Quaint Mom and Pops to 5 stars Serving Prime Chops!
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2012 James Beard Foundation Semifinalists Best Chef Division for the Great Lakes Are you looking to step your meal up? Michigan has three chefs being recognized by the James Beard Foundation on their list of best chefs. Who is James Beard? He was an American chef and foodie writer who helped establish America’s food identity. Chef Beard had an eccentric personality who brought French [...]
January 23 or 1-23 is National Pie day. Why? Because enjoying a good pie is as easy as 1-2-3 (1-23) What restaurant serves the BEST pie? Add a comment and let us know. Hmmmmmmmmmmm…. Does a Pizza Pie count for this day of celebration? We say so! So Apple, Cherry, Peach, Pecan, Chocolate, Coconut or [...]
Freddie’s Tavern In the college town of Central Michigan University there is a tavern that most college kids don’t find until late in their college life and “that’s okay” is what we were told by some of the locals. The locals know a good thing and they love this place. Freddie, his wife Kelly and daughter [...]
Michigan Brewing Company Located conveniently just off I-96 between Williamston and Howell in Webberville is The Michigan Brewing Company and their pub. The birthplace of some of Michigan’s finest microbrews as well as Kid Rocks Badass American Lager comes a great little pub with great food. Webberville Pub We started off by sampling some appetizers from the [...]
Angelo’s Coney Island The Coney King, as they are called, is a very adequate nickname. For over 62 years now Angelo’s has not just been in business but been in business on the corner of Davison Road and Franklin Avenue in Flint. With a second location roughly 4 miles away at G3095 & S. Dort Hwy in Burton they are covering the [...]
Slows Bar-B-Q Slows knows barbecue! Whether you go to Slows on Michigan Avenue in Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, Corktown, or you go to Slows To-Go on Cass Avenue you are in for some of the finest barbecue in the state of Michigan and then some. Talk to Adam Richman from the Travel Channel’s Man V. Food and you may [...]
Zingerman’s Deli If you are in South East Michigan and looking for a deli here it is. Okay, let’s make that if you are looking for a deli in the United States. Zingerman’s is known by many as one of the best in the country. The deli was founded in 1982 by two friends who [...]
Shaggie’s Ice Cream Parlor Don the founder went from a stressful career in finance to serving ice cream at a restaurant called Shaggie’s and we are glad he did. On our third encounter with this fantastically bright Ice cream parlor we had the opportunity to sit down with one of the family members in this generational business. She said,”Not only [...]
Marinades Pizza Bistro An apple wood fired oven at 650 degrees. This is the beginning of one of the best pizzas around. Merinades, locally owned and operated, is located in downtown Rockford just a couple minutes east of US131 and more than worth the drive. The big box pizza chains cannot do it like these [...]
The Corner Bar A Rockford Tradition The oldest brick building in downtown Rockford is the home of The Corner Bar. In order to get a beer license at the end of prohibition they were required to serve food, thus the Corner Bar hot dog started the menu. Soon there after the special sauce was created [...]
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Slows Bar-B-Q Slows knows barbecue! Whether you go to Slows on Michigan Avenue in Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, Corktown, or you go to Slows To-Go on Cass Avenue you are in for some of the finest barbecue in the state of Michigan and then some. Talk to Adam Richman from the Travel Channel’s Man V. Food and you may [...]
