Stories from West Michigan Restaurant Reviews

Flat River Grill

We were on are way back from a long weekend in the Smokies and stopped in Lowell for dinner. We were tired and hungry, so this review might be just a little biased in a positive way. We have visited…

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Cascade Roadhouse

The Cascade Roadhouse is a landmark institution. We recently stopped in for dinner. It is on Cascade road right at the east end of 28th Street right where it dead ends into Cascade. It has the feeling of an old…

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Cinco de Mayo

A Mexican restaurant in Rockford? We were pretty skeptical. But hey, our favorite Thai restaurant , Bangkok Taste is in Jenison we (reviewed the sister restaurant downtown). So why not. It has a warm décor with touristy Mexico décor. The…

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Bilmar Restaurant

We have been living in West Michigan for years and have never visited the legendary Bilmar restaurant in Grand Haven on the beach. Our conservative friend Mike (don’t tell him I said that) always raves about it, so we finally…

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Leo’s Restaurant

My last visit to Leo’s was a year or so ago. I don’t remember much except that I really liked it. We needed a nice place to go for our anniversary, so Leo’s seemed like a great plan. DISCLAIMER: this…

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Bombay Cuisine

We have been going to the Bombay Cuisine restaurant since it was a funky little place that drew inspiration from Haight-Ashbury. (Ask somone over 50 if you don’t know what that is.) More on the décor below. They hired a…

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Bangkok Taste

The Bangkok Taste that just opened downtown is the same folks that run the one in Jenison, which is one of our favorite Thai restaurant. Since it is about 3 blocks from where I work, I was pretty excited to…

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Salt and Pepper Pub

We tried Salt and Pepper in Holland a couple years ago when they opened and were in the paper. We couldn’t tolerate the 1 1/2 hour wait. We finally got around to trying it again in May 2011. Except we…

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Brewery Vivant

We have stopped at this new place a couple of times in the past but the wait was too long. Friday night we got there around 6 PM and it hadn’t quite filled up yet. This place is in an…

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