Press Release – Fieldstone Grill Easter Egg Coloring Event
From a Millennium Restaurant Group press release…..
Fieldstone Grill to Hold Third Annual Easter Egg Coloring Event
PORTAGE, Mich.—For the third year in a row, Fieldstone Grill will be hosting a no stress, no mess Easter egg coloring party on Saturday, April 23, from 11am-3pm, just in time for Easter.
“We always like to celebrate holidays with the whole family here,” says General Manager of Fieldstone Grill Lisa Hojnacki. “We always have such a great time. The staff really looks forward to this event.”
The staff at Fieldstone Grill will be hard at work making Easter egg baskets for each child. Each basket is $7.95 and includes 8 eggs to color, along with decorating supplies various treats and treasures. Basket price does not include lunch.
“It’s the perfect way for the whole family to enjoy the creative side of Easter,” says Hojnacki. “Let us take care of the mess, while you and your family enjoy coloring eggs, the view of natural wetlands, and a delicious meal.”
Easter egg coloring will take place on Saturday, April 23, from 11am-4pm at Fieldstone Grill (3970 W. Centre in Portage). For more information, or for reservations—which are strongly suggested—contact Fieldstone Grill at (269) 321-8480.
Oberon Is Flowing In Kalamazoo…
….yes, I went to Old Burdick’s with a large crowd of kids ten years younger than I am just to get my first glass at 12:41 AM
Brick Road Pizza Co.
1017 Wealthy Street SEIn a little over a week, for the first time since moving to Michigan three years ago, I will have a full time job. It’s still in Grand Rapids, so my commute hasn’t been shortened, but I am leaving the southeast side of the city and moving out to the northwest. Before I move on, there are still a few places in East Hills that I want to eat at, so in my last two weeks, I’m trying to get to every place that’s on my list.
I have no idea why I’ve waited so long because Brick Road Pizza Company has been on our to-do list since before I even started working in Grand Rapids. I keep putting it off because I’m lazy and I prefer to order pizza online. They don’t have online ordering, so I just keep avoiding. No more though, I sucked it up and made the phone call.
The Brick Road Pizza Company is on Wealthy Street SE just to the east of Diamond Avenue. As the name implies, they are on a part of Wealthy Street that still has the old brick pavers on the road. The building is an older building in a really eclectic neighborhood and their style of pizza fits right in. Read more…
Press Release – Fair Food Matters’ Can-Do Kitchen celebrates second incubator graduate
From a Fair Food Matters press release…..
The Fair Food Matters’ Can-Do Kitchen, the region’s only commercial kitchen/business incubator, has graduated its second business in five months: Natalie St. Louis has launched her own retail shop.
The Cheese Lady, an 800-square foot shop located at 7035 West Q Avenue in Kalamazoo’s Texas Corners (near the “Fresh on Q” Farmers’ Market), will be a purveyor of fine cheeses, specialty foods, cheese boards and knives, farmers’ market baskets, and eventually, beer and wine. Combining the feel of an old world European market with a bistro, The Cheese Lady will offer 50 different cheeses, some local – such as Reny Picot from Benton Harbor – as well those from other states, and imports from around the world.
St. Louis originally found inspiration in a Muskegon store of the same name. The owner of that store took St. Louis under her wing, and encouraged her to open her own retail location.
In June 2010, St. Louis got started in the Can-Do Kitchen, repackaging bulk cheeses for retail sale. The Can-Do Kitchen provided her with food safety training, help in obtaining her own food license, and a low-risk environment in which to start small and find her niche. Selling her local, domestic and imported cheeses under the name “Say Cheese!” at local farmers’ markets, St. Louis built a network of loyal customers.
Store hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays. The shop is closed on Sundays and Mondays.
The Cheese Lady is the second successful graduate of the Can-Do Kitchen, joining Kurry Guru, maker of ready-to-eat, vegetarian Indian meals.
The Can-Do Kitchen, a program of Fair Food Matters, incubates small food businesses and increases the availability of foods made locally with local ingredients. Later this year, the Can-Do Kitchen will relocate to a brand new facility in the new People’s Food Co-op building (507 Harrison Street).
Zingerman’s Deli
422 Detroit Street“Drive to Ann Arbor for a sandwich? That’s crazy,” you say. “Not at all,” I say. “Not when that sandwich is Zingerman’s.”
Well, yeah. That’s pretty much what J and I did today. Sure, we made up other things to do, but I think we both knew the purpose of the trip was to go to Zingerman’s.
Since I started working part-time last summer, days off together have been very, very rare and they usually involve a trip or a commitment. I don’t think we’ve had a day off where we didn’t leave Michigan. Since we went to the Sugarland concert last night in Grand Rapids, J decided to use a vacation day today so she wouldn’t be exhausted at work. It worked out great because I had the day off too.
Our plan of attack was to revisit some places we used to go often when we lived in Lansing. First up, the Tanger Outlets in Howell. That used to be a bi-monthly trip and where we bought all of our clothes. Moving away has probably helped because neither of us could really remember the last time we went shopping for ourselves since moving to Kalamazoo. Read more…
The Barking Frog
113 E. Canal StreetLong weekend? Well, in a way. J got home from work really early today and she’s off tomorrow…which means we have a day off together! I don’t know if that’s happened since last summer, so we’re really living up in the day and a half we have off together.
Our plans for Thursday night included another trip to San Chez in Grand Rapids and the Sugarland concert at Van Andel Arena. Before that, we had all afternoon and J really wanted to go out for lunch. I could have just waited for San Chez, but she had gotten a recommendation from a friend she really wanted to try, so we made the short jaunt out to Augusta.
The Barking Frog is on Canal Street just off M-96 which is the main road that runs through the small village. The small building sits in the shadow of the towns grain elevator right across the street from a park. The parking is mostly behind the building although there are a few spots right in front. Read more…
Founders Brewing Company
235 Grandville Ave. SWGoing to Grand Rapids on my day off. That’s crazy talk. Yeah, I know, but I had a really good reason to go. J and I had been planning on going together since my meeting came up. She could drop me off, do some shopping, then we could go to lunch at one of the many, many places on my Grand Rapids list.
After I was done with the aforementioned meeting, J picked me up and we started heading back towards the south side of town for lunch. I had narrowed it down to either a place on Wealthy Street or Founders Brewing. She let me decide. I chose Founders.
Founders Brewing Company is on Grandville Avenue SW right next to the Rapid Transit Center to the south of downtown Grand Rapids. They have a really, really cool building. I wish I knew what the former use was. For some odd reason, it looks like an old post office to me, but I’m probably way off. Read more…
Los Amigos Mexican Restaurant – Kalamazoo
3317 Stadium DriveSo, I’m a little late. I know. This weekend has been particularly brutal, so I haven’t had time to write, but rest assured, J and I did go out to dinner Friday after I got home from a long, stressful day.
Since I got home pretty late, I didn’t want to travel far. I didn’t really have a taste for anything and really, most importantly, just wanted to do something with J.
I was coming up with nothing when she asked where I wanted to go for dinner. My brain was fried and I was drawing a blank. Luckily, J stepped up to the plate.
J takes Stadium to work and a few days ago, noticed the sign outside of the new Los Amigos restaurant said “Now Open.” We weren’t the only ones who decided to check the place out on it’s first Friday night. The place was packed.
Los Amigos takes over the space that used to be Buffalo Wild Wings on Stadium Drive. However, if you didn’t know it used to be a B-Dubs, you’d never guess. I never went into the store then, but there is absolutely no way this place has anything left over from the sports bar days. Read more…
Louie’s Trophy House Grill
440 E. North StreetNo clue why we decided to go out for lunch today, but boy, am I glad we did.
Since moving to Kalamazoo a year and a half ago, I’ve been on the lookout for that burger that I just had to have. I’ve found some good ones, but very few craveable ones. If you’ve learned anything about J and I, you should also know that we like bar food. I would much rather go to a good dive bar with great food than a fancy place with tiny plates.
I don’t know how, exactly, I first learned of Louie’s Trophy House Grill on North Street near downtown Kalamazoo, but I’ve always had a hard time finding info. Sure, they have a website, but they don’t have a menu on that website, so I kind of blew it off.
Just recently, I was searching for places that we haven’t been yet and I came back to Louie’s. Still no menu on the website, but I found a bunch of great reviews on places like Google, Yelp, and Urbanspoon. I guess that means it’s time to give it a try. Read more…
Longbranch Saloon & Eatery
606 Spruce Street- Vicksburg, MI 49097
- (269) 649-1961
- Website
- No Online Menu
Working on a Friday wasn’t enough to stop J and I from eating out. I got home around 6:00 and even after a big pizza lunch, I was really hungry. J was all ready to go when I walked in the door, so I pretty much set my bags down then turned around and headed right back out.
The funny thing, I decided I wanted to go to Vicksburg for dinner. That’s funny because I just came from Three Rivers, so we headed back down US-131 the way I just came.
For quite a while now, I’ve been wanting to go to the Lonbranch Saloon & Eatery on Spruce Street on Vicksburg’s northeast side. Not only did the place just have the feeling of a place we would like, but the name was enough to get my interest. Not that “Longbranch” is anything really special on it’s own, but it shares a name with a favorite place of mine back home in Illinois. Of course, I had to see if it would compare. Read more…
SW Michigan Dining 
