Two Fellas Grill (Portage)
6160 S. Westnedge AvenueThere is no better late night food in Kalamazoo than Two Fellas.
Every college town has it’s signature local place the kids go late at night.
When we first moved to Kalamazoo in 2010, there really wasn’t a place like that. There were bars, or course, but there really wasn’t a place to go after the bars closed. Menna’s Joint came in for a while but it wasn’t until 2013 when Two Fellas Grill opened on Howard Street, albiet doing something similar to Mennas Joint, but doing it better and doing it in a better location, that Kalamazoo really got it’s late night food stop.
That original location is gone. They’ve moved just down Michigan Avenue to the old Wendy’s building but they’re still going strong. A location on Drake Street has come and gone and they’ve expanded outside of the campus area with a location on Gull Road.
And now, a third location in the Kalamazoo area.
Two Fellas Grill opened up a location in Portage on Westnedge Avenue just south of Milham Avenue in a small shopping center in the front of Southland Mall. The restaurant takes up a big space in that building that used to be Blaze Pizza right next to Jersey Mike’s and across the driveway from Chick-Fil-A.
I had just left the K-Wings game at Wings Event Center and decided to grab something to eat on my way home. I had driven past this Two Fellas a few times recently so I knew it was open and knew it was a great option to the typical fast food joints in the area.
This Two Fellas is nothing like the other locations. This one is much, much nicer. The restaurant is an old Blaze Pizza and while I never actually ate at this Blaze (we always eat at the one on West Main), it’s easy to recognize that the layout hasn’t been changed all that much.
There’s a large order counter right as you walk in the door. The menus hang high above the counter which serves as barrier between the dining room and the kitchen. The pizza oven has been replaced with a more traditional restaurant cook top.
That’s not the only way to order though. There are kiosks off to left of the entrance along the wall in the dining room. There are three touchscreens were you can put your order in yourself if there’s a line but I was greeted right away someone at the register so I just did the ordering the traditional way.
I put in my order for my Two Fellas typical order. The Roofs A’Blazin’ is my favorite wrap on the menu and it’s typically the only thing I ever order.
I was grabbing it to go but I had a few minutes to wait so I took a seat in the dining room. Again, much nicer and feels like it fits in with the landscape in this part of Portage. The color scheme is red and black and it’s carried throughout with the chairs, tables, and wall colors. There are also flags from the local high schools in the area which are about the only decorations hanging on the walls.
I heard my name called after about ten minutes. A brown paper bag was sitting on the counter at the pick up area so I grabbed it and headed home to eat.
All of Two Fellas offerings are wraps but they’re not typical restaurant wraps. They’re huge and stuffed full of things you actually want to eat and not filled with lettuce to make it look bigger than it actually is.
The Roofs A’Blazin’ wrap is off the chicken portion of the menu. The large flour tortilla is filled with chicken tenders, pepper jack cheese, lettuce, jalapenos, hot sauce and choice of ranch or blue cheese dressing. This is one of those sandwiches that are just hot enough but not so hot you regret ordering it. There is more chicken than lettuce in the wrap so every bite you get that crispiness from the chicken with the pepperiness from the hot sauce and jalapenos.
I’m a big fan of Two Fellas Grill and I’m fortunate enough to live close enough to Western Michigan’s campus that I can go whenever I want. I love that they keep expanding. Every part of town needs something tasty they can get late at night and now Portage has that.
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