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Rollup Ice Cream and Tea (Comstock Township)
5907 Gull Road Kalamazoo, MI 49048 (269) 254-8652 Website Menu My daughter is at the age where I’m trying to expose her to as many sports as I can. I’m never going to push her in to anything but I...
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Crafted Copper
4520 Stadium Drive Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 250-5054 Website Menu Date night. That never happens. I don’t have any family in the area and J’s parents spend winters in Florida. Getting a night where...
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Brick and Brine
100 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 343-4444 Website Menu I love my kids and wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world…but sometimes it’s just nice to go to a meal without them. We...
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Crunchy’s
254 W. Grand River Avenue East Lansing, MI 48823 (517) 351-2506 Website Menu We created a monster. J and I have always been theater fans. J did a number of shows in high school while I was more of a...
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Wharton Center for the Performing Arts
750 E. Shaw Lane East Lansing, MI 48824 (517) 432-2000 Website It was finally time to cash in L’s Christmas present. L became obsessed with the musical Hamilton a few years ago. J and I had went to...
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StrEATs Taco Kitchen
14 S. Elm Street Zeeland, MI 49464 (616) 7447-8226 Website Menu I don’t eat out in Zeeland very often. Even when I worked in Grand Rapids, I’d find myself in the area quite a bit but Zeeland’s...
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Greco’s Pizza
5380 Division Avenue South Grand Rapids, MI 49548 (616) 530-8500 Website Menu My plans never work out the way they’re supposed to. L had an ice skating competition in Dearborn this past weekend. Our...
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M-89 Cinema
392 Cross Oaks Drive Plainwell, MI 49080 (269) 637-1662 Website Things didn’t really work out the way they were supposed to so J and L went to Dearborn without me for L’s ice skating competition last...
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Bread & Butter Kitchen
220 W. Chicago Road Sturgis, MI 49091 (269) 319-6065 Website Menu I’ve spent a lot of time in Sturgis the past couple years but really haven’t knocked as many restaurants off my list as I had hoped I...
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Burger Boss
806 Riverview Drive, Suite B Kalamazoo, MI 49048 (269) 888-2084 Website Menu Man, do I have a love affair with burgers. I’ve blogged extensively over the years about burgers…always on the look out for...
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Manny’s Cafeteria & Delicatessen
1141 S. Jefferson Street Chicago, IL 60607 (312) 939-2855 Website Menu We started a tradition with my bachelor party in 2009. I didn’t want to do any of the traditional bachelor party crap. I just...
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Stony Sub
8440 S. Stony Island Avenue Chicago, IL 60617 (773) 978-4000 No Known Website Menu J’s parents moved from the Chicago suburbs to a lake in St. Joseph County a few years ago. Don’t get me wrong, I love...
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Nonla Burger (Mattawan)
24050 Front Street Mattawan, MI 49071 (269) 668-7938 Website Menu It’s actually a pretty normal long weekend for me. I sort of get the whole weekend off…I have to drive to Mackinaw City on Monday but...
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Murray Street Brewing Company
57620 Murray Street Mattawan, MI 49071 (269) 668-6005 Website Menu I had what I thought was a pretty great idea. Order food from Nonla Burger in Mattawan then head down the street to the brewery for a...
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Keyhole Bar & Grill
323 E. Central Avenue Mackinaw City, MI 49701 (231) 436-7911 Website Menu Back to Mackinaw City for work. It feels like I was just here. I come up most years in the spring for a conference on Mackinac...
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Joann’s Fudge (Mackinaw City)
303 E. Central Avenue Mackinaw City, MI 49701 (231) 436-5611 Website Menu My kids are catching on. They know I can’t actually go to Mackinac Island without bringing home fudge. For a long time, I...
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Courtyard Cinemas
248 S. Huron Street Mackinaw City, MI 49701 (231) 436-7890 Website Another year, another work trip to Northern Michigan. It was time for the annual spring conference we go to every year on Mackinac...
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Bridgeview Diner
110 W. Central Avenue Mackinaw City, MI 49701 (239) 227-0850 Website Menu World’s Best Burger. That’s quite a claim. I hope you can back that up. My second night in Mackinaw City was a long one. I got...
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Hoppie’s Landing
1395 US-31 Pellston, MI 49769 (231) 539-8900 Website Menu All I wanted for dinner was a pizza. I thought that would be pretty easy. There are two pizza places in Mackinaw City, Mama Mia and BC Pizza....
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Mighty Mac Hamburgers
7315 Main Street Mackinac Island, MI 49757 (906) 847-8039 Website Menu I don’t typically eat on Mackinac Island unless I’m staying on the Island. Restaurants are a little more expensive on the Island...
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