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West Side Deli
405 Seward Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49504 (616) 401-6301 Website Menu I somehow worked out a pretty sweet deal around Christmas this year. The week before, I only had to work Thursday. I was...
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Russo’s Pizzeria (Dorr)
1730 142nd Avenue Dorr, MI 49323 (616) 681-9724 Website Menu I had a pretty easy holiday break. I was scheduled to take vacation time the week between Christmas and New Year’s but an opportunity for a...
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TooJay’s Deli, Bakery, Restaurant (Dania Beach)
131 South Compass Way, Space #C120 Dania Beach, FL 33004 (786) 654-4100 Website Menu Miami in December? Sure, why not? The opportunity to travel for work came up with a New Year’s trip to Miami. I...
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Guacamole Station
118 N. Federal Highway Dania Beach, FL 33004 (954) 544-2259 No Known Website Menu Our first day in Miami was a pretty long day. I got up around 2:30 AM for a 6:00 AM flight out of Grand Rapids. We got...
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Versailles Cuban Bakery
3501 SW 8th Street Miami, FL 33135 (305) 441-2500 Website Menu Day two in Miami was a little bit slower paced. We were able to work from our hotel most of the morning before venturing out to the...
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Manhattan New York Pizza
1923 Cordova Road Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 (954) 990-4757 Website Menu There is almost never a time that I will travel somewhere and not get a pizza. My travel companions usually ask where I’m going...
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Famous Famiglia Pizzeria (Miami)
2100 NW 42nd Avenue South Terminal, Concourse H-J Connector Miami, FL 33142 (305) 871-0559 Website Menu Time to come home. I was complaining because it was so hot and humid during our time in Miami...
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Crumbl Cookies (Oshtemo Township)
5097 Century Avenue, Suite B Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 8885427 Website Menu It’s taken a while but a lot of the things promised to us when the homes and trees were cleared off Century Avenue so a...
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Sugar Factory (Chicago)
55 E Grand Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 946-2002 Website Menu We pretty much let the kids decide what they want to do for their birthday’s. Most of the time they pick friends parties but...
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Corey’s NYC Bagel Deli (River North)
515 N. Dearborn Street Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 923-9999 Website Menu We were really trying to make L’s birthday weekend special. All she wanted to do was a trip to downtown Chicago. She wanted to eat...
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JoJo’s Shake Bar (River North)
23 W. Hubbard Street Chicago, IL 60654 (312) 624-8963 Website Menu More ice cream! I mean, this was a celebration weekend and we were kind of going all out. When we were in Chicago in July, we were...
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Pizzeria Due
619 N. Wabash Avenue Chicago, IL 60611 (312) 943-2400 Website Menu This is where our Chicago plans took a detour. If you’ve read the last few posts (Sugar Factory, Corey’s NYC Bagel Deli, JoJo’s Shake...
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Wahlburgers (Grand Rapids)
10 Ionia Avenue NW Grand Rapids, MI 49503 (616) 719-1788 Website Menu One of my favorite things about working a shift in Grand Rapids is lunch. I used to work in GR daily but got moved to the office...
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Skinny Kenny’s BBQ (Portage)
6005 S. Westnedge Avenue Portage, MI 49002 (269) 888-2777 Website Menu It’s been a while since I’ve done an actual Southwest Michigan blog post (with the exception of Crumbl Cookies). We’ve just been...
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Three Rivers Distilling Company
224 E. Wallace Street Fort Wayne, IN 46803 (260) 745-9355 Website Menu I grew up about an hour south of Chicago. Obvisously, I moved away after college. There were no entry level jobs in my field in...
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Ty’s Joint
1301 Portage Street Kalamazoo, MI 49001 (269) 443-2315 Website Menu I have been really bad lately at getting to Kalamazoo area restaurants. There haven’t been a ton of new places open but there are...
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Skinny Kenny’s BBQ & Ice Cream (Oshtemo Township)
7000 Stadium Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49009 (269) 270-3530 Website Menu I’ve made no secret over the years how much I love BBQ. When we first moved to Kalamazoo, there weren’t any really good options....
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Quarantino’s
1444 Lake Drive SE Grand Rapids, MI 49506 (616) 734-6833 Website Menu The days I work in Grand Rapids I end up getting home pretty late and after everyone has eaten dinner. J will usually do fast...
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Lawson Ice Arena
2009 Howard Street Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 387-3050 Website Growing up in Illinois in the 80’s and 90’s, hockey wasn’t really a thing anyone cared about. I was the odd kid. I liked hockey. Watching...
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Wingstop (Wyoming)
1633 28th Street SW, Suite A Wyoming, MI 49519 (616) 266-9464 Website Menu I volunteered to cover for a co-worker in Grand Rapids on a Saturday night. I don’t do that often. My weekends are usually...
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