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Presidential Brewing Company
8302 Portage Road Portage, MI 49024 (269) 468-9765 Website Menu Can we get back to (Kalamazoo)? If you’ve seen Hamilton, sing that as Thomas Jefferson at the beginning of The Election of 1800. After...
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Chicken Coop (Nazareth)
2500 Nazareth Road Kalamazoo, MI 49048 (269) 276-0701 Website Menu I only had one day of work after returning from my trip. I drove all day Monday (after working all day Sunday), had Tuesday and...
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Guardian Brewing Company
3657 63rd Street Saugatuck, MI 49453 (269) 543-2238 Website Menu Have you ever been to The Critter Barn in Zeeland? I love that place. My kids love that place. It just stinks it’s so far away. We...
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BC Pizza (Kalamazoo)
1710 W. Main Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 532-1688 Website Menu As someone who has been blogging about food for almost 11 years, I shouldn’t get all that excited when a new chain restaurant opens...
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Kelvin & Co. Urban BBQ (Grand Rapids)
1450 Wealthy Street SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (616) 535-8467 Website Menu I was pretty bummed when Kelvin & Co. close their downtown Kalamazoo location in the midst of last summer’s construction...
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Olga’s Kitchen (Oshtemo)
5095 Century Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 743-4350 Website Menu Slowly but surely we’re starting to see the retail locations around Costco fill in. It took a while to get anything but a...
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Arlene’s Truck Stop
4647 W. Columbia Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 964-8908 Website Menu I’ve always been a big fan of truck stop diners. Not the big chain ones like you see at the TA’s or Pilot’s but the little...
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Little Caesars Arena
2645 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 (313) 471-3200 Website Everyone remembers their first concert. Mine was the B-96 Summer Bash at the Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, IL. Ricky Martin, Tyrese, Keith...
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District Market Detroit
2645 Woodward Avenue Detroit, MI 48201 (313) 471-3200 Website Menu Little Caesars Arena was announced to much fanfare in December of 2012. The arena would become part of a 50 block neighborhood...
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Red Rock Downtown Barbecue
207 W. Michigan Avenue Ypsilanti, MI 48197 (734) 340-2381 Website Menu We decided to take our time coming hom from Detroit after an amazing night at Little Caesars Arena to see P!nk. It was L’s...
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Comstock Dollar & Discount
5922 King Highway Kalamazoo, MI 49048 (269) 459-6550 No Known Website Menu I can be lured in with a sign. If I’m driving by a place and I see a sign for hot food at a place there shouldn’t be hot...
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Traveler’s Cafe & Pub
5225 Portage Road Portage, MI 49002 (269) 775-1775 Website Menu J’s new job actually gives her a lunch break. I know that sounds weird to most people but J and I have worked since college in a...
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Sand Lake Party Store
25595 M-86 Sturgis, MI 49075 (269) 467-7661 Website Menu Well….I was going to mow the lawn. I was going to clean out the garage. I was going to….but it was such a nice day. J mom texted her and...
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Jaspare’s Pizza (Mendon)
120 N. Nottawa Street Mendon, MI 49072 (269) 496-7331 Website Menu We stayed at J’s parents house a little longer than I think we thought we would on Sunday but it was such a nice day. The kids, for...
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Jersey Giant Subs (Stadium Drive)
3621 Stadium Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 532-1358 Website Menu I have professed my love for Jersey Giant Subs many, many times on this blog over the years. They’re such simple, delicious...
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Aurelio’s Pizza (Portage, IN)
6500 West US Highway 6 Portage, IN 46368 (219) 763-7788 Website Menu Mother’s Day. It’s always fun to try to come up with something fun to do on this special Sunday in May. Most moms just want to be...
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Burgerhaus (Valparaiso)
3304 Calumet Avenue Valparaiso, IN 46383 (219) 286-3296 Website Menu So, we had these big plans for Mother’s Day. J and I took the kids to a hotel in Portage, IN. They had a splash pad for the kids...
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Lake Burger
4404 W. Main Street Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 888-2355 Website Menu Sometimes a sign noticeable from a busy road is the best advertisement. Earlier this week I was driving to downtown Kalamazoo from...
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Dacey’s Taphouse
11177 E. Michigan Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014 (877) 352-8777 Website Menu It’s been quite a while since we’ve been to Firekeeper’s Casino in Battle Creek. I can actually tell you exactly when it...
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Firekeepers Casino & Hotel Event Center
11177 E. Michigan Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49014 (877) 352-8777 Website Menu A couple of months ago, J surprised me when she said she’d like to see Dennis Miller. I didn’t really think their political...
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