Nuthouse Sports Grill
420 E. Michigan AvenueI didn’t really need dinner…but I didn’t know when I would get a chance to eat again. Add that to the fact I was right down the street from a restaurant that has emotional significance to me.
First, a little back story. J and I started dating five years ago when we lived and worked together in Peoria, IL. About seven months after we started dating, she got a job in Lansing. I was frustrated with my job and decided to take a chance…a chance that paid off in the end.
The day after J got the job, we took a road trip to Lansing. We needed a place to live, so we went apartment hunting. After signing a lease at the apartment that made me never want to live in an apartment again, we decided to do a little exploring in what would become our new home. I was excited to live in a state capital and really wanted to go check out downtown.
We drove around downtown Lansing for a little while then decided to find someplace to eat then head home. The place we found was the Nuthouse Sports Grill on Michigan Avenue across the street from the Lansing Center and Kitty Corner from Oldmosbile Park (now Cooley Law School Stadium). In addition to being our first meal in our new home, it was also the first time I had ever had bleu cheese on a cheeseburger.
Once break time rolled around, I pointed a few of my co-workers down to the Nuthouse. I still had some things to do before I joined them for dinner and by the time I got done, I decided just to phone in a carry-out order. I didn’t really feel like sitting down knowing that I would get engrossed in a game on one of their many TV’s or the massive TV wall. Read more…
Press Release – God’s Kitchen Offers Online Ordering for Thanksgiving Meal Delivery
From a God’s Kitchen press release….
God’s Kitchen – Battle Creek Creates Form Online to Order Free Thanksgiving Dinners.God’s Kitchen – Battle Creek, the Cereal City’s first evening soup kitchen, has created an online form for senior citizens, sick and shut-in’s to order a free meal on Thanksgiving day. If you are a resident of metropolitan Battle Creek, and meet one or all of the eligibility requirements, the soup kitchen encourages you to go on their website and place an order. Thanksgiving dinners will be delivered between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Thanksgiving day. To place an order go to: http://www.godskitchenbattlecreek.org/Thanksgiving-Dinner-Order-Form.html.
Chick’n & Fix’ns
6333 S. Cedar StreetI’ve spent a lot of time on the road for work the past couple of weeks. I really don’t mind. Sometimes it’s fun to go news places.
Earlier this week, I didn’t really go to a “new” place. I went to Lansing for the day. I call it not a “new” place because I lived there for about a year and a half. In fact, the predecessor to this blog was all about the Lansing area dining scene.
I’ve only been back to Lansing a handful of times since moving to Kalamazoo….and the dining scene has changed quite a bit. I sort of took the long way downtown and got off I-96 at Cedar Street instead of taking I-496. We used to live off Cedar Street and I wanted to see what has changed in the three years since we moved.
There were quite a few new places and quite a few places that have changed names and/or locations. I was just arriving in town around 2:30 and I hadn’t eaten lunch yet. I remembered quite a while back one of the readers from the old blog, who still reads this blog, suggested a chicken place on Cedar Street. I’m not sure if I found the one he was talking about or not, but I did find a chicken place that wasn’t there when I lived there.
Chick’n & Fix’ns is on South Cedar Street just south of Edgewood Boulevard. I’m pretty sure, and I’m working from memory here, the building used to be a Long John Silver’s. I’m not a fan of good seafood let alone fast food seafood, so I never ate there…hell, I think it was closed most of the time we were there. Read more…
Press Release – Brew and View at Greenbush Brewing Co.
From Greenbush Brewing Company’s Facebook page…. (I love Spaceballs, btw)
We’re holding our very first brew & view movie screening in the taproom next Tuesday, November 13 starring SPACEBALLS, a favorite of, well, everyone.
We’re starting the show at 8 p.m. sharp and working on getting a popcorn popper in here for everyone’s enjoyment. Either way, come hang out with us, Captain Lone Starr, Barf, Princess Vespa, Lord Helmut, Pizza the Hutt and many more next Tuesday night!
Oh yeah, and it’s FREE!
Board game night will still run from 5-8 p.m. that evening.
Press Release – 3rd Annual Fair Food Food Fair
From a Fair Food Matters press release…
Food, glorious food! 3rd Annual Fair Food Food Fair takes place November 15
The 3rd Annual Fair Food Food Fair will take place on Thursday, Nov. 15, from 6-9 p.m. at the Girl Scouts Heart of Michigan Program & Training Center (601 W. Maple St., Kalamazoo).
Proceeds benefit Fair Food Matters, which works to improve the physical, economic and social health of the community through local food.
Once again, the Fair Food Food Fair will be a celebration of local food, with more than a dozen chefs competing for the coveted “Golden Ladle Award” for the best appetizer made with local ingredients. Michigan-made beer, wine and cider will be available, along with several surprise local food products.
The event will also feature a silent auction, live music from Red Tail Ring, plus the presentation of the William R. Wood Locavore of the Year Award.
Tickets are $30 in advance and $40 at the door. Admission for students (high school or university) is $20 in advance and $30 at the door. Advance tickets and more information are available by visiting www.fairfoodmatters.org.
Press Release – Thanksgiving at Martell’s and Fieldstone Grill
From a Millennium Restaurant Group press release…
| WHY COOK THIS THANKSGIVING? VISIT US AND WE’LL DO ALL THE WORK!
Martell’s and Fieldstone Grill will be open on Thanksgiving Day and are currently taking reservations. Each restaurant will offer a special holiday menu. Want to spend the holiday at home but don’t feel like cooking? …Both Martell’s and Fieldstone Grill also offer a complete Thanksgiving meal to go. Orders must be placed by Tuesday, November 20. |
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Qdoba Mexican Grill – 25 Michigan
25 Michigan Street NE #1100Sometimes, I just feel like tacos. Not real tacos or anything, but just the tacos that the Mexican chain restaurants offer. I kind of go back and forth between Chipotle and Qdoba and since there’s a hidden Qdoba close to where I work, Qdoba won out for dinner.
I say “Hidden Qdoba” because the Qdoba in downtown Grand Rapids is one you could drive right by and not even realize it. Unless you know it’s there, you’ll never find it.
The address is 25 Michigan which is a pretty prominent building on the Medical Mile. The Qdoba is part of the food court at 25 Michigan. There’s no signage or any indication from the street that the Qdoba is actually there. In fact, it’s not just Qdoba. There’s also a Smashburger and a Zoup!
The downside to this location is you pretty much have to park in the parking garage attached to 25 and 35 Michigan. If you dine in, you’ll end up paying a few bucks to park. I got lucky on this trip due to the fact I was in and out in less than ten minutes. When I stuck my ticket in the machine to pay, it kicked it back out at me and said I didn’t owe anything.
The Qdoba is the first of the three restaurants you’ll see when you come down the hall from the elevators. All three restaurants share a cafeteria style dining area. It’s kind of set up like a mall food court. Each restaurant has their own space, but after getting your food, you go to a common area to eat. Read more…
Old Burdick’s at Wings West
5076 Sports DriveJ and I haven’t spent a lot of time together recently. Our work schedules seem to be overlapping quite a bit and it’s not uncommon for her to be walking in the house as I’m walking out and vice versa.
I got home really late again last night. It was almost 3:00 AM by the time my head hit the pillow. Needless to say, I slept pretty late. When I stumbled up stairs to see what J and L were doing, I found an empty living room. They had gone back to bed for a nap.
J heard me and we started a Facebook chat conversation (really common for us) so we wouldn’t wake L up who was still napping. She said when L woke up, she’d like to go out to lunch. Sounded good to me.
L woke up about fifteen minutes later, so I picked her up, changed her diaper, and got her dressed. J and I got ready as well. When we got in the car, we still didn’t know where we were going…but we knew we were going somewhere for lunch.
As I was pulling out of the driveway, I asked J if she wanted to go to the “other Burdick’s.” The one we hadn’t been to yet. She didn’t really know what I was talking about. She actually thought I was talking about the one that used to be at Wings Stadium. We had tried to eat at that one when the Curling Nationals were in town, but we couldn’t find it and didn’t know when it was actually open.
That wasn’t the one I was talking about. I was actually talking about Old Burdick’s at Wings West. Read more…
Papa Murphy’s – Kalamazoo Township
4315 W. Main StreetAfter picking up lunch at Blackeye Espresso Cafe, I headed a little farther north (and east) to pick up dinner. J and I had an evening planned at home…passing out candy…and I wanted to do something simple for dinner. My first thought was just to order in pizza, but after thinking about it, I had a better idea.
We haven’t done Papa Murphy’s very often in the past, but I’ve always been happy with it when we have. There’s a store on West Main Street right next to Smashburger that we’ve never been to, so I headed there to pick up a couple dinner pizzas.
I don’t think I really need to explain the Take ‘n Bake concept so I’ll just skip over that. It makes sense to know that the shop is set up like a sandwich shop moreso than a pizza joint. There is no seating because they don’t actually cook the pizzas. You take then home and bake them yourself (hey, I just explained Take ‘n Bake). Read more…
Press Release – Pie Class at Food Dance
From a Food Dance email blast….
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