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435 Ionia Avenue SW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 980-2278 Website Menu Meat is the best. Good meat is even better. I’ve always been one that is willing to pay a little extra when I want something...
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100 Blue Star Highway Douglas, MI 49406 (269) 455-5274 Website Menu Back in March, we took a trip to Saugatuck to celebrate J’s birthday. We rented a cabin with some friends and went on several hikes...
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138 E. Water Street Constantine, MI 49042 (269) 435-8325 Website Menu I spend a lot of time in St. Joseph County now that my in-laws moved to the Centreville/Sturgis area. I love finding new places to...
View ArticleRiviera Theatre & Bar
48 N. Main Street Three Rivers, MI 49093 (269) 278-8068 Website Menu Two meals in one day? What’s the special occasion? I worked late in St. Joseph County one day last week and J told me to grab...
View ArticleGibby’s on the Lake
23510 Island Hills Drive Centreville, MI 49032 (269) 467-7900 Website Menu Holiday celebrations are getting close to getting back to normal. Mother’s Day 2020 was really our first “holiday” where we...
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55 South 20th Street Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 753-1172 Website Menu I have definitely been paying more attention to Battle Creek lately. For years, I had a hard time finding new places or unique...
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4588 D Drive South Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 979-5766 Website Menu We’ve been all about the hikes since the pandemic started over a year ago. Just like restaurants, I like to check out new places...
View ArticleKelvin & Co Urban BBQ (Downtown)
312 S. Kalamazoo Mall Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (833) 535-8467 Website Menu BBQ. Man, I can’t get enough of it. Whenever I’m asked what my favorite meal is, I pause for a second. I want to say...
View ArticleMike’s Pizza & Subs
112 W. Chicago Road Sturgis, MI 49091 (269) 651-5523 Website Menu Summer is coming. We got lucky a few years ago when J’s parents decided to move closer to us. We spend a lot of our summer weekends...
View ArticleTaqueria El Tejano
Food Truck Three Rivers, MI 49093 (269) 718-4638 Website Menu Summertime means a lot of trips to St. Joseph County for me. We’ve already spent our first weekend at J’s parents on the lake near...
View ArticleBaldy’s Smoked Meats
340 Water Street Saugatuck, MI 49453 (269) 455-5949 Website Menu It seems like a lot of my blog posts lately have been coming from work trips. I have been making more of an effort to try to find...
View ArticleHoffman Street Grocery
115 W. Hoffman Street Three Rivers, MI 49093 (269) 279-2510 Website Menu Good chicken is hard to find. It shouldn’t be. Fried chicken is actually pretty easy to make if you have the know how. Chain...
View ArticleNorth Side Memories
112 Dyckman Avenue South Haven, MI 49090 (269) 637-83149 Website Menu There are a few perks that come with my job. Going to South Haven in the summer time is one of them. Who doesn’t want to call...
View ArticleRoot Cafe, Coffeehouse & Spirits
120 E. Main Street Fennville, MI 49408 (269) 512-1171 Website Menu A long weekend. I didn’t get one for the Memorial Day weekend but I did get one the following weekend. J took a trip to New Mexico to...
View ArticlePizza Katerina
635 N. 9th Street, Suite E Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 216-3651 Website Menu Man…it seems like it’s been a really long time since I’ve actually wrote a blog about a restaurant in Kalamazoo. I’ve been on...
View ArticleTantrick Brewing Company
243 Hubbard Street Allegan, MI 49010 (269) 512-7016 Website Menu The pandemic has really changed our habits. Not only the mask wearing, hand washing, cleaning everything habits like it has changed for...
View ArticleDairy Freeze
1443 M-89 Otsego, MI 49078 (269) 692-3629 Website Menu We had a pretty great Saturday outdoors…not at a lake…despite the fact it was pushing 90’s. I got everyone to agree to a hike at the South Swan...
View ArticleDig-In Cafe & Catering
111 W. Michigan Avenue Augusta, MI 49012 (269) 731-5846 Website Menu New computer systems are always fun. We’re upgrading at work to something new so that means a few weeks of training…while also...
View ArticleMac’s Place
113 N. Farmer Street Otsego, MI 49078 (269) 694-1270 Website Menu New computer systems are always fun, right? Our company is overhauling computers, software, etc. so that means days and days of...
View ArticleRusso’s Pizzeria Bar & Grille (Hopkins)
100 E. Main Street Hopkins, MI 49328 (269) 793-8722 Website Menu Training on new computer systems is always a fun time. I recently had five days of training on a couple of new software systems in...
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