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Handmap Brewing
15 Carlyle Street Battle Creek, MI 49017 (773) 860-6813 Website Menu It’s fall and that means a lot of extra work for me. I pick up overtime at work on Friday nights and will pick up a lot of side...
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Repicci’s Italian Ice & Gelato of SW Michigan
FOOD TRUCK White Pigeon, MI 49099 (269) 535-1965 Website Menu Three day weekends are rare. There’s always something that comes up. Somehow, I made it through the Labor Day weekend without any last...
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La Chula Mexican Market & Restaurant
349 N. Main Street Watervliet, MI 49098 (269) 201-6035 Website Menu I like to take the long way home from Benton Harbor. It seems like whenever I get sent to Benton Harbor or St. Joseph, I’m there...
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Rollup Ice Cream & Tea (Portage)
6005 S. Westnedge Avenue Portage, MI 49002 (269) 459-1873 Website Menu Friday nights in the fall are overtime nights and I always try to find someplace new to grab dinner. Usually it’s pizza but I’m...
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America’s Best Wings (Kalamazoo)
2727 W. Michigan Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49006 (269) 216-3901 Website Menu Last week was a whopper. J and L were in Florida for a figure skating competition. Meanwhile, I stayed home and worked a little...
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Crow’s Nest
816 S. Westnedge Avenue Kalamazoo, MI 49008 (269) 978-0490 Website Menu J got the fun of missing work to go to Florida with L. I get the appointment a week later. L had a special opportunity Tuesday...
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Kum & Go (Kalamazoo Avenue)
5215 Kalamazoo Avenue SE Kentwood, MI 49508 (616) 512-3380 Website No Online Menu I hate the days I get stuck in Grand Rapids late. L had an appointment in the morning so I took half a sick day....
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Erbelli’s Gourmet Pizzeria, Italian Bistro & Pub (Portage)
8342 Portage Road Portage, MI 49002 (269) 327-0200 Website Menu My Friday night overtime took me to south Kalamazoo county last week I had a bit of time between my regular Friday shift and my overtime...
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Champs Chicken (Wayland)
1331 142nd Avenue Wayland, MI 49348 (616) 87K7-4500 Website Menu We’ve talked a lot about my (probably unhealthy) obsession with gas station chicken. I get super excited when I stop for gas and I...
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Jersey Giant Subs (Battle Creek)
2245 W. Columbia Avenue Battle Creek, MI 49015 (269) 224-3006 Website Menu Friday night has always been pizza night and I usually tried to keep that going with my Friday night overtime in the fall....
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Longship Brewing Company
114 N. Main Street Lawton, MI 49065 (269) 299-0417 Website Menu J and I used to take road trips all the time just to find new restaurants. Our kids don’t enjoy eating out nearly as much as we do so...
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Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken (Battle Creek)
14301 Beadle Lake Road Battle Creek, MI 49014 (269) 223-7826 Website Menu When I worked in Grand Rapids, a lot of our office staff was obsessed with Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken. There isn’t a location...
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Rinaldi Pizza & Sub Shop
14675 16th Avenue Marne, MI 49435 (616) 677-1281 Website Menu Wednesday afternoon usually isn’t pizza night. Friday night is pizza night. Everyone knows that. I was stuck in the Grand Rapids...
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Malia’s Taqueria
101 W. Michigan Avenue Paw Paw, MI 49079 (269) 415-0333 Website Menu I’ve really gotten away from the Friday night pizza this fall. Last week’s overtime assignment started in Paw Paw. There are some...
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Flour Child Bakery & Cafe
323 S. Bridge Street Grand Ledge, MI 48837 (517) 622-4772 Website Menu I get relentlessly made fun of a the old man at work….especially when I travel with my younger colleagues. Most of it is...
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Town Fryer
130 Broad Street Constantine, MI 49042 (269) 435-6735 Website Menu Still not opting for the Friday night pizza. My overtime shift took me to southern St. Joseph County a couple of weeks ago. I’ve been...
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Jet’s Pizza (Gull Road)
5151 Gull Road Kalamazoo, MI 49048 (269) 488-2000 Website Menu Finally got back to the whole Friday night pizza thing. My Friday overtime shift was on the Eastside of Kalamazoo. I didn’t have time to...
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Detroit Bagel Factory
18760 Middlebelt Road Livonia, MI 48152 (248) 482-2435 Website Menu It’s synchronized skating season again. I get asked all the time. What’s the off season for figure skating? With my kids, there is...
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Dearborn Ice Skating Center
14900 Ford Road Dearborn, MI 48126 (313) 943-4098 Website Figure skating doesn’t take a break in our house. The solo season is almost done (B has one more competition in Midland in a couple of...
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Fredi The PizzaMan
17900 Allen Road Melvindale, MI 48122 (313) Website Menu The thing about traveling alone is that I get to eat where I want without worrying about whether someone else will like my pick or not. I was...
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