Blue Badger Bar & Grill
717 S. Sylvania Avenue Sturtevant, WI 53177 (262) 898-8483 Website Menu We got kind of lucky with this last figure skating competition. All of L’s events were pretty close together. Sure, they were...
View ArticleTenuta’s Italian Grocery & Delicatessen
3203 52nd Street Kenosha, WI 53144 (262) 657-9001 Website Menu At some point, I usually end up leaving J and L at the rink when we go to these figure skating competitions. I like to explore whatever...
View ArticleMars Cheese Castle
2800 W. Frontage Road Kenosha, WI 53144 (855) 352-6277 Website Menu Sometimes you just have to do the touristy crap, amirite? How many times have I driven along I-94 in Southern Wisconsin on my way to...
View ArticleR’Noggin Brewing Company
6521 120th Avenue Kenosha, WI 53142 (262) 960-1298 Website J’s coach always likes to have at least one team meal when we travel to competitions. It can sometimes be hard to find a place that 15...
View ArticleAntioch Pizza Shop (Kenosha)
6521 120th Avenue Kenosha, WI 53142 () Website Menu Finding a place to relax and get a good meal after long days at the ice rink is always important when we travel for figure skating. We spent a long...
View ArticlePrairie Lake Tavern
64641 M-66 Sturgis, MI 49091 (269) 651-8646 Website Menu Last weekend was NaNa’s birthday. She asked if we would meet them for lunch somewhere and of course, the answer was yes. We were initially...
View ArticleThe New Daily Bagel
309 S. Washington Sqaure Lansing, MI 48933 (517) 487-8201 Website Menu The Lansing State-Journal just had a great opinion piece about the liveliness of downtown Lansing. J and I lived there for a...
View ArticleCarnitas El Tapatio
105 E. Monroe Street Bangor, MI 49013 (269) 302-0196 Website Menu There seemed to be a lot of travel for work this past week. I don’t think we stayed in Kalamazoo for more than the beginning or end of...
View ArticleRLM Barbecue
Food Truck South Haven, MI 49090 (269) 873-0176 No Known Website Menu I always spend a lot of time in South Haven around the 4th of July. It’s not that I want to. The town is nuts that weekend, but...
View ArticleMaMazzoni’s Italian Beef
Food Truck Sturgis, MI 49091 (269) 625-0410 Website Menu You know how much I love Italian beef. Every time I go to Chicago, I have to make a stop somewhere. Whether it’s for an Italian Beef pizza or...
View ArticleFruit Street Kitchen
Food Truck South Haven, MI 49090 (248) 653-3296 Website Menu So, I’ve been on a food truck streak lately. Work brought me back to South Haven over the July 4th weekend. The 3rd of July is not the day...
View ArticleFamily Affair Restuarant
148 W. Main Street Mendon, MI 49072 (269) 496-8600 Website Menu I was the unlucky one that didn’t get the five day weekend for the 4th of July. I had the weekend off, and the 4th itself, but I had to...
View ArticlePapa’s Italian Sausage
543 E. Ransom Street Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 373-5707 Website Menu Holiday weeks at work are always interesting. My co-worker was off for the week and we’ve had some management changes so getting...
View ArticleCafé Rica
62 E. Michigan Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 441-0205 Website Menu One more day of working without my Kalamazoo colleague. I actually had to run to Grand Rapids for something in the morning...
View ArticleHau’oli Shave Ice
544 E. Morrell Street Otsego, MI 49078 (269) Website Menu A few years ago, the kids got a snow cone machine from Santa. We don’t use it all that often. It’s not really a pain to use the machine...
View ArticleKitchen Tribes
555 Phoenix Street South Haven, MI 49090 (269) 247-1264 Website Menu OK, so this is a little unusual. It’s not unusual that I will write a blog post for a restaurant I’ve already been to if it’s been...
View ArticleGrab N Go Pizza
4317 W. Dickman Road Springfield, MI 49037 (269) 223-7336 Website Menu Friday is pizza day, right? My co-worker and I had to make a quick trip to Battle Creek sort of late in the afternoon a couple of...
View ArticleHigh Dive Kitchen + Bar
214 E. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 365-0660 Website Menu I hate it when I have to miss my kids’ events. L had a figure skating competition in Bloomfield Hills last week. It was a late...
View ArticleApoptosis Brewing Company
3811 S. Westnedge Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 459-1057 Website Menu J and L were still in Bloomfield Hills for a figure skating competition and B was still at Nana’s so I had another night to eat...
View ArticleBig Moe’s BBQ Express (Food Truck)
Food Truck Kalamazoo, MI 49007 (269) 488-5502 Website Menu I have missed Lunchtime Live a lot this year. It seems like every Friday, I’m out of the office during the two hours the food trucks are set...
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