make a rare trip up north....
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Cravings Gourmet Popcorn (Downtown)
109 S. Washington Square Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 803-2782 Website Menu I always feel bad when I get home later than normal from work. J understands why I’m late but it still cuts in to the very...
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Sir Pizza (Vale Street)
198 Vale Street Battle Creek, MI 49014 (269) 963-5553 Website Menu I spent a pretty long day in Lansing one day last week for a conference. We were fed “lunch” at this conference but it was a pretty...
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Rocket Fizz (Kalamazoo)
125 S. Kalamazoo Mall Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 888-2588 Website Candy and soda pop…..are there two better treats? Candy for the kids. Pop for me. Sounds like a perfect combination. This past...
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Atwater Brewery in GR
201 Michigan Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 649-3020 Website Menu It’s not very often I do a night out with friends. I don’t have a lot of guys that I really hang out with and do things with...
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20 Monroe Live
11 Ottawa Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (844) 678-5483 Website I grew up in the 80’s & 90’s and when I say I watched a lot of MTV, I don’t mean I watched a lot of Teen Mom. MTV was still...
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Latitude 42 Brewing Company (Oshtemo)
6075 W. Main Street Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 775-7242 Website Menu I love it when new restaurants open on the west side. It seems to be happening a lot lately. There’s some kind of growing boom on...
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