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Hawaiian Shaved Ice – Tropical Sno
7905 Narragansett Avenue Burbank, IL 60459 (708) 253-7889 Website Menu When we left Milwaukee on Saturday morning, we didn’t feel like making the trip all the way around the lake back to Kalamazoo....
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Three Blondes Brewing
1875 Phoenix Street, Ste. B South Haven, MI 49090 (269) 872-3911 Website Menu We left Chicago on Sunday morning just before 10:00 to head back to Michigan after a quick five day getaway. We wanted to...
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Stefano’s Pizzeria
165 W. Superior Street Wayland, MI 49348 (269) 397-1717 Website Menu Friday night is pizza night. How many times have I said that recently? J actually met a group of friends and their kids at Bell’s...
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Sherman’s Dairy Bar
1601 Phoenix Street South Haven, MI 49090 (269) 637-8251 Website Menu Go to South Haven on a gorgeous summer Saturday afternoon? That’s crazy, you say? I agree with you…but we did it anyway. We...
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O’Duffy’s Pub
804 W. Vine Street Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 381-9771 Website Menu It’s been a while since I’ve written a blog post about a place in Kalamazoo. We’ve been traveling on weekends this summer and when...
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Roma Pizza (Bangor)
111 W. Monroe Street Bangor, MI 49013 (269) 427-7296 Website Menu Another Friday night working away from Kalamazoo means another Friday night I get to find a pizza place in a small town. My co-worker...
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Speedy Cafe (Texas Township)
5250 S. 9th Street Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 372-0712 Website Menu J and I both have weird jobs. Neither of us work 9-5 and we can get called in to work at weird hours. That happened Thursday night...
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Black Rock Bar & Grill (Portage)
550 Trade Center Way Portage, MI 49002 (269) 459-9427 Website Menu Chain restaurants are not something I usually get excited about. We eat at chains. It’s usually because we have a gift card or...
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Rockford Brewing Company
12 E. Bridge Street NE Rockford, MI 49341 (616) 951-4677 Website Menu We finally did it. We finally became true Michiganders. For the first time, we’re taking a vacation “up north”….and not just to...
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Mighty Fine Pizza
222 E. Mitchell Street Petoskey, MI 49770 (231) 347-3255 Website Menu We started our “Up North” vacation on Tuesday afternoon. J worked her morning shift and when she got off around 11:00, we hopped...
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The Original Pancake House (Bay Harbor)
4165 Main Street Petoskey, MI 49770 (231) 439-9989 Website Menu The great thing about staying at a cabin on vacation is you get more rooms and don’t have to squeeze the family into a hotel. The bad...
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Beards Brewery
215 E. Lake Street Petoskey, MI 49770 (231) 753-2221 Website Menu I’ve been excited about this Petoskey vacation for some time. I really, really needed a break from work. I don’t get enough long...
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American Spoon Cafe & Gelato
413 E. Lake Street Petoskey, MI 49770 (231) 347-7004 Website Menu We decided to do some walking around after we finished dinner at Beards Brewery. Petoskey is a tourist lake shore town and there are...
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Garlyn Zoo
W9104 US Highway 2 Naubinway, MI 49762 (906) 477-1085 Website Our second full day of our Petoskey Vacation started bright and early when B went around the cabin waking everyone up before we really...
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Petoskey Brewing Company
1844 M-119 Petoskey, MI 49770 (231) 753-2057 Website Menu The drive back from the Upper Peninsula was happening around lunchtime. We left the Garlyn Zoo sometime around 12:30. There weren’t a whole...
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Kilwins Chocolate Kitchen
1050 Bay View Road Petoskey, MI 49770 (231) 758-3901 Website Menu I know. I know. Going to a Kilwins is something tourists do. I’ve been there, done that. So why in the heck did I take the family...
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Big Lake Brewing
13 W. 7th Street Holland, MI 49423 (616) 796-8888 Website Menu Petoskey to Chicago is a long way. We set our Petoskey vacation quite a while ago. About two weeks after the reservations were made, we...
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Buddy’s Pizza (Dearborn)
22148 Michigan Avenue Dearborn, MI 48124 (313) 562-5900 Website Menu My favorite thing about getting sent to Detroit for work is getting the chance to pick up food that I can’t get on this side of the...
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Long Road Distillers
537 Leonard Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (616) 228-4924 Website Menu One of the first dates J and I ever went on was to see Sugarland at the Illinois State Fair. Since then, we’ve seen Sugarland...
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The People’s Cider Co.
539 Leonard Street NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (616) 322-7805 Website Several month ago, a co-worker told me about a cider place in Grand Rapids he really likes. I didn’t pay much attention because we...
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